Georgia State Route 28

{{short description|State highway in northeastern and east-central Georgia}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=GA |type=SR |route=28 |map={{maplink-road|from=Georgia State Route 28.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SR 28 highlighted in red |length_mi=25.7 |length_ref=<ref name="GoogleSouthern"/><ref name="GoogleNorthern"/> |section1=Southern section |length_mi1=17.8 |length_ref1=<ref name="GoogleSouthern">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/33.592761,-82.1232415/33.5187409,-82.0607628/33.5143863,-82.0591811/33.5123046,-82.0447512/33.5118523,-82.0415752/33.4932726,-82.010213/33.4851422,-82.0016333/33.4811179,-81.9911137/33.4757157,-81.9737059/33.4729082,-81.9589849/@33.5318382,-82.112379,12z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en |title=Overview map of SR 28's southern segment (western terminus to second junction with Broad Street) |link=no |access-date=September 19, 2019 }}<br/>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/33.4729076,-81.9589852/33.4724542,-81.9576108/33.4721174,-81.9566935/33.4562756,-81.9305416/33.4552461,-81.9290805/33.4396536,-81.913265/@33.4565388,-81.9536347,14z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 |title=Overview map of SR 28's southern segment (second junction with Broad Street to eastern teminus) |link=no |access-date=September 19, 2019 }}</ref> |direction_a1=West |terminus_a1={{jct|state=SC|SC|28}} at the South Carolina state line over the Savannah River northwest of Martinez |junction1={{Plainlist| * {{jct|state=GA|SR|104}} in Augusta * {{jct|state=GA|SR-Conn|104|dab1=Augusta}} in Augusta * {{jct|state=GA|I|20}} in Augusta * {{jct|state=GA|US|1|US|25|US-Bus|25|dab3=Augusta|US|78|US|278|SR|10|SR|121}} in Augusta * {{jct|state=GA|I|520}} in Augusta }} |direction_b1=East |terminus_b1={{jct|state=SC|SC|28}} at the South Carolina state line over the Savannah River at Augusta |section2=Northern section |length_mi2=7.9 |length_ref2=<ref name="GoogleNorthern">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.9193472,-83.1686137/34.9990173,-83.1978955/@34.9591772,-83.2187413,13z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 |title=Overview map of SR 28's northern segment |access-date=September 19, 2019 }}</ref> |direction_a2=South |terminus_a2={{jct|state=SC|SC|28}} at the South Carolina state line over the Chattooga River |direction_b2=North |terminus_b2={{jct|state=NC|NC|28}} at the North Carolina state line north of Satolah |counties=Rabun, Columbia, Richmond |established=1937<ref name="GDOT 1937-10"/><ref name="GDOT 1938-01"/> |previous_type=SR |previous_route=27S |next_type=US |next_route=29 }}

'''State Route 28''' ('''SR 28''') is a {{convert|25.7|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway in the U.S. state of Georgia. It exists in two distinct segments separated by the northern segment of South Carolina Highway 28 (SC 28), which connects the two segments. The southern segment is entirely within the Augusta metropolitan area. The northern segment is located in the northeastern corner of the Chattooga River District of the Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest. SR 28 consists of Georgia's segments of a multi-state Route 28 that includes two segments of SC 28 and one segment of North Carolina Highway 28 (NC 28). The northern segment is a south-to-north highway and the roadway it uses is unnamed. However, the southern segment is a west-to-east highway, and the roads it uses are known as '''Furys Ferry Road''' from the Furys Ferry Bridge at the South Carolina state line to the intersection with SR 104 Conn. in Augusta, '''Washington Road''' in the northern part of Augusta, '''John C. Calhoun Expressway''', '''Greene Street''', '''5th Street''', and '''Broad Street''' in downtown Augusta, and '''Sand Bar Ferry Road''' in the northeastern part of Augusta.

The southern segment was formerly SR 52. The northern segment was formerly SR 65 until 1932 and then SR 105 until 1937. In 1937, both SR 105 and SR 52 were redesignated as SR 28. It also used the entire length of Broad Street until after the completion of the John C. Calhoun Expressway. The portion of SR 28 between 15th Street and 13th Street was proposed as SR 736 before the John C. Calhoun Expressway was extended along SR 736's path, and SR 28 was shifted onto it.

==Route description== ===Southern segment=== [[File:Greene Street, Augusta May 2017.jpg|thumb|Georgia State Route 28 (Greene Street) in Augusta]] SR 28's southern segment begins where SC 28 meets the state line on the Furys Ferry Bridge, northwest of Martinez. It travels through rural areas of Columbia County and passes Jones Creek Golf Course before entering Martinez. There, SR 28 passes by West Lake Country Club and continues to the southeast. After that, it enters Richmond County and the city limits of Augusta. Approximately {{convert|1000|ft|m}} after an intersection with SR 104 (Riverwatch Parkway) is an intersection with the eastern terminus of SR 104 Conn. (Washington Road). Here, SR 28 takes on the Washington Road name. Just under {{convert|1|mi|km}} later, is an interchange with Interstate 20 (I-20; Carl Sanders Highway). Then, it curves to the east-southeast. It skirts along the northeastern part of Augusta National Golf Club, where the Masters Tournament is held every spring. After that, SR 28 curves to the south-southeast. At a partial interchange with the western terminus of Broad Street, the Washington Road name ends and the John C. Calhoun Expressway designation begins. The expressway skirts along the southwestern and southern edges of Lake Olmstead. It travels under Milledge Road and has a split diamond interchange with Eve Street and Crawford Avenue. A few hundred feet later, it has a half diamond interchange with 15th Street. The roadway then travels over St. Sebastian Way. After crossing over the Augusta Canal and SR 4 (13th Street), the expressway ends at 12th Street, and SR 28 becomes known as Greene Street. It turns left onto 5th Street and then meets US 25 Bus. (Broad Street). US 25 Bus./SR 28 travel to the southeast on Broad Street. At an interchange with US 1/US 25/US 78/US 278/SR 10/SR 121 (Gordon Highway), US 25 Bus. ends, and SR 28 continues through the Olde Town section of the city. During a slight southerly jog, the local street name transitions to Sand Bar Ferry Road. SR 28 travels to the southeast and has an interchange with I-520 (Bobby Jones Expressway) and Laney Walker Boulevard. It curves to the south-southeast and intersects the eastern terminus of Laney Walker Boulevard Extension; then, the road curves to the east and again meets the South Carolina state line, where the road crosses over the Savannah River on the Sand Bar Ferry Bridge and continues, again as the southern segment of SC 28, and retains the Sand Bar Ferry Road name.<ref name="GoogleSouthern"/>

===Northern segment=== The northern segment of SR 28 is a {{convert|7.9|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} highway entirely located in Rabun County. It begins at the South Carolina state line, where the roadway crosses over the Chattooga River on the Russell Bridge into that state. It immediately enters the Chattooga River District of the Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest in the southeastern part of Rabun County. It heads to the northwest. After a curve to the north-northwest, it begins to parallel West Fork Spring. It curves to the north-northeast, leaves the creek, and enters Pine Mountain. There, it curves to the west-southwest and meets the western terminus of Warwoman Road, which leads to Clayton. It curves back to the north-northeast and generally parallels Low Ground Creek. The highway crosses over the creek and then curves back to the north-northwest. At the western terminus of Firehouse Lane, it passes the Satolah Volunteer Fire Department. It crosses over Old Camp Branch and curves back to the north-northeast. It curves back to the north-northwest and begins paralleling Little Creek. It curves to the northwest and crosses over Big Creek. It curves back to the north-northwest and crosses over Talley Mill Creek and travels through Satolah. The highway continues winding its way to the North Carolina state line. Here, the roadway becomes NC 28.<ref name="GoogleNorthern"/>

===National Highway System=== The following portion of SR 28's southern segment are part of the National Highway System (NHS), a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense: *From the intersection with SR 104 to the Sand Bar Ferry Bridge at South Carolina state line.<ref name="NHS Augusta">{{cite map |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/augusta-richmond_county_ga.pdf |title=National Highway System: Augusta-Richmond County, GA--SC |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=September 19, 2019 }}</ref> No part of the northern segment is part of the NHS.<ref name="NHS Georgia">{{cite map |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/ga_georgia.pdf |title=National Highway System: Georgia |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=May 8, 2019 |access-date=September 19, 2019 }}</ref>

===Milepost numbering=== The entire southern segment of SR 28's milepost numbering increases westward instead of eastward inversely, due to a use of a south-to-north numbering instead of the usual west-to-east system.

==History== ===1920s and 1930s=== The roadway that would eventually become SR 28 was established as SR 65 from the North Carolina state line, north-northwest of Pine Mountain, to the South Carolina state line, south-southeast of it. Also, SR 52 was established from the South Carolina state line, northwest of Augusta, to another point on the state line, south-southeast of the city.<ref name="GDOT 1920">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1920 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1921">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1921 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> Between November 1930 and January 1932, the entire length of SR 52 had a "completed hard surface".<ref name="GDOT 1930-11">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1930-11 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1932-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-01 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> Between May and August 1932, SR 65 was redesignated as SR 105.<ref name="GDOT 1932-05">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-05 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1932-08">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-08 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> Between October 1937 and January 1938, SR 105 was redesignated as the northern segment of SR 28, while SR 52 was redesignated as the southern segment. At this time, SR 28 and SR 104 traveled concurrently on Broad Street from the northern part of Augusta to the US 25/SR 21 (13th Street) intersection, where SR 104 reached its eastern terminus. US 25/SR 21/SR 28 was indicated to travel southeast on Broad Street to the US 1/US 25/US 78/SR 4/SR 10/SR 12/SR 21 (7th Street) intersection, where US 25/SR 21 departed and US 1/US 78/SR 4/SR 10/SR 12 joined. The six highways were indicated to travel southeast on Broad Street for two blocks to 5th Street, where SR 28 continued as before.<ref name="GDOT 1937-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1937-10 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1938-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1938-01 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> Between September 1938 and July 1939, the entire length of the northern segment had a completed hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1938-09">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1938-09 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1939-07">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1939-07 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref>

===1940s to 1960s=== Between January 1945 and November 1946, SR 104 was truncated off of SR 28 to the Columbia–Richmond county line.<ref name="GDOT 1945-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1945-01 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1946">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1946 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> Between June 1954 and June 1955, US 1/US 78/SR 4/SR 10/SR 12 was shifted off of SR 28 to travel on 5th Street.<ref name="GDOT 1954">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1954 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1955">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1955 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> By July 1957, the east end of the US 25 concurrency was shifted from 7th Street to 5th Street.<ref name="GDOT 1955"/><ref name="GDOT 1957">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1957 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> Between June 1960 and June 1963, US 25 was shifted off of SR 28 to travel concurrently with US 1/US 78/US 278/SR 4/SR 10. The former path, partially on SR 28, was redesignated as US 25 Bus.<ref name="GDOT 1960">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1960 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1963">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1963 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> Between the beginning of 1957 and the beginning of 1966, an unnumbered road was proposed from SR 28 (Broad Street) just south of Lake Olmstead south-southeast, east-southeast, and southeast to Walton Way just west-northwest of 13th Street.<ref name="Richmond 1957">{{cite map |author=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map: Richmond County, Georgia |year=1957 |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |location=Atlanta |via=GDOT Maps }}</ref><ref name="Richmond 1966">{{cite map |author=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map: Richmond County, Georgia |year=1966 |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |location=Atlanta |via=GDOT Maps }}</ref> Between June 1963 and January 1966, the interchange with US 1/US 25/US 78/US 278/SR 10/SR 121 (Gordon Highway) was built.<ref name="GDOT 1963"/><ref name="GDOT 1966">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1966 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref>

===1960s to 1980s=== Between the beginning of 1966 and the beginning of 1973, the unnumbered road in Augusta was extended southeast to Gwinnett Street at Gordon Highway.<ref name="Richmond 1966"/><ref name="Richmond 1973">{{cite map |author=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map: Richmond County, Georgia |year=1973 |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |location=Atlanta |via=GDOT Maps }}</ref> In 1976, Washington Road was extended on the previously unnumbered road from SR 28 to 15th Street, paralleling SR 28 for its entire length.<ref name="GDOT 1976">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1976 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1977">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1977 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> In 1980, this extension was renamed as John C. Calhoun Expressway.<ref name="GDOT 1980">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1980 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1981">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1981 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> The next year, SR 21 was truncated out of the Augusta area, and SR 4 was rerouted in the city, onto 13th Street. Thus, both highways no longer traveled concurrent with US 25 Bus./SR 28.<ref name="GDOT 1981"/><ref name="GDOT 1982">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1982 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> In 1982, SR 736 was proposed to connect the eastern terminus of the John C. Calhoun Expressway, at 15th Street, with the western terminus of Greene Street, at SR 4 (13th Street).<ref name="GDOT 1982"/><ref name="GDOT 1983">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1983 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> In 1985, SR 28 was shifted southwest, off of Broad Street northwest of 5th Street, and onto John C. Calhoun Expressway, the proposed path of SR 736, and Greene Street.<ref name="GDOT 1984">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1984 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1986">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1986 |access-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref>

==Future== SR 28 (Furys Ferry Rd) will have a {{convert|4|mi|km|adj=on}} widening project when funding is available. The project will start with the Furys Ferry Bridge at the South Carolina state line all the way to Evans-to-Locks Road. From the state line to Hardy McManus Road, it will be widened into a two-lane road with a center lane, turning lanes, bicycle lanes, and sidewalks. From Hardy McManus Road to Evans-to-Locks Road, the road will be widened into a four-lane road with median, turning lanes, bicycle lanes, and sidewalks. There will be a new multi-lane roundabout at the Furys Ferry Road and Hardy McManus Road intersection. This project will cost about $50 million. The Furys Ferry Rd widening project construction has already began in early August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wrdw.com/2021/09/05/furys-ferry-road-widening-project-underway/ |title=Fury’s Ferry Road widening holds promise but a long wait, too }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/news/2020/10/29/plans-to-widen-furys-ferry-road-aim-for-march-start/114535844/ |title=Plans to widen Furys Ferry Road aim for March start }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/gas-furys-ferry-road-to-undergo-50m-widening-project-in-2021/50361 |title=Ga.'s Furys Ferry Road to Undergo $50M Widening Project in 2021 }}</ref>

==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=GA|unnum=yes|length_ref=<ref name="GoogleSouthern"/><ref name="GoogleNorthern"/>}} {{jctint |river=Savannah River |lspan=2 |mile=17.8 |mspan=2 |road={{jct|state=SC|SC|28|dir1=east|name1=Sand Bar Ferry Road east|city1=Beech Island}} |notes=Continuation into South Carolina; SC 28 takes on the Sand Bar Ferry Road name. }} {{Jctbridge |mile=none |bridge=Sand Bar Ferry Bridge }} {{GAint |county=Richmond |cspan=12 |location=Augusta |lspan=12 |mile=16.3 |mile2=16.1 |road={{jct|state=GA|I|520|name1=Bobby Jones Expressway / SR 415}} |notes=I-520/SR 415 exit 16 }}

{{GAint |mile=14.2 |mile2=14.1 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=GA|US|1|US|25|US|78|US|278|name4=Gordon Highway / SR 10 / SR 121|US-Bus|25|dab5=Augusta|dir5=begins|location1=Columbia|city2=Louisville|city3=Waynesboro}} |notes=Eastern end of US 25 Bus. concurrency; southern terminus of US 25 Bus.; interchange; westbound traffic has to make a u-turn for access to Gordon Highway. }} {{GAint |mile=14.1 |type=concur |road={{jctname|state=GA|US-Bus|25|dab1=Augusta|dir1=north|noshield1=y|name1=Broad Street west|extra=hospital}} |notes=Western end of US 25 Bus. concurrency; serves Augusta University Medical Center }} {{jctplace |mile=13.1 |mspan=2 |place=Eastern end of John C. Calhoun Expressway portion }} {{GAint |type=incomplete |mile=none |road={{jct|state=GA|road|Greene Street|dir1=west|to2=y|I|20|name2=SR 402}} |notes=Westbound exit only; interchange }} {{GAint |mile=12.2 |type=incomplete |road={{jct|state=GA|road|15th Street}} |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit signed as “Fifteenth Street”; half diamond interchange }} {{GAint |mile=12.0 |mile2=11.3 |road={{jct|state=GA|road|Eve Street|road|Crawford Avenue}} |notes=Split diamond interchange }} {{GAint |mile=10.5 |mspan=2 |type=incomplete |road=Broad Street |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; interchange; also serves Morningside Drive and Lakemont Drive }} {{jctplace |mile=none |place=Western end of John C. Calhoun Expressway portion }} {{GAint |mile=8.0 |mile2=7.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|I|20|name1=Carl Sanders Highway / SR 402|to2=y|SR|104|dir2=east|city1=Atlanta|location2=Columbia}} |notes=I-20/SR 402 exit 199 }} {{GAint |mile=7.0 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR-Conn|104|dab1=Augusta|dir1=west|name1=Washington Road west}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 104 Conn., which takes on the Washington Road name }} {{GAint |mile=6.7 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|104|name1=Riverwatch Parkway|to2=y|I|20|name2=SR 402|location1=Brookfield Park|city2=Augusta|city3=Martinez}} }} {{Jctbridge |river=Savannah River |lspan=2 |mile=0.00 |mspan=2 |bridge=Furys Ferry Bridge }} {{SCint |mile=none |road={{jct|state=SC|SC|28|dir1=west|city1=Clarks Hill}} |notes=Continuation into South Carolina }} {{jctgap|col=6|text=SC 28 travels through South Carolina}} {{jctint |river=Chattooga River |lspan=2 |mile=0.00 |mspan=2 |road={{jct|state=SC|SC|28|dir1=east|name1=Highlands Highway|city1=Walhalla}} |notes=Continuation into South Carolina }} {{Jctbridge |mile=none |bridge=Russell Bridge }} {{GAint |county=Rabun |location=none |mile=7.9 |road={{jct|state=NC|NC|28|dir1=north|name1=Walhalla Road|city1=Highlands}} |notes=Continuation into North Carolina }} {{jctbtm|keys=incomplete,concur}}

==See also== * {{portal-inline|Georgia (U.S. state)}} * {{portal-inline|U.S. roads}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} * [http://georgiaroads.tripod.com/gahwy2.htm Georgia Roads (Routes 21 - 40)]

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