{{Short description|Highway in Georgia, United States}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{For|the former State Route 333|Georgia State Route 333 (1963–1982)}} {{Infobox road |state=GA |county=Brooks |type=SR |route=333 |map={{maplink-road|from=Georgia State Route 333.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SR 333 highlighted in red |length_mi=29.2 |length_ref=<ref name="Google">{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=GA-333+N&daddr=S+Court+St+to:S+Court+St+to:E+Screven+St+to:GA-333+N+to:GA-333+N&hl=en&ll=30.851542,-83.507767&spn=0.539966,1.056747&sll=31.019596,-83.573894&sspn=0.002106,0.004128&geocode=FfqQ0wEdTKsG-w%3BFaqM1QEdvvcE-w%3BFSK91QEdxvkE-w%3BFeK81QEdLAQF-w%3BFdEK2QEd2cEE-w%3BFbxT2QEdMMME-w&mra=dme&mrsp=5&sz=19&t=h&z=11|title=Route of SR 333|accessdate=June 10, 2014}}</ref> |length_round=1 |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=FL|FL|53}} at the Florida state line near Madison |junction={{plainlist| *{{jct|state=GA|US|84|US|221|SR|38|SR|76}} in Quitman *{{jct|state=GA|SR|122}} in New Rock Hill }} |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=GA|SR|133}} southeast of Berlin |established={{Start date|1994|01|01}}<ref name="GDOT 1994"/><ref name="GDOT 1995"/> |previous_type=SR |previous_route=332 |next_type=SR |next_route=334 }}
'''State Route 333''' ('''SR 333''') is a {{convert|29.2|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} south-to-north state highway located entirely within Brooks County in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It connects the Florida state line, where the roadway continues as Florida State Road 53, with New Rock Hill, where it intersects SR 133, via Quitman.
==Route description== SR 333 begins at the Florida state line southeast of Quitman, where the roadway continues as Florida State Road 53. The route travels northwest, through Nankin and by Fearnside Lake, to Quitman. There, it has an intersection with US 221/SR 76 (Greenville Highway) in the southern part of the city. The three routes form a concurrency into downtown Quitman, where they intersect US 84/SR 38 (Screven Street). All five highways travel to the east-southeast for three blocks. At Washington Street, SR 76/SR 333 turn left off of the concurrency and travel into the northern part of the city, where SR 76 departs to the east onto Courtland Avenue. Then, SR 333 continues to the north-northwest, passing by Brooks County High School and Crevasse Pond. It then intersects SR 122 in New Rock Hill. Just north of that intersection, it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with SR 133.<ref name="Google"/>
SR 333 is not part of the National Highway System, a system of roadways important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.<ref name="NHS Georgia">{{cite map|publisher=Federal Highway Administration|title=National Highway System: (Draft) Georgia|date=November 15, 2013|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/ga_georgia.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref>
==History== The roadway that would eventually become SR 333 was established at least as far back as 1919 as part of SR 35 along SR 333's current path.<ref name="GDOT 1920">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=Key Map System of State Aid Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1920.pdf|format=PDF|date=January 1, 1920|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> By the end of 1921, SR 35 between Quitman and SR 333's northern terminus was rerouted to a more southern path. The other one was decommissioned.<ref name="GDOT 1920"/><ref name="GDOT 1921">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=System of State Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1921.pdf|format=PDF|date=September 23, 1921|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> By the end of 1926, all of SR 35 from the Florida state line to Quitman, and the segment of SR 35 from Quitman to SR 333's northern terminus, were redesignated as part of SR 33. Also, the segment of SR 33 from Quitman to Pebble Hill was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1921"/><ref name="GDOT 1926">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=System of State Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1926.pdf|format=PDF|date=October 1, 1926|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105123/http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1926.pdf|archivedate=March 4, 2016|df=}}</ref> By the beginning of 1932, all of the Florida–Quitman segment, and a little segment north of Quitman, were paved. Also, SR 76 traveled concurrently with SR 33 from Quitman to the north end of this paved section.<ref name="GDOT 1929">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia |title=System of State Roads |url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1929.pdf |format=PDF |date=October 1, 1929 |cartography=GSHD |access-date=August 11, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105042/http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1929.pdf |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |df= }}</ref><ref name="GDOT January 1932">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=System of State Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1932_01.pdf|format=PDF|date=January 1, 1932|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> In April of that year, all of SR 33 that would become SR 333 was paved.<ref name="GDOT April 1932">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=System of State Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1932_04.pdf|format=PDF|date=April 1, 1932|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="GDOT May 1932">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=System of State Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1932_05.pdf|format=PDF|date=May 1, 1932|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> In early 1941, SR 76 was rerouted to the east in Quitman, along SR 38.<ref name="GDOT January 1941">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=System of State Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1941_01.pdf|format=PDF|date=January 1, 1941|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="GDOT April 1941">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=System of State Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1941_04.pdf|format=PDF|date=April 1, 1941|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> By the end of 1946, either SR 33 or SR 76 was rerouted in Quitman, so that they once again traveled concurrently through the city.<ref name="GDOT 1945">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=System of State Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1945_01.pdf|format=PDF|date=January 1, 1945|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1946">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=System of State Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1946.pdf|format=PDF|date=November 7, 1946|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> By the middle of 1957, US 221 was designated through Quitman, as it travels today.<ref name="GDOT 1955">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=State Highway System and Other Principal Connecting Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1955.pdf|format=PDF|date=June 1, 1955|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1957">{{cite map|publisher=State Highway Department of Georgia|title=State Highway System and Other Principal Connecting Roads|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1957.pdf|format=PDF|date=July 1, 1957|cartography=GSHD|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> In 1993, all of SR 33 from the Florida state line to north of New Rock Hill was redesignated as SR 333.<ref name="GDOT 1994">{{cite map|publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=Official Highway and Transportation Map |url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1994.pdf |format=PDF |date=January 1, 1993 |cartography=GSHD |access-date=August 11, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105104/http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1994.pdf |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |df= }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1995">{{cite map|publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=Official Highway and Transportation Map |url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1995.pdf |format=PDF |date=January 1, 1994 |cartography=GSHD |access-date=August 11, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081357/http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/HwyAndTransportationMaps/1995.pdf |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |df= }}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=GA|county=Brooks|length_ref=<ref name="Google"/>}} {{GAint |location=none |mile=0.0 |road={{Jct|state=FL|SR|53|dir1=south|location1=Madison, Fla}} |notes=Continuation beyond Florida state line }} {{GAint |location=Quitman |lspan=4 |type=concur |mile=11.2 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|221|dir1=south|SR|76|dir2=west|name2=Greenville Highway|location1=Greenville|location2=Perry<!--from sign at US 84 split-->}} |notes=Southern end of US 221 and SR 76 concurrencies}} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=12.1 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|84|dir1=west|SR|38|dir2=west|name2=West Screven Street|city1=Thomasville|city2=Cairo}} |notes=Southern end of US 84/SR 38 concurrency}} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=12.3 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|84|dir1=east|US|221|dir2=north|SR|38|dir3=east|name3=East Screven Street|city1=Valdosta|city2=Lakeland|city3=Homerville|city4=Waycross}} |notes=Northern end of US 221 and US 84/SR 38 concurrencies}} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=13.2 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|76|dir1=east|name1=East Courtland Avenue|city1=Morven|city2=Adel}} |notes=Northern end of SR 76 concurrency}} {{GAint |location=New Rock Hill |mile=27.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|122|city1=Pavo|city2=Barney}} |notes=}} {{GAint |location=none |mile=29.2 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|133|name1=Valdosta Highway|city1=Moultrie}}<!--no cities are signed at the intersection; Moultrie is back at SR 122--> |notes=Northern terminus}} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==See also== * {{portal-inline|Georgia (U.S. state)}} * {{portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} * {{Commons category-inline}}
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