{{Short description|State highway in Georgia}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=GA |type=SR |route=34 |map={{maplink-road|from=Georgia State Route 34.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SR 34 highlighted in red |length_mi=43.6 |length_ref=<ref name="Google">{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=GA-34+E&daddr=33.3859632,-84.8194421+to:GA-34+E%2FCol+Joe+M+Jackson+Medal+of+Honor+Hwy&hl=en&sll=33.380175,-84.797094&sspn=0.009514,0.013797&geocode=FTfC-gEdAijr-g%3BFett_QEdDsLx-ik312lQA8n0iDHJzhdutnia9w%3BFcWX_QEdkNH0-g&mra=mrv&via=1&t=m&z=10 |title=Overview map of SR 34 |access-date=August 17, 2013 }}</ref> |length_round=1 |established= |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=AL|AL|22}} at the Alabama state line southwest of Waresville |junction={{Plainlist| * {{jct|state=GA|US|27|SR|1|SR|100}} in Franklin * {{jct|state=GA|US-Alt|27|US|29|SR|14|SR|16}} in Newnan * {{jct|state=GA|I|85}} in Newnan }} |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=GA|SR|54}} west of Peachtree City |counties=Heard, Coweta |previous_type=SR |previous_route=33 |next_type=SR |next_route=35 }}
'''State Route 34''' ('''SR 34''') is a {{convert|43.6|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway that travels west-to-east through portions of Heard and Coweta counties in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the Alabama state line southwest of Franklin with the Peachtree City area, via Franklin and Newnan.
==Route description== SR 34 begins at the Alabama state line, southwest of Waresville, in Heard County, where the roadway continues to the southwest as Alabama State Route 22 (SR 22). In a curving fashion, it heads northeast to an intersection with the northern terminus of SR 219. It continues to the northeast and enters Franklin. Just inside the city limits, it begins a concurrency with SR 100. Just before the concurrency ends, the two highways cross over the Chattahoochee River on the Pleasant Theodore McCutchen Sr. Bridge. On the eastern side of the river, they diverge, with SR 34 continuing to the northeast and has an interchange with US 27/SR 1. The highway travels through a portion of Bush Head Shoals State Park. Then, it passes Turners Lake and Heard Wesley Cemetery, before entering Coweta County. The highway passes Josephs Lake and Dent Chapel Cemetery, before reaching the Rock Cabin Lake area. Right by the lake, it passes Emory Chapel Cemetery. Farther along, it curves to the east-northeast. Then, it passes Mountain Lake. Less than {{convert|3000|ft|m}} later, it meets the western terminus of SR 34 Byp. (Newnan By-Pass Road). The highway enters Newnan, where it intersects US 27 Alt./SR 16 (Temple Avenue). The three highways head concurrent toward the main part of town. They pass Temple Avenue Recreation Complex. In downtown, they intersect US 29/SR 14 (Jackson Street). All five highways head south. At Posey Place, SR 34 departs the concurrency and intersects the northbound lanes, where it rejoins the concurrency to the north. At Clark Street, SR 34 splits off to the northeast. A few miles farther, it meets the eastern terminus of SR 34 Byp. (this time known as Millard Farmer Industrial Boulevard. Then, it has an interchange with Interstate 85 (I-85). After that, it leaves Newnan and travels in a fairly eastern routing. In Thomas Crossroads is an intersection with SR 154 (Sharpsburg–McCollum Road). SR 34 curves to the east-southeast and reaches its eastern terminus, an intersection with SR 54 just west of Peachtree City.<ref name="Google"/>
The only portion of SR 34 that is part of the National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense, is from the central part of Newnan to its eastern terminus.<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=October 7, 2019 }}</ref>
==History== SR 34 was established between October 1929 and June 1930, from the Alabama state line west-southwest of Franklin, east-northeast to Newnan.<ref name="GDOT 1929-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1929-10 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1930-06">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1930-06 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref> Between November 1946 and February 1948, it was extended east-northeast to SR 54, at its current eastern terminus.<ref name="GDOT 1946">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1946 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1948">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1948 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref> Between August 1950 and January 1952, the entire path of SR 34 was hard surfaced.<ref name="GDOT 1950">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1950 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1952">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1952 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=GA|length_ref=<ref name="Google"/>}} {{jctbridge |river=Alabama state line |mile=0.0 |line=yes |bridge=Western terminus at the Alabama state line; roadway continues as SR 22 west towards Roanoke, Alabama. }} {{GAint |county=Heard |cspan=5 |location=none |mile=6.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|219|dir1=south|city1=LaGrange}} |notes=Northern terminus of SR 219 }} {{GAint |location=Franklin |lspan=4 |mile=11.3 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|100|dir1=north|city1=Ephesus}} |notes=Western end of SR 100 concurrency }} {{GAint |mile=12.2 |road=Pleasant Theodore McCutchen Sr. Bridge |notes=Crossing over the Chattahoochee River }} {{GAint |mile=12.4 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|100|dir1=south|city1=LaGrange}} |notes=Eastern end of SR 100 concurrency }} {{GAint |mile=13.4 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|27|SR|1|city2=LaGrange|city3=Carrollton}} |notes=Interchange }} {{GAint |county=Coweta |cspan=10 |location=none |mile=28.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR-Byp|34|dab1=Newnan|dir1=east|name1=Newnan By-Pass Road}} |notes=Western terminus of SR 34 Byp. }} {{GAint |location=Newnan |lspan=7 |mile=30.9 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=GA|US-Alt|27|dir1=north|SR|16|dir2=west|name2=Temple Avenue West|city1=Carrollton}} |notes=Western end of US 27 Alt./SR 16 concurrency }} {{GAint |mile=32.1 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=GA|US|29|dir1=north|SR|14|dir2=north|name2=Jackson Street|city1=Palmetto}} |notes=Western end of US 29/SR 14 concurrency }} {{GAint |mile=32.2 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=GA|US-Alt|27|dir1=south|US|29|dir2=south|SR|14|dir3=south|SR|16|dir4=east|name4=Jackson Street|city1=Moreland|city2=Sharpsburg}} |notes=Eastern end of US 27 Alt./SR 16 and US 29/SR 14 concurrencies; one-way pair |nspan=3 }} {{GAint |mile=32.3 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=GA|US-Alt|27|US|29|SR|14|SR|16|dir1=north|dir2=north|dir3=north|dir4=west|name4=Jefferson Street}} |notes=none }} {{GAint |mile=32.4 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=GA|US-Alt|27|US|29|SR|14|SR|16|dir1=north|dir2=north|dir3=north|dir4=west|name4=Clark Street|city1=Carrollton|city2=Palmetto}} |notes=none }} {{GAint |mile=34.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR-Byp|34|dab1=Newnan|dir1=west|name1=Millard Farmer Industrial Boulevard}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 34 Byp. }} {{GAint |mile=35.5 |road={{jct|state=GA|I|85|name1=SR 403|location1=Montgomery|location2=Atlanta}} |notes=I-85/SR 403 exit 47 }} {{GAint |location=Thomas Crossroads |mile=39.6 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|154|name1=Sharpsburg–McCollum Road|city1=Sharpsburg|city2=Palmetto}} }} {{GAint |location=none |mile=43.6 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|54|city1=Sharpsburg|city2=Peachtree City}} |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==Special routes== ===Franklin bypass route=== {{Infobox road small |state=GA |type=GA-Byp |route=34 |location=Franklin |length_mi= |length_round= |length_ref= |formed=1949<ref name="GDOT 1949"/><ref name="Heard 1950"/> |deleted=1983<ref name="GDOT 1983"/><ref name="GDOT 1984"/> }} '''State Route 34 Bypass''' ('''SR 34 Byp.''') was a bypass of SR 34 that existed completely within the city limits of Franklin. In 1949, it was established from US 27/SR 1/SR 100 in the southeastern part of the city to SR 34 in the northeastern part.<ref name="GDOT 1949">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1949 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="Heard 1950">{{cite map |author=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map: Heard County, Georgia |year=1950 |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |inset=Perry |location=Atlanta |via=GDOT Maps }}</ref> In 1983, it was decommissioned.<ref name="GDOT 1983">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1983 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1984">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1984 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref>
{{Jcttop|state=GA|county=Heard|location=Franklin|length_ref|former=yes}} {{GAint |mile= |road={{jct|state=GA|US 1961|27|GA 1960|1|GA 1960|100}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{GAint |mile= |road={{jct|state=GA|GA 1960|34|nolink1=y}} |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm}} {{Clear}}
===Newnan bypass route=== {{Infobox road small |state=GA |type=SR-Byp |route=34 |location=Around Newnan |length_mi=6.0 |length_ref=<ref name="Google Newnan Byp">{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=State+Route+34+Bypass%2FNewnan+by-Pass+Rd&daddr=State+Route+34+Bypass%2FNewnan+by-Pass+Rd+to:State+Route+34+Bypass%2FHospital+Rd+to:State+Route+34+Bypass%2FMillard+Farmer+Industrial+Blvd+to:Millard+Farmer+Industrial+Blvd&hl=en&ll=33.389026,-84.807758&spn=0.076108,0.110378&sll=33.395456,-84.761826&sspn=0.001189,0.001725&geocode=FQxb_QEdN0jx-g%3BFe2R_QEdhKfx-g%3BFdmj_QEdKvDx-g%3BFZuh_QEdlhzy-g%3BFfuR_QEdoqPy-g&mra=mi&mrsp=4&sz=19&t=h&z=13 |link=no |title=Overview map of SR 34 Byp. |access-date=August 17, 2013 }}</ref> |formed=1989<ref name="GDOT 1989"/><ref name="GDOT 1990"/> }} '''State Route 34 Bypass''' ('''SR 34 Byp.''') is a {{convert|6.0|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} bypass route of SR 34 that exists entirely within the central part of Coweta County. Approximately half of the highway is located in the city limits of Newnan. Most of the bypass functions as a truck route for US 27 Alt./US 29/SR 14/SR 16/SR 34
It begins at an intersection with the SR 34 mainline (Franklin Road) west of Newnan. It heads north, has an interchange with Welcome Road, and curves to the east-northeast and intersects US 27 Alt./SR 16 (Temple Avenue) northwest of the city. Then, it continues to an intersection with the southern terminus of SR 70 (Roscoe Road), on the northern edge of the city. SR 34 Byp. curves to the southeast and intersects US 29/SR 14 (Jackson Street). It curves its way through the city, until it meets its eastern terminus, a second intersection with the SR 34 mainline (Bullsboro Drive), in the eastern part of the city.<ref name="Google Newnan Byp"/>
The entire length of SR 34 is included as part of the National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense.<ref name="NHS Atlanta">{{cite map |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/atlanta_ga.pdf |title=National Highway System: Atlanta, GA |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=October 7, 2019 }}</ref>
In 1984, a northern bypass of Newnan was established from US 29/SR 14 just north of the city to SR 34 just northeast of it. However, it was unnumbered.<ref name="GDOT 1984"/><ref name="Coweta 1985">{{cite map |author=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map: Coweta County, Georgia |year=1985 |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |location=Atlanta |via=GDOT Maps }}</ref> The next year, a western extension of this bypass, designated as SR 747, was proposed to have a western terminus at SR 34 west of the city.<ref name="GDOT 1984"/><ref name="GDOT 1986">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1986 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref> In 1986, this bypass was then proposed as SR 34 Byp.<ref name="GDOT 1986"/><ref name="GDOT 1987">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1987 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref> The next year, it was re-proposed as SR 747.<ref name="GDOT 1987"/><ref name="GDOT 1988">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1988 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref> In 1988, it was completed as SR 747 from US 27 Alt./SR 16 to US 29/SR 14.<ref name="GDOT 1988"/><ref name="Coweta 1989">{{cite map |author=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map: Coweta County, Georgia |year=1989 |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |location=Atlanta |via=GDOT Maps }}</ref> The next year, this bypass was entirely redesignated as SR 34 Byp.<ref name="GDOT 1989">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1989 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1990">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1990 |access-date=July 9, 2017 }}</ref>
{{jcttop|state=GA|county=Coweta|length_ref=<ref name="Google Newnan Byp"/>}} {{GAint |location=none |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|34|nolink1=y|name1=Franklin Road|road|Ishman–Ballard Road|dir2=south|city1=Franklin|city2=Newnan|location3=Chattahooche Bend State Park}} |notes=Western terminus of SR 34 Byp.; northern terminus of Ishman–Ballard Road }} {{GAint |location=none |mile= |road=Welcome Road |notes=Interchange via access road }} {{GAint |location=none |mile=2.0 |road={{jct|state=GA|US-Alt|27|SR|16|name2=Temple Avenue|city1=Newnan|city2=Carrollton|city3=Whitesburg|city4=Luthersville}} }} {{GAint |location=Newnan |lspan=3 |mile=3.1 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|70|dir1=north|name1=Roscoe Road|city1=Newnan|city2=Roscoe|location3=Vinewood Plantation|location4=Dunaway Gardens}} |notes=Southern terminus of SR 70 }} {{GAint |mile=3.8 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|29|SR|14|name2=Jackson Street|city1=Newnan|city2=Palmetto}} }} {{GAint |mile=6.0 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|34|nolink1=y|name1=Bullsboro Drive|to2=y|I|85|noshield2=y|name2=SR 403|road|Newnan Crossing Bypass|dir3=south|city1=Newnan|city2=Peachtree City|location3=Piedmont Newnan Hospital|location4=Male Academy Museum|extra=hospital}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 34 Byp.; northern terminus of Newnan Crossing Bypass }} {{jctbtm}} {{Clear}}
==See also== * {{portal-inline|Georgia (U.S. state)}} * {{portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML}} * [http://georgiaroads.tripod.com/gahwy2.htm Georgia Roads (Routes 21 - 40)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100721172539/http://www.state-ends.com/georgia/0034by/ Georgia State Route 34 BYP on State-Ends.com]
034 Category:Transportation in Heard County, Georgia Category:Transportation in Coweta County, Georgia