{{short description|State highway in southwestern Georgia}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=GA |type=SR |route=55 |map={{maplink-road|from=Georgia State Route 55.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SR 55 highlighted in red |length_mi=21.0 |length_ref=<ref name="Google">{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Mercer+Ave&daddr=GA-55+N+to:S+Herod+Rd&hl=en&ll=31.624737,-84.429245&spn=0.495807,1.056747&sll=31.765754,-84.446677&sspn=0.001943,0.004128&geocode=FRRx4AEdSGv2-g%3BFbkO4gEdAwH3-g%3BFf-05AEdEHL3-g&oq=Daw&dirflg=h&mra=mi&mrsp=2&sz=19&t=h&z=11|title=Route of SR 55|accessdate=July 28, 2013}}</ref> |length_round=1 |established= |direction_a=South |direction_b=North |terminus_a={{jct|state=GA|SR|37|SR|62}} in Leary |junction={{jct|state=GA|SR|234}} west of Albany |terminus_b={{jct|state=GA|US|82|SR|520}} in Dawson |counties=Calhoun, Terrell |previous_type=SR |previous_route=54B |next_type=SR |next_route=56 }}
'''State Route 55''' ('''SR 55''') is a {{convert|21.0|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway that runs south-to-north through portions of Calhoun and Terrell counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It connects the Leary and Dawson areas of the state.
==Route description== SR 55 begins at an intersection with SR 37/SR 62 in Leary, in Calhoun County. It heads northeast on Mercer Avenue, before traveling to the north on Bray Street. It travels northeast, through rural sections of the county. The highway passes the Spring Creek Cemetery. Just over {{convert|1|mi|km}} after intersecting SR 234, the route crosses into Terrell County. The highway continues to the north until it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with US 82/SR 520 in Dawson.<ref name="Google"/>
A largely rural route, State Route 55 sees an Average Annual Daily Traffic of less than 2,000 vehicles.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}
==History== {{Multiple issues|section=yes| {{Expand section|date=July 2013}} {{One source section|date=February 2016}} {{More citations needed section|date=February 2016}} }} SR 55 used to continue north, into Cusseta, along what is now US 82/SR 520, but was superseded, and thus replaced, upon the commissioning of US 82/SR 520.<ref>"Rand McNally Road Atlas", Rand McNally & Company, 1986, p. 23</ref>
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=GA|length_ref=<ref name="Google"/>}} {{GAint |county=Calhoun |cspan=2 |location=Leary |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|37|SR|62|name1=Depot Street|name2=Mercer Avenue/Depot Street|city2=Newton|city3=Morgan|city4=Arlington|city5=Albany}} |notes=Southern terminus}} {{GAint |location=none |mile=8.1 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|234|name1=Gill Barrett Highway|city1=Morgan|city2=Albany}} |notes=}} {{GAint |county=Terrell |location=Dawson |mile=21.0 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|82|SR|520|city1=Cuthbert|city2=Richland|city3=Albany}} |notes=Northern terminus}} {{jctbtm}}
==Cusseta business loop== {{Expand section|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox road small |state=GA |type=SR-Bus |route=55 |location=Cusseta |length_mi=2.3 |length_ref=<ref name="GoogleCusseta">{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Broad+St&daddr=32.3064536,-84.7783513+to:32.2978719,-84.7698374+to:Richland+Rd&hl=en&ll=32.300301,-84.779434&spn=0.030761,0.066047&sll=32.295078,-84.77186&sspn=0.00965,0.013797&geocode=FeP97AEdfyjy-g%3BFRX17AEdkWLy-ik_fuefnCjziDEpfE7cF3Zhag%3BFY_T7AEd04Py-imdMcfGKybziDH7vYua70ihqQ%3BFWi37AEdqIzy-g&oq=Cuss&mra=dpe&mrsp=2&sz=16&via=1,2&t=h&z=15 |title=Overview map of SR 55 Bus. |link=no |access-date=August 10, 2013 }}</ref> |formed=1972<ref name="GDOT 1972"/><ref name="GDOT 1973"/> |deleted=1988<ref name="GDOT 1988"/><ref name="GDOT 1989"/> }}
'''State Route 55 Business''' ('''SR 55 Bus.''') was a business loop of SR 55 that existed entirely within the city of Cusseta. It followed Broad Street through the city.<ref name="GoogleCusseta"/>
SR 55 Bus. was established in 1972, when the road that is now SR 520 was established as part of SR 55.<ref name="GDOT 1972">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1972 |access-date=May 31, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1973">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1973 |access-date=May 31, 2013}}</ref> In 1988, the same year that SR 520 was designated in Georgia, and SR 55 was decommissioned, SR 55 Bus. was redesignated as SR 520 Bus.<ref name="GDOT 1988">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1988 |access-date=March 2, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1989">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1989 |access-date=March 2, 2017 }}</ref> {{Clear}}
==See also== * {{portal-inline|Georgia (U.S. state)}} * {{portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} * [http://georgiaroads.tripod.com/gahwy3.htm Georgia Roads (Routes 41 - 60)]
055 Category:Transportation in Calhoun County, Georgia Category:Transportation in Terrell County, Georgia