{{Short description|State highway in Georgia}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=GA |type=SR |route=61 |map={{maplink-road|from=Georgia State Route 61.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SR 61 highlighted in red |length_mi=107.1 |length_ref=<ref name="Google">{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=GA-61+N%2FCarrollton+Villa+Rica+Hwy&daddr=GA-61+to:Unknown+road+to:US-78+E+to:GA-61+N%2FVilla+Rica+Hwy+to:Nathan+Dean+Blvd+to:State+Route+61%2FNathan+Dean+Blvd+to:E+Memorial+Dr%2FMerchants+Dr+to:E+Memorial+Dr+to:Unknown+road+to:West+Ave+to:W+Main+St+to:E+Main+St+to:N+Tennessee+St+to:N+Tennessee+St+to:GA-61+N%2FUS-411+N+to:GA-61+N%2FUS-411+N+to:Salacoa+Ave+to:Salacoa+Ave+to:GA-61+N%2FUS-411+N+to:GA-61+N%2FUS-411+N+to:GA-61+N%2FUS-411+N+to:GA-61+N%2FUS-411+N+to:S+3rd+Ave+to:N+3rd+Ave&hl=en&ll=34.288992,-84.803467&spn=2.409777,3.532104&sll=34.786001,-84.771618&sspn=0.00117,0.001725&geocode=FerrAAId3gfv-g%3BFciIAgIdWu_v-g%3BFcOvAgId4O_v-g%3BFY2xAgIdnz3w-g%3BFUHGBAIdL2vx-g%3BFXRoBQId663x-g%3BFTiMBQIdvZ_x-g%3BFVWpBQIdy4Tx-g%3BFfKlBQId6G3x-g%3BFaTECAIdJELx-g%3BFd35CAIdAHXx-g%3BFdtMCQIdxw3y-g%3BFddTCQId6Cby-g%3BFTLYCQIdRBHy-g%3BFQbiCQIdqA_y-g%3BFSaOCgIdt3fy-g%3BFZAHDAIdWk3z-g%3BFRFtDQIdBJLz-g%3BFdJ_DQIdcJLz-g%3BFcXiDgIdLHvz-g%3BFQnIDwIdkH7z-g%3BFYY9EAIdUF7z-g%3BFQNuEQId9P_y-g%3BFQd9EgId2oTy-g%3BFdfLEgIdqnzy-g&dirflg=h&mra=mi&mrsp=24&sz=19&t=h&z=8 |title=Overview map of SR 61 (southern terminus to Chatsworth) |access-date=August 2, 2013 }}<br>{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=N+3rd+Ave&daddr=GA-2+W%2FGA-61+N%2FUS-411+N+to:GA-61+N%2FUS-411+N&hl=en&ll=34.901137,-84.754715&spn=0.340702,0.441513&sll=34.987541,-84.738501&sspn=0.001329,0.001725&geocode=FQPMEgIdlXzy-g%3BFR9QFQIdCgTz-g%3BFTzfFQIdVf7y-g&oq=Eton,+&mra=mi&mrsp=2&sz=19&t=h&z=11 |title=Overview map of SR 61 (Chatsworth to Tennga) |access-date=August 2, 2013 }}</ref> |length_round=1 |established=1926<ref name="GDOT 1921"/><ref name="GDOT 1926"/> |tourist=[[File:Georgia Scenic Byway.svg|25px]] [[Cohutta–Chattahoochee Scenic Byway]] |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{Jct|state=GA|SR|166}} northeast of [[Carrollton, Georgia|Carrollton]]. |junction={{Plainlist| * {{Jct|state=GA|I|20|US|78|SR|8|SR|101}} in [[Villa Rica, Georgia|Villa Rica]] * {{Jct|state=GA|US|278|SR|6|SR-Bus|6|dab3=Dallas|SR|120}} in [[Dallas, Georgia|Dallas]] * {{Jct|state=GA|US|41|US|411|SR|3|SR|20}} in [[Cartersville, Georgia|Cartersville]] * {{Jct|state=GA|I|75}} in Cartersville * {{jct|state=GA|US|76|SR|282}} in [[Ramhurst, Georgia|Ramhurst]] * {{jct|state=GA|US|76|SR|2|SR|52|SR-Alt|52|dab4=Chatsworth}} in [[Chatsworth, Georgia|Chatsworth]] }} |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{Jct|state=TN|US|411|SR|33}} [[Tennessee]] state line at [[Tennga, Georgia|Tennga]] |counties=[[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll]], [[Douglas County, Georgia|Douglas]], [[Paulding County, Georgia|Paulding]], [[Bartow County, Georgia|Bartow]], [[Gordon County, Georgia|Gordon]], [[Murray County, Georgia|Murray]] |previous_type=SR |previous_route=60 |next_type=SR |next_route=62 }}
'''State Route 61''' ('''SR 61''') is a {{convert|107.1|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[State highway (US)|state highway]] that travels south-to-north through portions of [[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll]], [[Douglas County, Georgia|Douglas]], [[Paulding County, Georgia|Paulding]], [[Bartow County, Georgia|Bartow]], [[Gordon County, Georgia|Gordon]], and [[Murray County, Georgia|Murray]] counties in the western and [[Northwest Georgia|northwestern]] parts of the U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. The highway connects the [[Carrollton, Georgia|Carrollton]] area with the [[Tennessee]] state line, via [[Villa Rica, Georgia|Villa Rica]], [[Dallas, Georgia|Dallas]], [[Cartersville, Georgia|Cartersville]], and [[Chatsworth, Georgia|Chatsworth]]. The portion of the highway from just northeast of Carrollton to Villa Rica was formerly the path of [[U.S. Route 78S in Georgia|US 78S]]. When that highway was [[Decommissioned highway|decommissioned]], it was redesignated as [[U.S. Route 78 Alternate (Alabama–Georgia)|US 78 Alternate]].
==Route description== [[File:GA SR 61 in Cartersville, Feb 2017.jpg|thumb|State Route 61 in [[Cartersville, Georgia|Cartersville]]]] SR 61 begins at an [[intersection (road)|intersection]] with [[Georgia State Route 166|SR 166]], northeast of [[Carrollton, Georgia|Carrollton]] in Carroll County. It heads north-northeast to the town of [[Villa Rica, Georgia|Villa Rica]]. There, it has an [[Interchange (road)|interchange]] with [[Interstate 20 in Georgia|Interstate 20]] (Tom Murphy Freeway). This interchange also marks the southern terminus of [[Georgia State Route 101|SR 101]]. SR 61/SR 101 head north [[Concurrency (road)|concurrent]], to an intersection with [[U.S. Route 78 in Georgia|US 78]]/[[Georgia State Route 8|SR 8]]. At this intersection, SR 101 SR 61 departs while US 78/SR 8 head concurrent to the east. Then [[SR 61]] departs the concurrence with [[SR 120]] on the villa rica bypass then it meets with Dallas hwy and goes north. The highway passes the Mirror Lake Golf Club, cuts across the northwestern corner of Douglas County, and enters Paulding County. In the town of [[Dallas, Georgia|Dallas]], it intersects [[U.S. Route 278 in Georgia|US 278]]/[[Georgia State Route 6|SR 6]]/[[Georgia State Route 120|SR 120]] (Jimmy Campbell Parkway). The highway heads north on [[Nathan Dean]] Boulevard and meets [[Georgia State Route 6 Business (Dallas)|SR 6 Business]]. SR 6 Business/SR 61 head concurrent to the northwest. Just under {{convert|3000|ft|m}} later, they meet the southern terminus of [[Georgia State Route 381|SR 381]] (East Memorial Drive). Almost immediately, SR 61 departs to the north-northwest, on North Confederate Avenue. It travels through [[rural area]]s and crosses into Bartow County. It passes the [[Cartersville Airport]] and enters [[Cartersville, Georgia|Cartersville]]. There, it intersects [[Georgia State Route 113|SR 113]], which runs concurrent with it into the main part of town. Along the way, they cross over the [[Etowah River]]. Also, [[Georgia State Route 293|SR 293]] joins the concurrency for a short while. At the end of the concurrency, SR 61 departs to the north, while SR 113 (East Main Street) continues to the east-northeast and SR 293 (South Tennessee Street) heads south. Then, SR 61 has an interchange with [[U.S. Route 41 in Georgia|US 41]]/[[U.S. Route 411 in Georgia|US 411]]/[[Georgia State Route 3|SR 3]]/[[Georgia State Route 20|SR 20]] ([[Joe Frank Harris]] Parkway SE). At this interchange, US 411/SR 20 head concurrent with SR 61 for just over {{convert|800|ft|m}}, where SR 20 splits off to the east. US 411/SR 61 head northeast to an interchange with [[Interstate 75 in Georgia|I-75]], before leaving Cartersville. They pass through the towns of [[White, Georgia|White]] and [[Rydal, Georgia|Rydal]] before intersecting [[Georgia State Route 140|SR 140]], just north-northwest of Rydal. Farther to the north-northeast, the concurrency crosses into Gordon County. In the town of [[Fairmount, Georgia|Fairmount]] is a brief concurrency with [[Georgia State Route 53|SR 53]]. US 411/SR 61 pass through the town of [[Ranger, Georgia|Ranger]] before meeting the eastern terminus of [[Georgia State Route 156|SR 156]]. Just before entering Murray County, the concurrency meets an old segment of US 411/SR 61 and intersect [[Georgia State Route 136|SR 136]] (Nicklesville Road). Shortly after entering the county, they cross over the [[Coosawattee River]]. In the [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] of [[Ramhurst, Georgia|Ramhurst]], they intersect [[U.S. Route 76 in Georgia|US 76]]/[[Georgia State Route 282|SR 282]]. At this intersection, US 76 joins the concurrency, and SR 282 meets its western terminus. US 76/US 411/SR 61 continue to the north-northwest and meet the northern part of the aforementioned stretch of old US 411/SR 61. In [[Chatsworth, Georgia|Chatsworth]], [[Georgia State Route 2|SR 2]]/[[Georgia State Route 52|SR 52]] (East Fort Street) join the concurrency. This intersection also marks the eastern terminus of [[Georgia State Route 52 Alternate (Chatsworth)|SR 52 Alternate]] (West Fort Street). A few miles farther to the north, US 76/SR 52 split off to the west on G.I. Maddox Parkway, while the other three routes continue to the north-northeast. In the town of [[Eton, Georgia|Eton]] is the eastern terminus of [[Georgia State Route 286|SR 286]]. On the way to [[Cisco, Georgia|Cisco]], US 411/SR 2/SR 61 pass through [[Crandall, Georgia|Crandall]]. In Cisco, SR 2 departs to the west. A little ways farther to the north-northeast, they curve to the northwest, pass through the town of [[Tennga, Georgia|Tennga]], and curve to the north. On the northern edge of town, they reach the [[Tennessee]] state line. Here, SR 61 ends, and US 411 crosses into Tennessee, where [[Tennessee State Route 33]] begins.<ref name="Google"/>
The following portions of SR 61 are part of the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]], a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense: *A brief portion northeast of Carrollton<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=November 1, 2019 }}</ref><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=November 1, 2019 }}</ref> *From the interchange with US 41/US 411/SR 3/SR 20, in Cartersville, to an indeterminate point in McCallie, just north of I-75<ref name="NHS Georgia"/><ref name="NHS Cartersville">{{cite map |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/cartersville_ga.pdf |title=National Highway System: Cartersville, GA |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019 }}</ref> *The entire length of the US 76 concurrency, from a point south-southeast of Chatsworth, to the northeastern part of the city.<ref name="NHS Georgia"/><ref name="NHS Dalton">{{cite map |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/dalton_ga.pdf |title=National Highway System: Dalton, GA |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019 }}</ref>
==History== ===1920s=== The roadway that would eventually become SR 61 was designated at least as early as 1919 as [[Georgia State Route 34 (1919–1926)|SR 36]] from northeast of Carrollton to Villa Rica. Also, an unnumbered road was established from Chatsworth to the Tennessee state line in Tennga.<ref name="GDOT 1920">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1920 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> By the end of 1921, [[Georgia State Route 4 (1919–1929)|SR 4]]'s eastern extension was built from Cartersville to Fairmount. Also, the segment of SR 2 between [[Calhoun, Georgia|Calhoun]] and [[Ellijay, Georgia|Ellijay]] was shifted southward, with it designated on the Fairmount–Chatsworth segment.<ref name="GDOT 1920"/><ref name="GDOT 1921">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1921 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> By the end of 1926, SR 34 had been redesignated as a southern branch of SR 8. All of its length had a "sand clay or top soil" surface. SR 61 was designated on the previously unnumbered road north-northeast of Chatsworth. The southern half of the segment of SR 4 from Cartersville to Fairmount had a sand clay or top soil surface. The northern half of the segment of SR 2 from Fairmount to Chatsworth had a completed semi hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1921"/><ref name="GDOT 1926">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1926 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> Before the decade ended, [[U.S. Route 78S in Georgia|US 78S]] was designated on the segment of SR 8 from northeast of Carrollton to Villa Rica. The segments of SR 4 from Cartersville to Fairmount, and SR 2 from Fairmount to Chatsworth, were redesignated as a southern extension of SR 61. At this time, the Chatsworth–Tennga segment was under construction.<ref name="GDOT 1926"/><ref name="GDOT 1929-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1929-10 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref>
===1930s=== In 1930, the Cartersville–Rydal segment, as well as a small portion north of the Gordon–Murray county line, was under construction. The Rydal–Fairmount segment, as well as a small portion south-southeast of Chatsworth, had a completed semi hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1929-10"/><ref name="GDOT 1930-06">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1930-06 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> Later that year, a small portion of SR 8 southwest of Villa Rica, as well as a portion north of the Gordon–Murray county line, was under construction. The Cartersville–Rydal segment had a sand clay or top soil surface. Also, the Gordon County portion of the Fairmount–Chatsworth segment had completed [[Grading (engineering)|grading]], but no surface course.<ref name="GDOT 1930-06"/><ref name="GDOT 1930-11">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1930-11 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> The next year, the segment of SR 8, from northeast of Carrollton to just southwest of Villa Rica, had a completed hard surface. The Cartersville–Rydal segment was under construction. A portion north of the Gordon–Murray county line had completed grading, but no surface course. The Chatsworth–Tennga segment had a sand clay or top soil surface.<ref name="GDOT 1930-11"/><ref name="GDOT 1932-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-01 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> In January 1932, an unnumbered road was built between Villa Rica and Cartersville.<ref name="GDOT 1932-01"/><ref name="GDOT 1932-02">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-02 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> In March of that year, SR 61 was designated on the previously unnumbered road from Dallas to Cartersville; however, there was no indication as to whether it was designated on the Villa Rica–Dallas segment.<ref name="GDOT 1932-03">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-03 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1932-04">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-04 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> By the end of the year, the Cartersville–Rydal segment had completed grading, but no surface course.<ref name="GDOT 1932-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-10 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1932-11">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-11 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> Near the end of 1933, this segment had a sand clay or top soil surface.<ref name="GDOT 1933-07">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1933-07 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1933-08">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1933-08 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> The next year, SR 61 was designated on the Villa Rica–Dallas segment. SR 20 was designated on the Cartersville–Rydal segment. Also, a small portion north-northeast of Rydal had a completed semi hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1934-04">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1934-04 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1934-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1934-10 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> Before the year ended, US 411 was designated on the Cartersville–Tennga segment. The Rydal–Fairmount segment had a completed semi hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1934-10"/><ref name="GDOT 1935-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1935-01 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> A few months later, a portion south-southwest of Dallas was under construction.<ref name="GDOT 1935-01"/><ref name="GDOT 1935-04">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1935-04 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> At the end of the year, a small portion north-northeast of Cartersville, and a portion north of Chatsworth, had a completed hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1935-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1935-10 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1936-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1936-01 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> Late in 1936, the central portion of the segment from Cartersville to Rydal had completed grading, but was not surfaced. Also, the Fairmount–Crandall segment had a completed hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1936-07">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1936-07 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1936-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1936-10 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> At the end of the year, a portion south-southwest of Rydal had a completed hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1936-10"/><ref name="GDOT 1937-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1937-01 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> A few months later, the Crandall to Tennga segment also had a completed hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1937-01"/><ref name="GDOT 1937-04">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1937-04 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> By the middle of 1937, about half of the segment from Villa Rica to Dallas, as well as a portion north of Dallas, was under construction. At this time, the segment from Cartersville to Rydal had a completed hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1937-04"/><ref name="GDOT 1937-07">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1937-07 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> Later that year, the highway was under construction from Villa Rica to the Paulding–Bartow county line.<ref name="GDOT 1937-07"/><ref name="GDOT 1937-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1937-10 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> At the end of the year, a portion south-southwest of Dallas and a portion south of Fairmount had a completed hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1937-10"/><ref name="GDOT 1938-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1938-01 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> The next year, US 78S was redesignated as [[U.S. Route 78 Alternate (Alabama–Georgia)|US 78 Alternate]]. The Rydal–Fairmount segment, as well as the Paulding County portion of the Villa Rica–Dallas segment, had a completed hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1938-01"/> By the middle of 1939, the portion of the Villa Rica–Dallas segment that was in Carroll and Douglas counties, as well as the Paulding County portion of the Dallas–Cartersville segment, had completed grading, but was not surfaced.<ref name="GDOT 1938-09">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1938-09 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1939-07">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1939-07 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> The decade ended with [[Georgia State Route 20 Spur (Bartow County)|SR 20 Spur]] being built in the northern part of Cartersville, to function like a northern [[Bypass (road)|bypass]] of the main part of the city. Also, the Bartow County portion of the segment from Dallas to Cartersville was under construction.<ref name="GDOT 1939-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1939-10 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1940-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1940-01 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref>
===1940s=== At the beginning of 1940, the central portion of the Dallas–Cartersville segment had a completed hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1940-01"/><ref name="GDOT 1940-04">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1940-04 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> Near the end of the year, the entire Villa Rica–Dallas segment, as well as the Paulding County portion of the Dallas–Cartersville segment, had a completed hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1940-04"/><ref name="GDOT 1940-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1940-10 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> In 1943, SR 20 was shifted off of US 411/SR 61 to replace the old SR 20 Spur and [[Georgia State Route 113|SR 113]]'s routing east of Cartersville.<ref name="GDOT 1943-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1943-01 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1944-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1944-01 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> By the end of 1946, the Bartow County portion of the segment from Dallas to Cartersville had a completed hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1945-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1945-01 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1946">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1946 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> A year or two later, the southern branch of SR 8 was redesignated as [[Georgia State Route 8 Alternate (Carroll County)|SR 8 Alternate]] (SR 8 Alt.).<ref name="GDOT 1946"/><ref name="GDOT 1948">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1948 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref>
===1950s to 1980s=== In 1952, US 78 Alt. was [[Decommissioned highway|decommissioned]].<ref name="GDOT 1952">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1952 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1953-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1953-01 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> By the middle of 1954, SR 8 Alt. was redesignated as a southern extension of SR 61.<ref name="GDOT 1953">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1953 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1954">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1954 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> Two decades later, SR 2 east of Cisco was impassable due to rock slides.<ref name="GDOT 1973">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1973 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1974">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1974 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> It wasn't until near the end of the 1980s that SR 2 was re-routed south-southwest along US 411/SR 61 from Cisco to Chatsworth, where it began a concurrency with US 76/SR 52. US 76/SR 2/SR 52 traveled to the east and southeast into Ellijay, where SR 52 departed the concurrency. US 76/SR 2 turned left onto SR 5. They traveled northeast into [[Blue Ridge, Georgia|Blue Ridge]]. Here, SR 5 departed the concurrency, and US 76/SR 2 headed east as previously.<ref name="GDOT 1986">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1986 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1987">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1987 |access-date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> {{Clear}}
==Major intersections== {{Jcttop|state=GA|length_ref=<ref name="Google"/>}} {{GAint |county=Carroll |cspan=4 |location=none |mile=0.0 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|166|name1=[[Bankhead Highway]] / Cutoff Road|city1=Carrollton|location2=[[Atlanta]]}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{GAint |location=Villa Rica |lspan=3 |mile=8.4 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|I|20|name1=Tom Murphy Freeway / [[Georgia State Route 402|SR 402]]|SR|101|dir2=begins|location1=[[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]|location2=[[Atlanta]]}} |notes=Southern end of SR 101 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 101; I-20 exit 24 }} {{GAint |mile=9.2 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|US|78|dir1=west|SR|8|dir2=west|name2=[[Bankhead Highway]]|SR|101|dir3=north|name3=Industrial Boulevard|city1=Temple|city2=Rockmart}} |notes=Northern end of SR 101 concurrency; southern end of US 78/SR 8 concurrency }} {{GAint |mile=10.4 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|US|78|SR|8|dir1=east|dir2=east|name2=[[Bankhead Highway]]|city2=Douglasville}} |notes=Northern end of US 78/SR 8 concurrency }} {{Jctco|state=GA|county=Douglas}} {{GAint |county=Paulding |cspan=5 |location=none |mile=21.4 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR-Conn|120|dab1=Hiram|name1=Hiram Sudie Road|city1=Hiram}} }} {{GAint |location=Dallas |lspan=4 |mile=24.5 |road={{Jct|state=GA|US|278|SR|6|SR|120|name3=Jimmy Campbell Parkway|city1=Rockmart|city2=Buchanan|city3=Powder Springs|city4=Marietta}} }} {{GAint |mile=25.3 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR-Bus|6|dab1=Dallas|dir1=east|name1=Merchants Drive}} |notes=Southern end of SR 6 Bus. concurrency }} {{GAint |mile=25.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|381|dir1=north|name1=Memorial Drive|city1=Acworth}} |notes=Southern terminus of SR 381 }} {{GAint |mile=26.3 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR-Bus|6|dab1=Dallas|dir1=west|name1=West Memorial Drive}} |notes=Northern end of SR 6 Bus. concurrency }} {{GAint |county=Bartow |cspan=8 |location=Cartersville |lspan=7 |mile=42.1 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|113|dir1=south|name1=Rockmart Highway|city1=Taylorsville}} |notes=Southern end of SR 113 concurrency }} {{GAint |mile=43.3 |bridge=[[Etowah River]] }} {{GAint |mile=46.0 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|293|dir1=north|name1=North Bartow Street|city1=Kingston}} |notes=Southern end of SR 293 concurrency }} {{GAint |mile=46.4 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|113|SR|293|dir1=north|dir2=south|name2=South Tennessee Street|city2=Emerson}} |notes=Northern end of SR 113 and SR 293 concurrencies }} {{GAint |mile=48.8 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|US|41|US|411|SR|3|SR|20|dir2=south|dir4=west|name4=Joe Frank Harris Parkway SE|city1=Calhoun|city2=Rome|city3=Emerson}} |notes=Southern end of US 411 and SR 20 concurrencies }} {{GAint |mile=49.0 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|20|dir1=east|name1=Canton Highway|city1=Canton}} |notes=Northern end of SR 20 concurrency }} {{GAint |mile=52.4 |road={{Jct|state=GA|I|75|name1=[[Georgia State Route 401|SR 401]]|location1=[[Atlanta]]|location2=[[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]]}} |notes=I-75 exit 293 }} {{GAint |location=none |mile=60.1 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|140|name1=Henry Mack Hill Road|city1=Adairsville|city2=Waleska}} }} {{GAint |county=Gordon |cspan=4 |location=Fairmount |lspan=2 |mile=67.0 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|53|dir1=west|name1=Calhoun Street|city1=Calhoun}} |notes=Southern end of SR 53 concurrency }} {{GAint |mile=67.4 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|53|dir1=east|name1=Fairmount Highway SE|city1=Jasper}} |notes=Northern end of SR 53 concurrency }} {{GAint |location=none |mile=73.9 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|156|dir1=west|city1=Calhoun}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 156 }} {{GAint |location=none |mile=78.1 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|136|city1=Resaca|city2=Talking Rock}} }} {{GAint |county=Murray |cspan=7 |location=none |mile=80.2 |bridge=[[Coosawattee River]] }} {{GAint |location=Ramhurst |mile=85.9 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|US|76|SR|282|dir1=east|dir2=east|city1=Ellijay}} |notes=Southern end of US 76 concurrency; western terminus of SR 282 }} {{GAint |location=Chatsworth |lspan=2 |mile=91.1 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|2|SR|52|SR-Alt|52|dab3=Chatsworth|dir1=east|dir2=east|dir3=west|name2=East Fort Street|name3=West Fort Street|city2=Ellijay|location3=[[Spring Place]]}} |notes=Southern end of SR 2 and SR 52 concurrencies; eastern terminus of SR 52 Alt. }} {{GAint |mile=92.6 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=GA|US|76|SR|52|dir1=west|dir2=west|name2=G.I. Maddox Parkway|city2=Dalton}} |notes=Northern end of US 76 and SR 52 concurrencies }} {{GAint |location=Eton |mile=95.4 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|286|dir1=west|name1=Coffey Road}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 286 }} {{GAint |location=Cisco |mile=104.4 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|2|dir1=west|city1=Varnell|city2=Ringgold}} |notes=Northern end of SR 2 concurrency }} {{GAint |location=Tennga |mile=107.1 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=TN|US|411|SR|33|dir1=north|dir2=north|location2=[[Conasauga, Polk County, Tennessee|Conasauga]]}} |notes=Northern terminus at [[Tennessee]] state line; northern end of US 411 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 33 }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Georgia (U.S. state)}} * {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} * [http://georgiaroads.tripod.com/gahwy4.htm Georgia Roads (Routes 61 - 80)]
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