{{Short description|State highway in Georgia, United States}} {{About|the current state highway|the U.S. Highway|U.S. Route 76 in Georgia}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=GA |type=SR |route=76 |map={{maplink-road|from=Georgia State Route 76.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SR 76 highlighted in red |length_mi=62.2 |length_ref=<ref>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/30.6528903,-83.6422025/Adel,+GA/31.2373689,-83.0781109/@30.945047,-83.6403531,10z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m20!4m19!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-83.5538854!2d30.7975057!3s0x88ee7f1c0d3b5839:0x824b32f53958172!1m10!1m1!1s0x88ee0d78a9867969:0xeed7d785755cb3c0!2m2!1d-83.4234936!2d31.1371358!3m4!1m2!1d-83.2532366!2d31.1987565!3s0x88ee161f0bb0dda1:0x1afbd0fec965f1e7!1m0!3e0 |title=Overview map of SR 76 |access-date=November 18, 2019 }}</ref> |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=FL|US|221|FL|55}} at the Florida state line near Quitman |junction={{Plainlist| *{{jct|state=GA|US|84|SR|38}} in Quitman *{{jct|state=GA|US|84|US|221|SR|38}} in Quitman *{{jct|state=GA|US|41|SR|7}} in Adel *{{jct|state=GA|US|129|SR|11|SR|125}} in Nashville }} |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=GA|GA|135}} near Willacoochee |counties=Brooks, Cook, Berrien |previous_type=US |previous_route=76 |next_type=SR |next_route=77 }}
'''State Route 76''' ('''SR 76''') is a {{convert|62.2|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It connects the Florida state line, south-southwest of Quitman, with the Nashville area, via Quitman, Morven, and Adel.
==Route description== {{Expand section|date=December 2013}} Starting at the Florida line south of Quitman in Brooks County,<ref>{{google maps |url= https://maps.google.com/maps?q=quitman+ga&hl=en&ll=30.652773,-83.639624&spn=0.009728,0.021136&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.642161,86.572266&vpsrc=6&hnear=Quitman,+Brooks,+Georgia&t=m&z=16 |title= Quitman, GA |link=no |accessdate= December 8, 2011}}</ref> SR 76 heads north concurrent with U.S. Route 221 (US 221). Just south of Quitman, both roads merge with SR 333. In downtown Quitman, US 221 heads east, and SR 76/SR 333 stays concurrent. Just north of downtown, SR 76 splits off from SR 333. It then passes through the towns of Morven and Barney before entering Cook County.<ref>{{cite map|format=PDF |url=http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/rural/Brooks_FC_1210.pdf |title=Functional Classification Map: Brooks County, Georgia |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |cartography=Office of Transportation Data |accessdate=December 9, 2011 |date=December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406094235/http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/rural/Brooks_FC_1210.pdf |archivedate=April 6, 2012 |df= }}</ref>
SR 76 enters Cook County southwest of Adel. In town, it crosses, but does not junction with, Interstate 75 (I-75). In downtown, SR 76 runs concurrent with SR 37. They split east of Adel, and SR 76 heads northeast into Berrien County.<ref>{{cite map|format=PDF |url=http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/urban/Cook_FC.pdf |title=Functional Classification Map: Cook County, Georgia |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |cartography=Office of Transportation Data |accessdate=December 9, 2011 |year=2005 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406094314/http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/urban/Cook_FC.pdf |archivedate=April 6, 2012 |df= }}</ref>
SR 76 enters Berrien County southwest of Nashville. Reaching downtown Nashville, it runs concurrently with US 129, SR 11, and SR 125 for a short distance. After splitting off, SR 76 heads east, jogs north, and then heads east until it terminates at SR 135.<ref>{{cite map|format=PDF |url=http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/urbanized/Berrien_FC_09.pdf |title=Functional Classification Map: Berrien County, Georgia |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |cartography=Office of Transportation Data |accessdate=December 9, 2011 |date=October 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406094420/http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/urbanized/Berrien_FC_09.pdf |archivedate=April 6, 2012 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{google maps |url= https://maps.google.com/maps?q=nashville+ga&hl=en&ll=31.238197,-83.073635&spn=0.038675,0.084543&sll=30.652773,-83.639624&sspn=0.009728,0.021136&vpsrc=6&hnear=Nashville,+Berrien,+Georgia&t=m&z=14 |title= Nashville, GA |link=no |accessdate= December 8, 2011}}</ref>
The only portion of SR 76 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 the concurrency with US 84/SR 38 (on US 221/SR 333) in Quitman.<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 18, 2019 }}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{mileposts}} {{Jcttop}} {{GAint |county=Brooks |cspan=7 |location=none |mile=0.0 |road={{Jct|state=FL|US|221|dir1=south|name1=SR 55|city1=Greenville|city2=Perry<!--from sign on US 84-->}} |notes=Southern terminus at the Florida state line }} {{GAint |location=Quitman |lspan=4 |type=concur |mile=10.1 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|333|dir1=south|location1=Madison}} |notes=West end of SR 333 overlap }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=10.9 |road={{Jct|state=GA|US|84|dir1=west|SR|38|dir2=west|name2=West Screven Street|city1=Thomasville|city2=Cairo}} |notes=South end of US 84 / SR 38 overlap }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=11.1 |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=East end of US 84 / US 221 / SR 38 overlap }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile= |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|333|dir1=north|name1=North Washington Street|to2=to|SR|133<!--from sign on US 84-->|city1=Moultrie}} |notes=East end of SR 333 overlap }} {{GAint |location=Morven |mile=23.3 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|133|city1=Moultrie|city2=Valdosta}} }} {{GAint |location=Barney |mile=27.8 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|122|city1=Pavo|city2=Hahira}} }} {{GAint |county=Cook |cspan=3 |location=Adel |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=38.0 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|37|dir1=west|name1=West 4th Street|to2=to|I|75<!--from sign at US 41-->|city1=Moultrie}} |notes=West end of SR 37 overlap }} {{GAint |mile=38.6 |road={{Jct|state=GA|US|41|SR|7|name2=Hutchinson Avenue|city1=Tifton|city2=Valdosta}} }} {{GAint |location=none |type=concur |mile=40.5 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|37|dir1=east|city1=Ray City|city2=Lakeland|location3=Moody AFB}} |notes=East end of SR 37 overlap }} {{GAint |county=Berrien |cspan=4 |location=Nashville |lspan=3 |type=concur |mile=50.8 |road={{Jct|state=GA|US|129|dir1=south|SR|11|dir2=south|SR|125|dir3=south|name3=Davis Street|city1=Ray City|city2=Lakeland|city3=Valdosta<!--from sign at east end of overlap-->}} |notes=West end of US 129 / SR 11 / SR 125 overlap }} {{GAint |mile=51.5 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|168|dir1=east|name1=McPherson Avenue|city1=Homerville<!--from distance sign after turn-->}} }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=51.6 |road={{Jct|state=GA|US|129|dir1=north|SR|11|dir2=north|name2=Davis Street|SR|125|dir3=north|name3=West Marion Avenue|city1=Alapaha<!--from sign at west end of overlap-->|city2=Ocilla|city3=Tifton}} |notes=East end of US 129 / SR 11 / SR 125 overlap }} {{GAint |location=none |mile=62.2 |road={{Jct|state=GA|SR|135|city1=Willacoochee|city2=Douglas|city3=Lakeland}} |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==See also== * {{portal-inline|Georgia (U.S. state)}} * {{portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
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076 Category:Transportation in Brooks County, Georgia Category:Transportation in Cook County, Georgia Category:Transportation in Berrien County, Georgia