U.S. Route 27 in Georgia
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U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) is a 356.088-mile-long (573.068 km) United States Numbered Highway in the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels south-to-north through the western part of the state near the Alabama state line. The whole route is Governor's Road Improvement Program (GRIP) corridor EDS-27,[citation needed] providing the bulk of the Tallahassee, Florida–Chattanooga, Tennessee corridor. All of US 27 in Georgia runs concurrently with State Route 1 (SR 1) and is also designated as the Martha Berry Highway. It connects Bainbridge, Colquitt, Blakely, Cuthbert, Lumpkin, Cusseta, Columbus, LaGrange, Carrollton, Bremen, Cedartown, Rome, Summerville, LaFayette, Fort Oglethorpe, and Rossville.
Martha Berry Highway | ||||
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Maintained by GDOT | ||||
Length | 356.088 mi[1] (573.068 km) | |||
Existed | 1934[2][3]–present | |||
History | SR 1 established at least as early as 1919[4] | |||
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South end | US 27 / SR 63 / SR 1 at the Florida state line southeast of Attapulgus | |||
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North end | US 27 / SR 27 and SR 1 at the Tennessee state line on the Rossville–Chattanooga line | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Georgia | |||
Counties | Decatur, Miller, Early, Clay, Randolph, Stewart, Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Harris, Troup, Heard, Carroll, Haralson, Polk, Floyd, Chattooga, Walker, Catoosa | |||
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