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Georgia State Route 920 (SR 920) was a 17.1-mile (27.5 km) arterial road in the Metro Atlanta area in the state of Georgia. The route number was a temporary designation placed along the route while it is upgraded to be converted to be a future alignment of SR 81 .
State Route 14 Connector (SR 14 Conn.) is a 2.8-mile-long (4.5 km) connector route of SR 14 in southern Fulton County. Its western terminus is at an interchange with US 29 /SR 14 (Roosevelt Highway) in Red Oak , where the roadway continues as US 29 Alt. / SR 14 Alt. (South Fulton Parkway), it becomes a state maintained freeway .
Deliverance (1972) is set in a north Georgia county marked on the sheriff's car as Aintry. Diggstown (1992) takes place in the fictional Olivair County, Georgia. Gator (1976) takes place in the fictional Dunston County, Georgia. Ghost Fever (1987) takes place in the fictional Greendale County, Georgia.
US Route 76 in Whitfield County, Georgia. By the end of 1950, US 76/SR 2 were paved from Hiawassee to just east of the Towns–Rabun county line. Also, SR 2 was paved from Clayton to the South Carolina state line. [32] [33] By the middle of 1954, the entire length of roadway, from Tennessee to South Carolina, was paved.
Wilkes County, named for British politician and supporter of American independence, John Wilkes, is considered Georgia's first county established by European Americans; it was the first of eight original counties created in the first state constitution on February 5, 1777. The other seven counties were organized from existing colonial parishes.
The three routes travel to the north-northwest into the town of Musella, where SR 42 splits off to the north-northeast and enters Monroe County. In Dyas is an intersection with SR 74. The route continues to the north-northeast, through rural areas of the county and heads toward Forsyth. Just before entering town, it crosses over Tobesofkee Creek.
The Muscogee County portion had a "completed hard surface". [2] [3] At the end of 1934, the Chattahoochee County portion of the highway was under construction. [6] [7] A year later the southern terminus had a "sand clay or top soil" surface. [8] [9] By the middle of 1936, the Chattahoochee County portion had completed grading, but was not surfaced.
The highway was built to give motorists in the north Georgia mountains better access to Atlanta and its outlying suburbs, as opposed to the old SR 5 and U.S. Route 76 (US 76) highways, which this project replaced. SR 515 is also known as the Zell Miller Mountain Parkway, in honor of Zell Miller, elected as Georgia governor and U.S. senator.