U.S. Route 1 in Georgia

"GA 4" redirects here. For the congressional district, see Georgia's 4th congressional district.

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 1 in Georgia. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 1.

This article is about the current U.S. Highway. For the current state highway, see Georgia State Route 1.

U.S. Highway 1
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length:	222.90 mi (358.72 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 1 / US 23 / US 301 / SR 15 SR 4 / SR 15 at the Florida state line northwest of Hilliard, FL
	US 301 / SR 23 / SR 40 / SR 121 in Folkston US 82 / US 84 / SR 520 near Waycross I‑16 in Oak Park US 80 / SR 26 in Swainsboro I‑520 in Augusta US 78 / US 278 / SR 4 / SR 10 in Augusta
North end:	US 1 / US 25 / US 78 / US 278 / SC 121 and SR 10 / SR 121 in North Augusta, SC
Location
Counties:	Charlton, Ware, Bacon, Appling, Toombs, Emanuel, Jefferson, Richmond
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Georgia State Routes Interstate U.S. State Former ← SR 3 SR 4 SR 5 →

U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Georgia, which is concurrent for almost its entire length with State Route 4 (SR 4), is a highway that travels south-to-north through portions of Charlton, Ware, Bacon, Appling, Toombs, Emanuel, Jefferson, and Richmond counties in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route travels from its southern terminus at US 1/US 23/US 301/FL SR 15 at the St. Marys River and the Florida state line, northwest of Hilliard, FL, to its northern terminus at US 1/US 25/US 78/US 278/SR 10/SR 121 at the Savannah River and the South Carolina state line in Augusta.

Route description

The route starts at the Florida state line on the St. Marys River in eastern Charlton County, and initially runs north as a four-lane highway through Folkston, co-signed with US 23, US 301, and SR 15. In Homeland, US 301 splits off and runs in a northerly direction, while US 1 turns to the northwest, crosses into Ware County, and initially forms the county line between Ware County and Brantley County. The route continues northwest and runs west through Waycross. For the majority of its length in Charlton and Ware counties to Waycross the route is very closely paralleled by the CSX Transportation rail line from Georgia into Florida. In Waycross US 1 turns north to cross into Bacon County and Alma. In northern Bacon County, US 23 splits off to the northwest, while US 1 continues in a northeasterly direction, and crosses into Appling County.

Heading through Baxley, the route continues north, and crosses the Altamaha River into Toombs County, then heads through Lyons, and on into Emanuel County. US 1 becomes a four-lane grassy-median-divided highway just before crossing I-16 north of Oak Park, and continues north to Swainsboro. Still heading north, the route crosses into Jefferson County and runs through Wadley and Louisville, where it becomes concurrent with US 221 on its way to Wrens.

From Wrens, having split from US 221, US 1 turns northeast and crosses into Richmond County, cutting through the southern portion of Fort Gordon, before reaching the Augusta metro area, crossing I-520, and heading into downtown Augusta. In downtown Augusta, US 1 and SR 4 separate. SR 4 takes the older route to cross the Savannah River with U.S. Route 25 Business, while US 1 turns northeast with US 25, US 78, and US 278, which soon turn north and also cross the Savannah River into South Carolina.

History

In 1920, the designation of SR 4 was used for a route in northwestern Georgia, running from the Alabama state line east via Rome to Cartersville, where it met State Route 3. This route is signed today as SR 20 and SR 100 to Rome, and US 411 and SR 20 from Rome to Cartersville. The current route from Folkston to Alma was signed as SR 15, and the portion to Baxley had no state route designation at the time. Also, the current path north from Baxley through Lyons to Swainsboro does not appear on 1920 maps at all; instead, an unsigned route is shown from Lyons to Reidsville, and on to Metter. From Swainboro, the current route was signed at the time as SR 17 to Louisville, and another unsigned route continued to Augusta

By 1926, SR 4 was still located in northwest Georgia in various states of surface condition, from hard surface around Rome to unimproved on some portions, but had been extended from Cartersville north to Fairmount; this stretch of the route is signed today as US 411 and SR 61. The current route in the southeast, which was already signed as US 1, featured semi-hard surface to Waycross, and was in various stages of improvement from Waycross to Baxley. The current section from Baxley to Swainsboro, which had not existed in 1920, appears as unimproved road, signed as SR 32, by 1926. From Swainsboro to Augusta, the route again appeared in various stages of improvement, now co-signed as SR 17 to Wrens, and as SR 24 from Louisville to Augusta.

By 1929, the current designations of US 1 and SR 4 in the southeast of Georgia were found on Georgia highway maps. By early 1932, the entirety of the current route appears to have been covered by hard surface, which makes this route an exception, rather than a rule, of the common surface conditions at the time.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Charlton	​	0.000	0.000	US 1 south / US 23 south / US 301 south (SR 15) – Hilliard, Jacksonville	Florida state line
	Folkston	4.194	6.750	SR 40 east (Main Street) to I‑95 – Kingsland
				Love Street	former SR 252 east
		4.671	7.517	SR 23 south / SR 121 south – St. George	Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 23 / SR 121
		5.036	8.105	SR 40 Conn. east (Cross Street) – Kingsland, White Oak, D. Ray James Prison
	Homeland	6.764	10.886	US 301 north / SR 23 north – Nahunta, Jesup	interchange; northern terminus of concurrency with US 301 / SR 23
	Racepond	18.729	30.141	SR 15 north / SR 121 north – Blackshear	Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 15 / SR 121
Ware	Braganza	30.912	49.748	SR 177 (Okefenokee Park Road) – Okefenokee Swamp Park, Laura S. Walker State Park and Golf Course, Dixon Memorial Wildlife Management Area, Camp for Blind
	Waycross	37.733	60.725	US 82 east (South Georgia Parkway) / SR 520 east – Nahunta, Laura S. Walker State Park, Brunswick US 1 Bus. north / US 23 Bus. north / SR 4 Bus. north (Memorial Drive) – Alma	Southern terminus of concurrency with US 82 / SR 520
		39.215	63.110	US 84 east (McDonald Street) / SR 38 east – Blackshear, Jesup, Savannah	Eastern terminus of concurrency with US 84 / SR 38
		40.577	65.302	US 84 west / SR 38 west (Victory Drive) – Valdosta	Western terminus of concurrency with US 84 / SR 38
	​	42.688	68.700	SR 122 west (Carswell Avenue) – Lakeland, Baptist Village
	​	44.994	72.411	US 82 west / SR 520 west – Pearson, Tifton	Northern terminus of concurrency with US 82 / SR 520
	​	49.045	78.930	US 1 Bus. south / US 23 Bus. south / SR 4 Bus. south – Airport
Bacon	Alma	66.703	107.348	SR 4 Alt. north (South Dixon Street)
		67.147	108.063	SR 32 (West 16th Street) – Douglas, Patterson
				SR 4 Alt. south (North Dixon Street)
	​	73.479	118.253	US 23 north / SR 19 north – Hazlehurst	Northern terminus of concurrency with US 23
Appling	Baxley	84.908	136.646	SR 15 south – Bristol	Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 15
		85.941	138.309	US 341 / SR 27 (Parker Street) – Hazlehurst, Jesup
				North Main Street - Glennville	former SR 144 east
Altamaha River		97.283	156.562	Bridge
Toombs	English Eddy	99.394	159.959	SR 147 east – Reidsville
	Toombs Central	104.866	168.765	SR 56 – Uvalda, Reidsville
	South Thompson	109.125	175.620	SR 15 north / SR 29 north – Vidalia	Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 15
	Lyons	115.748	186.278	SR 178 south (South Victory Drive) – State Prison
		116.649	187.728	US 280 / SR 30 (Liberty Avenue) – Vidalia, Reidsville, Southeastern Tech
		116.745	187.883	SR 152 east / SR 292 (Broad Street) – Vidalia, Cobbtown, Metter, Collins, Claxton
		119.882	192.931	SR 130 west – Vidalia
Emanuel	Oak Park	128.144	206.228	SR 86 east – Ohoopee	Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 86
		129.485	208.386	SR 46 west / SR 86 west	Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 86; southern terminus of concurrency with SR 46
		131.716	211.976	I‑16 (SR 404) – Macon, Savannah	I-16 exit 90
		131.915	212.297	SR 46 east – Metter	Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 46
	​	134.382	216.267	SR 192 east – Stillmore
	​	140.533	226.166	SR 57 east – Stillmore	south end of SR 57 overlap
	​	141.664	227.986	SR 297 south – Nunez
	​	142.043	228.596	US 1 Bus. north / SR 4 Bus. north
	​	145.538	234.221	SR 56 – Soperton, Swainsboro
	​	146.372	235.563	US 80 / SR 26 – Adrian, Swainsboro
	​	149.039	239.855	SR 57 west – Wrightsville, Swainsboro, Airport	north end of SR 57 overlap
	​	150.785	242.665	US 1 Bus. south / SR 4 Bus. south
Jefferson	​	165.194	265.854	US 1 Bus. north / SR 4 Bus. north
	Wadley	167.131	268.971	US 319 south / SR 78 – Bartow, Midville
	​	168.880	271.786	US 1 Bus. south / SR 4 Bus. south
	Louisville	175.360	282.215	US 1 Bus. north / SR 4 Bus. north
		176.150	283.486	SR 17 south – Midville, Airport	Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 17
		176.690	284.355	SR 24 (Waynesboro Road) – Louisville, Waynesboro
		177.646	285.894	US 221 south / US 1 Bus. south / SR 4 Bus. south (Peachtree Street) – Louisville, Bartow	Southern terminus of concurrency with US 221
	​	181.291	291.760	SR 296 north – Stapleton
	Wrens	190.288	306.239	SR 88 west – Orange	Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 88
		191.467	308.136	SR 17 north – Thomson	Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 17
		191.724	308.550	SR 80 / SR 88 to SR 17 / SR 102 – Warrenton, Waynesboro, Matthews, Keysville, Blythe, Avera, Thomson	Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 88
		192.717	310.148	US 221 north / SR 47 west – Harlem, Appling, Airport	Northern terminus of concurrency with US 221
Richmond	Blythe	204.943	329.824	SR 88 – Blythe, Hephzibah
	Augusta			Tobacco Road - Fort Gordon	interchange
		215.930	347.506	I‑520 (Bobby Jones Expressway / SR 415)	I-520 exit 5
		217.585	350.169	US 78 west / US 278 west / SR 10 west (Gordon Highway) / SR 4 north (Deans Bridge Road) – Augusta, Fort Gordon, Thomson	north end of SR 4 overlap; south end of US 78 / US 278 / SR 10 overlap
				US 25 south / SR 121 south – Waynesboro	interchange; south end of US 25 / SR 121 overlap
				SR 56 Spur south (D. Barnard Parkway) – Bush Field, Augusta Regional Airport
		222.659	358.335	US 25 Bus. north / SR 28 (Broad Street) – Downtown Augusta, Fort Discovery	interchange
		222.899	358.721	US 1 north / US 25 north / US 78 east / US 278 east / SC 121 north – Columbia	South Carolina state line (Savannah River bridge)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Bannered routes

Waycross

U.S. Highway 1 Business
Location:	Waycross
Length:	9.622 mi (15.485 km)

US 1 Bus. / US 23 Bus. / SR 4 Bus. in Waycross, which is concurrent with US 23 Bus, continues northwest into the heart of Waycross, while the main route of US 1 / US 23 / SR 4 heads west across the southern portion of Waycross. US 1 Bus runs to its intersection with US 84 and SR 38, and turns northeast, co-signed with those routes for a short distance. US 1 Bus then turns sharply northwest again and is also called State Street, and continues northwest out of Waycross, before meeting up again with the main route of US 1 / US 23 / SR 4.

US 1 Bus. was established in 1994, replacing the old mainline US 1 through Waycross, via Memorial Drive, Plant Avenue, State Street, and Alma Highway.

The entire route is in Ware County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Waycross	0.000	0.000	US 1 / US 82 / SR 4 / SR 520 US 23 Bus.	Southern terminus of US 1 BUS/SR 4 BUS; southern terminus of concurrency with US 23 Bus
	1.212	1.951	US 84 south / SR 38 – Homerville	Southern terminus of concurrency with US 84 and SR 38
	1.399	2.251	US 84 north / SR 38 – Blackshear	Northern terminus of concurrency with US 84 and SR 38
​	9.622	15.485	US 1 / SR 4 / US 23 Bus.	Northern terminus of US 1 BUS/SR 4 BUS; northern terminus of concurrency with US 23 Bus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Alma

State Route 4 Alternate
Location:	Alma
Length:	1.613 mi (2.596 km)

SR 4 Alternate's southern terminus at US 1/US 23

SR 4 Alternate in Alma runs south-to-north through the western part of town, crossing SR 32, while the main route of US 1/SR 4 heads through the heart of downtown, past the Alma campus of Okefenokee Technical College.

The entire route is in Alma, Bacon County.

mi	km	Destinations	Notes
0.000	0.000	US 1 / SR 4	Southern terminus of SR 1 Alt
0.587	0.945	SR 32
1.613	2.596	US 1 / SR 4	Northern terminus of SR 1 Alt
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Swainsboro

U.S. Highway 1 Business
Location:	Swainsboro
Length:	7.876 mi (12.675 km)

US 1 Bus. / SR 4 Bus. in Swainsboro runs first north, then northwest through the heart of downtown, crossing US 80 and SR 26, while the main route of US 1 and SR 4 heads west around Swainsboro. US 1 Bus. was established in 2001, replacing the old mainline US 1 through Swainsboro, via Main Street.

The entire route is in Swainsboro, Emanuel County.

mi	km	Destinations	Notes
0.000	0.000	US 1 / SR 4	Southern terminus of US 1 Bus/SR 4 Bus
4.204	6.766	US 80 / SR 26 east
7.876	12.675	US 1 / SR 4	Northern terminus of US 1 Bus/SR 4 Bus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Wadley

U.S. Highway 1 Business
Location:	Wadley
Length:	3.645 mi (5.866 km)

US 1 Bus. / SR 4 Bus. in Wadley runs north through the heart of downtown, crossing US 319 and SR 78, while the main route of US 1 and SR 4 heads east around Wadley. US 1 Bus. was established in 1981, replacing the old mainline US 1 through Wadley, via Main Street.

The entire route is in Wadley, Jefferson County.

mi	km	Destinations	Notes
0.000	0.000	US 1 / SR 4	Southern terminus of US 1 Bus/SR 4 Bus
1.866	3.003	US 319 / SR 78 – Bartow, Midville
3.645	5.866	US 1 / SR 4	Northern terminus of US 1 Bus/SR 4 Bus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Louisville

U.S. Highway 1 Business
Location:	Louisville
Length:	2.900 mi (4.667 km)

US 1 Bus. / SR 4 Bus. in Louisville runs first northwest, then cuts northeast, concurrent with US 221 and SR 24, through the heart of downtown, while the main route of US 1 and SR 4 heads east through Louisville. US 1 Bus. was established in 1981, replacing the old mainline US 1 through Louisville, via Broad Street and Peachtree Street.

The entire route is in Louisville, Jefferson County.

mi	km	Destinations	Notes
0.000	0.000	US 1 / SR 4	Southern terminus of US 1 Bus/SR 4 Bus
1.607	2.586	US 221 west / SR 24 – Davisboro	Western terminus of concurrency with US 221 and SR 24
1.990	3.203	SR 24 east – Waynesboro	Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 24
2.900	4.667	US 1 / US 221 / SR 4	Northern terminus of US 1 Bus/SR 4 Bus; eastern terminus of concurrency with US 221
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• Georgia (U.S. state) portal
• U.S. Roads portal
• Bannered routes of U.S. Route 1
• Central Savannah River Area

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

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