Georgia State Route 243
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| North end |   SR 540 southeast of Milledgeville | |
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| Country | United States | |
| State | Georgia | |
| Counties | Wilkinson, Baldwin | |
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State Route 243 (SR 243) was a 23.2-mile-long (37.3 km) north–south
state highway located in the central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It existed in portions of Wilkinson and Baldwin
counties.
The former portion of SR 243 that was
SR 540, the state highway designation for the Fall Line Freeway (FLF; a highway that connects Columbus with Augusta
), and was replaced in 2019 by an extended SR 540.
Route description
Former SR 243 began at an
US 441 Business for the rest of its length. The highway headed north through Hardwick, and entered Milledgeville. It crossed over Fishing Creek on the Mayor Harry G. Bone Bridge. US 441 Business/SR 243 traveled north into downtown Milledgeville, along South Wayne Street. They turned left on West Franklin Street, passed Memory Hill Cemetery, and then turned right on South Clark Street before intersecting SR 49 (West Hancock Street). Just after this intersection, the two highways traveled along the southwestern edge of Georgia College, and intersected SR 22/SR 24 (West Montgomery Street). Here, SR 243 met its northern terminus, while US 441 Business continued north.[1]
The only sections of former SR 243 that were part of the National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility and defense, were the section that traveled along the Fall Line Freeway and the section that was concurrent with US 441 Business.[5]
History
SR 243 was established in 1946 along an alignment from Gordon to Scottsboro.SR 29 Bus.[12][13] Between the beginning of 2017 and the beginning of 2019, SR 243 was decommissioned, with its final routing being entirely replaced by SR 540.[13][4]
Major intersections
This table shows the final routing of the highway (2016-2019).
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Western terminus | ||||||||
| | 2.7 | 4.3 |  SR 18 (Gray Highway) – Gray, Jeffersonville | |||||
| Ivey | 4.0– 4.1 | 6.4– 6.6 | McCook Bridge | Crossing over Lake Tchukolaho | ||||
| | 9.4 | 15.1 | Pennington Highway north | Southern terminus of Pennington Highway; former SR 243 north | ||||
| Baldwin |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Wilkinson |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Wilkinson–Baldwin county line | | 14.7 | 23.7 |   US 441 / SR 29 – Irwinton, Milledgeville | Interchange | |||
| Baldwin | | 16.9 | 27.2 |  SR 112 – Toomsboro, Milledgeville | Northern terminus of SR 112 | |||
| | 23.2 | 37.3 | SR 540 – Milledgeville, Sandersville | Eastern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b c Google (October 5, 2019). "Overview map of SR 243's final routing" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ OCLC 5673161. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ OCLC 5673161. Retrieved February 24, 2013. (Corrected to November 7, 1946.)
- ^ a b Georgia Department of Transportation (2019). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2019–2020 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ "National Highway System: Georgia" (PDF). Federal Housing Administration. March 25, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- OCLC 5673161. Retrieved February 24, 2013. (Corrected to August 1, 1950.)
- ^ OCLC 5673161. Retrieved February 24, 2013. (Corrected to January 1, 1952.)
- OCLC 5673161. Retrieved February 24, 2013. (Corrected to September 1, 1953.)
- ^ Georgia Department of Transportation (2013). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2013–2014 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Georgia Department of Transportation (2015). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2015–2016 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Collins, Kyle (October 12, 2016). "Fall Line Freeway opening Monday afternoon" (PDF) (Press release). Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Georgia Department of Transportation (2016). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (Centennial ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ a b Georgia Department of Transportation (2017). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2017–2018 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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