Georgia State Route 88
Route map:
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| East end |   US 25 / SR 121 in Hephzibah | |
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| Country | United States | |
| State | Georgia | |
| Counties | Washington, Jefferson, Burke, Richmond | |
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State Route 88 (SR 88) is a 53.2-mile-long (85.6 km)
state highway that travels southwest-to-northeast through portions of Washington, Jefferson, Burke, and Richmond counties in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the Sandersville area with Hephzibah, via Wrens, with a brief portion in Augusta
.
From its western terminus east of Sandersville to Wrens, SR 88 is part of the
Interstate Highway that is currently entirely within Central Texas
and may be extended to Augusta.
Route description
SR 88 begins at an
Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway) in the extreme southwestern part of Wrens. The six highways travel concurrently to the north-northeast into the main part of the city. At an intersection with the western terminus of Howard Street and the southern terminus of Thomson Highway, SR 17 departs to the north-northwest onto Thomson Highway. A few blocks later, they intersect SR 80. At this intersection, SR 80/SR 88 head to the east. At Waynesboro Road, SR 80 departs to the south-southeast, while SR 88 continues its east-northeastern routing. Then, it gradually curves to a near-due-eastern direction, before heading southeast at Matthews. After that, it heads east-northeast, and then northeast, until it enters Burke County, just before it meets SR 305. Here, it heads north-northeast, and straddles the county line for a short distance, into Keysville. The highway briefly heads north-northwest before it turns to the northeast and enters Richmond County and the city limits of Augusta. After a brief portion in the city, it enters the city of Blythe. Here, the path of SR 88 and that of US 1/SR 4/SR 540 come very close together, forming the shape of the letter "K", but with a very short horizontal line connecting its upright parts. The two highway paths do not actually intersect, as there is a very brief connecting road between them. SR 88 curves to the east-northeast and re-enters Augusta. It curves to the east-southeast and enters Hephzibah. On the northeastern edge of the city, on the Hephzibah–Augusta line, it meets its eastern terminus, an intersection with US 25/SR 121 (Peach Orchard Road).[1]
The only portion of SR 88 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 entire SR 540 concurrency, from east of Sandersville to Wrens.[3][4]
History
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Reassurance shields for SR 88 were removed on the Fall Line Freeway in June 2020.
Future
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The route of SR 88 is being absorbed into the Fall Line Freeway, which is planned to extend from the
.Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Western end of SR 540 concurrency; western terminus | |||||
| | 9.1 | 14.6 |   SR 231 south / Tree Nursery Road north – Davisboro, Wrightsville, Washington State Prison | Northern terminus of SR 231; southern terminus of Tree Nursery Road | |
| Ogeechee River | 10.5 10.6 | 16.9 17.1 | Fenns Bridge | ||
| Jefferson | Grange | 13.6 | 21.9 |  SR 171 (Grange Road) – Edge Hill, Gibson, Warrenton, Louisville | |
| | 23.1 | 37.2 |  SR 296 – Louisville, Stapleton | ||
Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway) – Louisville | Western end of US 1/US 221/SR 4 and SR 17 concurrencies | ||||
| 28.3 | 45.5 |   SR 17 north (Thomson Highway) / Howard Street east – Thomson | Eastern end of SR 17 concurrency; western terminus of Howard Street | ||
| 28.6 | 46.0 |       | Eastern end of US 1/US 221/SR 4 and SR 540 concurrencies; western end of SR 80 concurrency; US 1/US 221/SR 4/SR 540 provide access to Wrens Municipal Airport. | ||
| 29.1 | 46.8 |  SR 80 east (Waynesboro Road) – Waynesboro | Eastern end of SR 80 concurrency | ||
| Burke | | 38.3 | 61.6 |  SR 305 south – Midville | Northern terminus of SR 305 |
| Hephzibah–Augusta line | 53.2 | 85.6 | US 25 / SR 121 (Peach Orchard Road) – Waynesboro, Augusta | 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 (December 6, 2019). "Overview map of SR 88 (western terminus to Wrens)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
Google (December 6, 2019). "Overview map of SR 88 (Wrens to eastern terminus)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 6, 2019. - ^ a b "Fall Line Freeway" (PDF) (Press release). Georgia Department of Transportation. July 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Georgia (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 8, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Augusta-Richmond County, GA--SC (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
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