Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-02
) TRUNK LINE
HIGHWAYS FOR
SOUTH GEORGIA

gressional districts, which together
form the southern boundary of Geor-
gia, the state highway department
is constructing five main trunk line
routes and a number of inter-con-
Meeting routes as a part of the ulti-
mate system of state highways that
will link every county seat in Geor-
| gia.
The highway department today
gave out for the information of the
public a statement showing the work
under construction in the Second
and Eleventh districts, which en-
brace the counties of Baker, Cal
houn, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty,
Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Tiff,
Thomas, Worth, Appling, Atkinson,
Bacon, Berrien, Brooks, Camden,
Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Ech-
OILS, Glynn, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Pierce,
| LoWndes, Ware and Wayne. These
counties extend in tier across the
southern end of Georgia from Ala
bama to the Atlantic ocean.
!. 1t is the purpose of the highway
department to give the public a de-
| tailed account of the highway work
in progress in every section of the
state, and the statement dealing with
the Second and Eleventh districts
| is the first Of these In subsequent
| statements the department will de-
scribe the work in other sections.
Through the southern tier of
counties, as stated above, there are
| now being Constructed four main
highways north and south, and one
main highway east and west The
| north and south highways are the
ones connecting Chattanooga, Tenn,
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down the western part of the state
the National Highway, or Georgia's
part of it, from New York to Jack
sonv1lle, and running from Macon
down through the south central part
of the state; the Dixie Highway,
which begins at Chicago and ends
at Miami, Fla, and runs also through
south-central Georgia; and the Ma
con-Brunswick highway, which trav-
erses the southwestern part of the
state. The east and west highway
runs from Savannah on the south
east corner of Georgia to cambridge
on the southwest corner of the state.
Thus the southern tier of counties,
when these main trunks have been
finished, will be criss-crbssed by four
| principal highways running north
and south, each one traversing a
different section, and by the great
h-Bainbridge trunk connect
ing two sections of the state which
have heretofore been isolated
On the extreme western side Of the
state, which is the Chattanooga-Tal-
lahassee route, there are under con-
struction the following projects:
Steel and concrete bridge over the
Flynt river at Albany, which is 60
per cent complete, Nand will cost
$295,000.
Sixteen miles of sand clay road
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and the Dougherty county line,
which is 40 per cent complete and
will cost $145,000.
Concrete and steel bridge over
! Ochlochnee river in Thomas county
between Thomasville and Camilla,
which is 95 per cent complete and
will cost $4,000.
highway has under construction the
following projects:
Six concrete bridges over Tired
creek and it's tributaries in Grady
county, the total cost of which will
be $4,000, and which are more than
bridges in Grady county have been
surveyed and approved
Nine miles of sand clay road and
four concrete bridges in Thomas
county between Thomasville and
Boston, which will cost $4,000.
cadam road IN Brooks county be-
| tween Quitman and Blue Springs
This is 81 per cent complete and will
cost 100000. Also a steel and con-
crete bridge over the Withlacoochee
river at Blue Springs to cost $685.
900. The two counties are paying
part of the cost of this bridge.
Eight miles of sand clay road in
Clinch county between bonneville
and Waycross, costing $4,000. The
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project and the work will start
shortly.
Nine miles of sand clay road in
Pierce county between Blackshear
and the Wayne county line, togeth-
er with concrete bridge, the whole
Thirteen miles of sand clay road
in Liberty county between Ludowici
and Hinesville, the survey of which
project is now being completed.
| Concrete bridge across the Flint
river at cambridge in Decatur coun-
On the National Highway, which in
south Georgia runs from Macon to
Jacksonville, the following projects
are underway:
Six miles of paved road in Tiff
county from Triton to the Cook coun-
ty line to cost $184,000.
Eight miles of concrete road from
Adele, in Cook county towards Tiff
L
pIete and will cost $4,000.
Five miles of concrete road from
Valdosta running north in Lowndes
county. T. IS is IS per cent COM
plete and will cost $1,000. Also in
Lowndes county, five miles of con-
crete road from Lake Park to the
Florida line, which will cost $780,
900.
The Dixie Highway, Georgia's por-
ton of which runs from the Blue
Ridge mountains to the Florida line,
traverses an important section Of the
Eleventh district, and includes four
teen miles of sand clay road between
and Lanier counties, which will be
started soon, and eight miles of sand
clay road in Echols county between
Statewide and Melrose, also on this
route are seven miles of paved road
in Ware county, running south from
Waycross, which will cost $l55,OO9;
nineteen miles of bItuminous macao
am road in Charlton county with
four concrete bridges; and eleven
miles of sand clay road in Bacon
county from Alma to the Ware coun-
ty line.
On the Macon-Brunswick trunk line
are included the following projects;
Glynn county from Brunswick run
ming north, to cost $277,00O, and a
contemplated project of eleven miles
of sand clay road in the same county:
l Three and a half miles OF sand
kclay road from Jesup, running east,
ITO cost $4,000, which has been sur
veyed and approved.
Seven miles of sand clay road
from Hazlehurst to Lumber City in
Jeff Davis county. which is being
surveyed.
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