Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-03
CONDITION Of HIGHWAY
IN THIS SECTION ARE
FAIR TO EXCELLENT
From Macon to Americas, Route
40 Coed to Excellent
Condition
TO sCHLEY LINE AsSABLE
Many of tate Highways Are Un-
der Construction. Using
Concrete Foundation

ATLANTA, April 3.-Despite the
recent heavy rains and the wide
variety of road types in the state, the
report of highway conditions by the
state highway department ranges
from fair" and "passabIe" in GER
tain sections to excellent" on the
higher types of roads.
The report of the condition. of the
main highway routes in this section
follows:
Central Dixie Highway, Atlanta to
Macon-Jacksonville Routes 3-7-19
1926; Atlanta-Jonesboro, Fulton
county, paved and excellent, remain
der fair but rough; Jonesboro, seven
miles north of Griffin, fair; seven
miles north Of Griffin to seven miles
south Of Griffin, paved and in excel
lent condition; seven miles south of
Griffin to GAINESVILLE, good; Barnes.
ville-Forsgth, portion fair, about six
miles under construction, detour at
Collins, rough but passable; Forsyth
Bibb county line, good; Bibb coun.
tg line-Macon, paved and excellent;
Macon south to Echiconee, paved and
excellent; bridge under construction
at Echiconee. detour fair; Echiconee
to Perry and Hawkinsville; good;
Observation-Disclosures, good except
two bridges under construction, one
about five miles south of Hawkins
vile and the other about eight miles
north of Abbeville, both detours are
passable, Acknowledgements, good;
Fitzgerald-Ocilla, excellent; DELLA
Douglas, first twelve miles good, re-
naming twelve miles fair; Douglas
Alma, good; Alma south to Ware
county line, good; Ware-Bacon coun-
ty line to Waycross, fair; Waycross-
Florida state line, excellent.
Macon, Cordele, Triton, Valdosta
to Jasper, Fla, Routes II and Z;
Macon-Perry, see route II on Cen
trail Dixie highway; Perry through
Vienna and Cordele Crisp-Turner
line, good Crisp Turner county line
to Triton, fair; Tifton-Adel, good to
excellent; Adel to Lowndes county
line, under construction but passable;
Lowndes county line to Valdosta,
good; Vadosta south to Florida state
line, under construction but passable.
ELLAVILLE- Americus, Fair.
Atlanta Tallahassee, Fla, Route 3
Atlanta Griffin, Central Dixie High
way; Griffin-Zebulon, fair but rough
in places; Zebulon-Upson, county
line. poor but passable; county line
Thomaston, fair; Thomaston to Flint
river-Butler, fair; under construction
but pasible with difficulty; Ellaville-
Butler, good; Ellaville-Sumter line,
construction but passable; Americus-
Leesburg, good to excellent; Lees
burg to Dougherty county line, fair;
county line to Albany, under con.
struction but easily passable; Albany
to Mitchell county line, excellent;
Mitchell county line-Camilla, partly
under construction but passable;
lIa-Tbomasville, good to excel
lent: Thomasville-Florida state line,
good.
Routes in This Section.
Macon Americas, Route 40:
Macon-Echiconnee, excellent, bridge
rrdor construction at Echiconnee but
rassable. Echiconnee-Fort Valley
Marshallville, good; Marshallvill-
Montezuma, fair; Montezuma-ogIe-
thorpe. excellent; 0glethorpe-Amerl-
Gus, good to excellent.
AtIanta-Columbus, Routes, 14-4l-
1911. Atlanta-Moreland, see Atlanta
west Point Route IA; Greenville-
Harris-Chipley, fair; Chipley-H amil-
ton fair but rough in places; hamll-
ton uscogee county line, impossible
inst north of Caltaula, detour main
tanned which is passable; county line
to Columbus, excellent.
Columbus-Tallahassee, Fla, Routes
1-55-28: Columbus-Cusseta, under
construction, detour good; Cusseta-
Riehland, fair; Richland-Lumpkin'
good; Lumpkin-Cuthbert, under con-
etruction but passable; Cuthbert to
CLAW county line, good; county line
to Blakely, excellent; Blakely to
CoIouitt. under construction but
nassable; Colquitt, under constru2-
ton but passable; Colquitt-Bain-.
bridge-Florida state line, good,