State Route300 (SR300, also called the Georgia–Florida Parkway), is a 107-mile-long (172km)state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. Its southern terminus is at the Florida state line south-southeast of Thomasville, where the roadway continues as US19/SR57. This is also the southern terminus of SR3, with which US19 and SR300 travel concurrently through the southern part of the state. Its northern terminus is at Interstate75 (I-75) in Cordele. It bears no relation to the pre-1983 highway in Central Georgia.
This is the second state route in Georgia to carry the SR300 designation. The earlier one, in a different part of the state, was much shorter, traveling from Monticello to a point 20.3 miles (32.7km) northeast of Monticello (and about 6 miles (9.7km) north of Eatonton), and existed from the 1960s[4][5] to the 1980s.[2][3]
Route description
Florida to Albany
Southern terminus of SR 3/SR 300 at the FL state line.
SR300 begins at the Florida state line, where it is concurrent with US19. On the Florida side of the state line, US19 is concurrent with Florida State Road 57 (SR57, which is unsigned), and is known as the Florida–Georgia Parkway. At the state line, SR3 and SR300 begin. US19/SR3/SR300 head northwest until they enter Thomasville. In the city, they intersect US84/SR38, which head east to Valdosta. Here, they join the concurrency. Also, this intersection marks the eastern terminus of US84 Business/SR38 Business. Farther to the northwest, the five routes intersect US319/SR35, where US84/SR38 depart to the west, along with SR3 Alternate (SR3 Alt.). In Meigs, SR111 intersects the concurrency, along with the northern terminus of SR3 Alt. In Camilla, the highways have intersections with SR37 and SR112, and curve to make a slight jog to the northeast until they reach Albany.
Albany to Cordele
Most of the route of SR300 in Albany is on the Liberty Expressway, a freeway-grade bypass of the city's downtown to the northeast. In the southeastern part of the city is an intersection with SR133, which joins the concurrency, and the eastern terminus of SR234. Nearly 2 miles (3.2km) later, the concurrency intersects US19 Bus./US82 Bus./SR520 Bus., where US19 Bus. has its southern terminus. Slightly later is US82/SR520. They join the US19/SR3/SR133 concurrency, while US82/SR300/SR520 head east for just over 1.5 miles (2.4km), where SR300 splits off to the northeast. It travels through rural areas until it reaches the Cordele area. Just before entering Cordele proper is SR300 Connector and US41/SR7. Upon entering Cordele, the route meets its northern terminus, an interchange with I-75.[1]
History
1920s
The roadway that would eventually become the current SR300 was established in 1920 as SR3 from Thomasville to Albany, via Camilla.[6][7] By October 1926, nearly all of the aforementioned route was paved.[7][8] By October 1929, SR3 was extended southwest to where US319 currently crosses the state line. US19 was designated along this route to Thomasville, and then its current route from Thomasville to Albany. SR35 was designated along a portion of highway that is the current route of US19 from the Florida state line to Thomasville.[8][9]
1930s
By 1935, nearly all of the northern half of the section of SR35 between the Florida state line and Thomasville was paved.[10][11] Prior to the beginning of 1936, nearly all of that section of SR35 was paved.[12][13] By July, the rest of that section was paved.[13][14] In March 1937, the section of SR300 that currently travels from Albany to Cordele was established as a northern extension of SR133.[15][16] By October the routings of the portions of US19 southwest of Thomasville was shifted to its current routing, while SR3 stayed on its original routing.[17][18] The following August, a small portion of SR133 southwest of Cordele was paved.[19][20]
1940s
By 1944, a very brief section of SR133 northeast of Albany was paved.[21][22] In early 1946, approximately half of the length of SR133 between Warwick and Cordele was paved.[23][24] In early 1948, all of SR133 was redesignated as SR257. The section of SR257 from Albany to the intersection with SR32 and the section from Lake Blackshear to Cordele were paved.[24][25] In 1950, nearly all of SR257 was paved.[26][27]
1950s to 1980s
By 1952, the entire roadway that would eventually become SR300 was paved.[27][28] A section of the highway from Albany to Cordele was proposed as Interstate 175 and then cancelled, but in early 1982, the Georgia–Florida Parkway was approved to be designated along the entire stretch of what is now SR300.[29] By the next year, all of SR257 was redesignated as SR300 and the designation was applied to the rest of its current route.[2][3] Later that year, the routings of SR3 and SR35 south of Thomasville were swapped.[3][30]
Major intersections
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State Route300 Connector (SR300 Conn.) is a 3.4-mile-long (5.5km)connector route of the SR300 mainline that exists entirely within Crisp County. It follows Old Albany Highway from an intersection with SR300 southwest of Cordele and travels northeast until it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with US280/SR30 west of the city.[31]
123Georgia Department of Transportation (1982). Official Highway and Transportation Map(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
1234Georgia Department of Transportation (1983). Official Highway and Transportation Map(PDF) (Map) (1983–1984ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
12State Highway Department of Georgia (1921). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
12State Highway Department of Georgia (October 1926). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (October 1929). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (October 1, 1934). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1935). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (October 1, 1935). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
12State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1936). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (July 1, 1936). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1937). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (April 1, 1937). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (July 1, 1937). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (October 1, 1937). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑Georgia State Highway Board (August 1, 1938). State Highway System of Georgia(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Archived from the original(PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (September 1, 1938). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1943). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1944). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1945). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
12State Highway Department of Georgia (1946). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved June 8, 2013. (Corrected to November 7, 1946.)
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (1948). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved June 8, 2013. (Corrected to February 28, 1948.)
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (1949). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved June 8, 2013. (Corrected to April 1, 1949.)
12State Highway Department of Georgia (1950). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved June 8, 2013. (Corrected to August 1, 1950.)
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (1952). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved June 8, 2013. (Corrected to January 1, 1952.)
↑Georgia Department of Transportation (1984). Official Highway and Transportation Map(PDF) (Map) (1984–1985ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
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