Georgia State Route 72

Infobox road
state=GA
type=
route=72

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length_mi=
length_ref=Fact|date=April 2007
length_round=0
established=
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
starting_terminus=U.S. 29 in Athens-Clarke County
junction=Athens, Elberton
ending_terminus=South Carolina state line in Elbert County
previous_route=71
next_route=74

State Route 72 is an east-west highway connecting Athens-Clarke County with Elberton in Georgia, and then to the South Carolina line at the Savannah River. It continues in South Carolina as South Carolina Highway 72, where it runs from the state line to Rock Hill, South Carolina near Charlotte. The highway is multilaned for much of its length.

Intersections

{| class="wikitable"!County!Location!Roads intersected!Notes
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rowspan="1"|Clarke
rowspan="1"|Athens
jct|state=GA|US|29
North to Danielsville; South to Athens Perimeter Highway
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rowspan="4"|Madison
rowspan="1"|Hull
jct|state=GA|GA|393|name1=Glenn Carrie Road/Old Elberton Road
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rowspan="1"|Colbert
jct|state=GA|GA|172|dir1=East
Northeast to Bowman
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rowspan="2"|Comer
jct|state=GA|GA|98|name1=Gholston Street|dir1=West
Northwest to Danielsville and Commerce
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jct|state=GA|GA|22|name1=Main Street|dir1=East
Southeast to Lexington
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rowspan="6"|Elbert
rowspan="6"|Elberton
jct|state=GA|GA|17|name1=College Avenue|dir1=North
Interchange
SR 17 North to Bowman and Royston
SR 17 South/SR 72 West run concurrent through Elberton
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jct|state=GA|GA|77|name1=Oliver Street
North to Hartwell and Anderson, SC; South to Downtown Elberton and Lexington
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jct|state=GA|GA|77 Connector|name1=Tusten Street Bypass|dir1=North
North to North Elberton
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jct|state=GA|GA|17|name1=Washington Highway|dir1=South
South to Washington and Savannah
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jct|state=GA|GA|79|name1=Lincolnton Highway|dir1=South
South to Russell Hydroelectric Dam and Lincolnton
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jct|state=SC|SC|72|name1=Elberton Highway|dir1=West
West to Calhoun Falls, S.C., and along the southern border of the South Carolina Upstate