Georgia State Route 66

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state=GA
type=
route=66
alternate_name=


length_mi=4.75 [http://www.dot.state.ga.us/DOT/plan-prog/transportation_data/400reports/2002/dpp444_2002.pdf]
length_km=7.65
direction_a=North
starting_terminus=North Carolina state line
junction=
direction_b=South
ending_terminus=
established=
previous_route=65
next_route=69

State Route 66 is a 4.75-mile-long highway in Towns County in extreme northern Georgia, extending from U.S. 76/S.R. 2/S.R. 515 in Young Harris to the North Carolina state line. It then continues as a secondary state road to the unincorporated community of Warne, NC. The highway intersects one other route, S.R. 339, which is locally known as Crooked Creek Road.

S.R. 66 originally existed in two sections north and south of the state's highest peak, Brasstown Bald. The southern route provided access to the top of the mountain, while the northern portion was only accessible by a long-closed wagon road built in the 1950s. A projected highway was planned to replace the wagon road, but the project was canceled in 1982 when the area around it was designated a wilderness area. When the southern completion of S.R. 66 was canceled, S.R. 180 was extended along the connecting part and the remainder became S.R. 180 Spur. The former wagon road is still in use as a trail (Wagon Train Trail).

External links

* [http://psr.southeastroads.com/ga180_profile.htm Peach State Roads page on Georgia S.R. 180, including history of former southern portion of S.R. 66]
* [http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=34.952016~-83.85993&style=h&lvl=13&scene=1915478 Local.live.com aerial view of Georgia S.R. 66]