U.S. Route 221

Infobox U.S. Route
article_route=221

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length_mi=734Droz, Robert V. [http://www.us-highways.com/usbt.htm US Numbered Highways - The Big Table] . URL accessed 21:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC).]
length_km=1,181
yrcom=1930mapguy, [http://www.geocities.com/usend2029/End221/end221.htm End of U.S. Highway 221] (with maps of U.S. 221 and related routes). URL accessed 21:00, 25 March 2006 (UTC).]
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
from=Jct|state=FL|US|19|US-Alt|27|US|98|FL|55 in Perry, FL
to=Jct|state=VA|US-Bus|29|US-Bus|460|US-Bus|501|dab1=Lynchburg|dab2=Lynchburg|dab3=Lynchburg at Lynchburg, VA
spur_of=21

U.S. Route 221 is a spur of U.S. Route 21. It runs for 734 miles (1,181 km) from Lynchburg, Virginia at U.S. Route 29 (Lynchburg Expressway) to Perry, Florida at US Routes 19/98/ALT 27. Its passes through the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. It goes through the cities of Lynchburg, Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Valdosta, Georgia.

Throughout western North Carolina from the border to the Blue Ridge Parkway, U.S. 221 is a challenging drive and can be described as one straight climb after another. There are few places where the road builders attempted to skirt around large foothills.

Route description

Florida

Georgia

U.S Route 221 runs through the cities of Valdosta, Lakeland, Peason, and Douglas in southern Georgia. It continues north to Augusta, GA.

From Valdosta to Douglas it joins with Georgia State Route 31. It also joins with Georgia State Route 135 and State Route 56. From Pearson to Douglas it joins with US Route 441 as a four-lane highway, which was completed in 2000.

In Douglas, U.S. Route 221 runs as the eastern part of Bowens Mill Rd. and will be widened in the future. It continues past Interstate 16 and Interstate 20. In Valdosta, it passes Interstate 75, and joins U.S. Route 85 and Georgia State Route 38 from from Valdosta to Quitman, GA.

outh Carolina

North Carolina

Virginia

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