Old Sunbury Road-GHM-083-3-Johnson Co
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Sprinterman
N 32° 48.896 W 082° 30.920
17S E 358142 N 3631787
US 319/Ga 78 at the Jefferson-Johnson County Line
Waymark Code: WM6H65
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2009
Views: 6
The highway crosses at this point the former course of the Sunbury road, one of the longest vehicular thoroughfares of post-reolutionary Georgia. It was laid out in the early 1790´s from Greensboro via today´s Sparta and Swainsboro to Sunbury, a port on the Midway River in Libery County. the Jefferson and Johnson county line follows this early route. The old way lost arterial significane when Sunbury, once a leading port, declined in commercial importance. From norhern Emanuel county southward, much of the way remains in daily use.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 083-3
Date: 1956
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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