Old Sunbury Road-GHM-083-2-Johnson Co
Posted by: Sprinterman
N 32° 48.458 W 082° 30.548
17S E 358711 N 3630969
US 221/Ga 171 at the Jefferson-Johnson County line
Waymark Code: WM6H66
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2009
Views: 7
The highway crosses at this point the former course of the Sunbury road, one of the longest vehicular thoroughfares of post-revolutionary 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 Liberty County. the Jefferson and Johnson county line follows this early route. The old way lost arterial significance when Sunbury, once a leading port, declined in commercial importance. From northern Emanuel county southward, much of the way remains in daily use.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 083-2
Date: 1956
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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