Atlantic Coastal Highway Through Georgia
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Markerman62
N 32° 09.922 W 081° 09.482
17S E 485099 N 3558776
Near the South Carolina border on GA 25 (Old US 17).
Waymark Code: WMNJM1
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2015
Views: 5
From South Carolina line to Florida line distance of 136 miles. Traversing Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden Counties.
First work done in 1735 when the road from Savannah to Darien, probably the first road in Georgia, was laid out with the assistance of Tomochichi, the Mico of the Yamacraws.
Savannah River bridge completed August 1925. Paving through Chatham County completed 1921.
Construction from Chatham-Bryan county line to Florida line financed with State and Federal funds and a $900,000 Bond Issue of the Coastal Highway District.
Construction program of the Coastal Highway District under the leadership of Harvey Granger, Chairman of the Coastal Highway Commission, begun August 1924 and completed October 1927.
Coastal Highway Commission
Harvey Granger, Chairman
Frank C. Battey, Sec. & Treas.
David S. Atkinson, Attorney
E.L. Stephens, Field Supt.
Porter C. Pierpoint, Commissioner
Carl Mendel, Commissioner
Julius Morgan, Commissioner
A.F. Winn, Commissioner
R.M. Martin, Commissioner
W.E. Williams, Commissioner
Alfred Townsend, Commissioner
R.L. Phillips, Commissioner
A.K. Swift, Commissioner
State Highway Department
John N. Holder, Chairman of Board
Stanley S. Bennet, Member of Board
John R. Phillips, Member of Board
W.R. Neel, State Highway Engineer
Searcy B. Slack, Bridge Engineer
H.J. Friedman, Division Engineer
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: None
Date: None
Sponsor: Coastal Highway Commission & State Highway Department.
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