Georgia State Route 121
Georgia State Route 121 (SR 121) is a 238-mile-long (383 km) state highway between Charlton County and Augusta. It is part of a three-state multistate route beginning in Florida and ending in South Carolina.
State Route 121 | ||||
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Georgia State Route 121 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by GDOT | ||||
| Length | 238.6 mi[1] (384.0 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 121 and  SR 23 at the Florida state line south of Saint George | |||
     US 1 / US 23 / US 301 / SR 4 / SR 15 in Folkston
   US 1 / US 78 / US 278 / SR 10 in Augusta | ||||
| North end |   US 1 / US 25 / US 78 / US 278 / SC 121 SR 10 at the South Carolina state line in Augusta | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Georgia | |||
| Counties | Charlton, Brantley, Pierce, Appling, Tattnall, Candler, Emanuel, Jenkins, Burke, and Richmond | |||
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Route description
SR 121 begins in rural Charlton County at the Florida state line near the southernmost point in the state. Here, the roadway continues as State Road 121. From the state line, it travels to the north, concurrent with SR 23. This segment of the route is called the Okefenokee Parkway. After passing through St. George, it has a concurrency with US 1/US 23/US 301/SR 4/SR 15 in Folkston. Shortly afterwards, US 301/SR 23 split from the other routes, while US 1/US 23/SR 4/SR 15/SR 121 stay concurrent until Racepond, where US 1/US 23/SR 4 continue to the northwest while SR 15/SR 121 branch off to the northeast. In Hoboken, the routes intersect with US 82/SR 520. In Blackshear is an intersection with US 84/SR 38. North of this intersection, SR 15 splits off to the northwest, while SR 121 heads to the northeast again. The road has a brief concurrency with SR 203 shortly afterwards. In Surrency, the road intersects US 341/SR 27. Later, SR 169, and then SR 144 form brief concurrencies with the road. A short time later, the route is reunited with SR 23/SR 57 and becomes concurrent with one of these two routes once again. In Reidsville, the route intersects US 280/SR 30. In Cobbtown, SR 57 splits off. Just south of Metter is an interchange with Interstate 16 (I-16), specifically Exit 104. Within Metter itself, SR 23 splits off. North of Metter, US 80/SR 26 intersect with the road. North of that junction, SR 121 begins a concurrency with US 25/SR 67. SR 23 joins the concurrency shortly afterward. In Millen, SR 23/SR 67 split off. SR 24 briefly joins the concurrency in Waynesboro. In Augusta, SR 121 travels concurrently with US 1/US 25/US 78/US 278/SR 10 along Gordon Highway and serves as a major road. At the South Carolina state line, SR 10 end, while US 1/US 25/US 78/US 278/SR 121 continue, concurrent with South Carolina Highway 121.[1]
Woodpecker Trail
In 2004, the Senate and Georgia House of Representatives of the state of Georgia passed legislation designating SR 121 as the Woodpecker Trail Highway from the Florida state line to the South Carolina state line and was signed into law by Governor Sonny Perdue on May 17, 2004. On September 19, 2005, Governor Perdue and others officially dedicated the Woodpecker Trail Highway in Augusta. A newly designed Woodpecker Trail logo was imprinted onto highway signs which have been placed along the trail at key highway junction points.[2]
The origin of the trail's name dates back to the 1920s when it was listed by AAA, and, in the 1940s, highway signs using Walter Lantz's Woody Woodpecker character marked the highway but eventually fell out of use.[2] Of course, it was in use before then, maybe as early as 1915 by Native Americans, horse-drawn buggies, and the first horseless carriages.
While the highway continues into Florida and South Carolina as State Road 121, efforts to continue the Woodpecker Trail designation and signage in those states have been unsuccessful.[2]
Major intersections
| County | Location[1] | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| St. Marys River | 0.0 | 0.0 |   SR 121 south / SR 23 begins – Macclenny | Continuation to Florida; southern terminus of SR 23 and southern end of SR 23 concurrency | |
| Florida–Georgia state line | |||||
| Charlton | | 0.4 | 0.64 |   SR 185 north – Moniac | Southern terminus of SR 185 |
| Saint George | 13.2 | 21.2 |  SR 94 (Moniac Road) – Moniac, Fargo, Crawford | ||
| Folkston | 36.1 | 58.1 | US 1 south / US 23 south / US 301 south / SR 4 south / SR 15 south – Hilliard, Jacksonville | Southern end of US 1/US 23/US 301/SR 4 and SR 15 concurrencies | |
| 36.2 | 58.3 |   SR 40 Conn. east (Cross Street) – Kingsland, White Oak, D. Ray James Prison | Western terminus of SR 40 Conn. | ||
| Folkston–Homeland line | 38.8 | 62.4 | US 301 north / SR 23 north – Nahunta, Jesup | Interchange; northern end of US 301 and SR 23 concurrencies | |
| Racepond | 50.7 | 81.6 | US 1 north / US 23 north / SR 4 north – Waycross | Northern end of US 1/US 23/SR 4 concurrency | |
| Brantley | Hoboken | 63.3 | 101.9 |   US 82 / SR 520 (Main Street) – Waycross, Nahunta, Laura S. Walker State Park | |
| Pierce | Blackshear | 74.2 | 119.4 |   US 84 / SR 38 – Waycross, Patterson | |
| 74.3 | 119.6 |  SR 203 north (Strickland Avenue) – Alma | Southern terminus of SR 203 | ||
| Bristol | 84.2 | 135.5 |  SR 32 – Alma, Patterson | ||
| Appling | | 92.0 | 148.1 | SR 15 north – Baxley | Northern end of SR 15 concurrency |
| | 94.2 | 151.6 | SR 203 south – Alma, Baxley | Southern end of SR 203 concurrency | |
| | 94.5 | 152.1 | SR 203 north (K'Ville Highway) – Jesup, Screven | Northern end of SR 203 concurrency | |
| Surrency | 103.8 | 167.0 |   US 341 / SR 27 – Baxley, Jesup | ||
| | 113.7 | 183.0 |  SR 169 south (Lanes Bridge Road) – Jesup | Southern end of SR 169 concurrency | |
| | 113.8 | 183.1 |   SR 144 west – Baxley | Southern end of SR 144 concurrency | |
| Tattnall | | 119.5 | 192.3 |  SR 178 west – State Prison | Eastern terminus of SR 178 |
| Five Points | 120.5 | 193.9 | SR 144 east (Hencart Road) – Glennville | Northern end of SR 144 concurrency | |
| 120.7 | 194.2 | SR 169 north (Mendes Highway) – Claxton | Northern end of SR 169 concurrency | ||
| | 130.7 | 210.3 |  SR 23 south / SR 57 south (Romie Waters Highway) – Glennville | Southern end of SR 23 and SR 57 concurrencies | |
| Reidsville | 134.2 | 216.0 |   US 280 / SR 30 (Brazell Street) – Lyons, Claxton | ||
| Collins | 140.9 | 226.8 |  SR 292 (Manassas Street) – Lyons, Claxton | ||
| Cobbtown | 148.1 | 238.3 |  SR 152 west – Lyons | Eastern terminus of SR 152 | |
| 148.2 | 238.5 | SR 57 north – Aline, Stillmore, Swainsboro | Northern end of SR 57 concurrency | ||
| Candler | Metter | 156.0 | 251.1 |  I-16 (SR 404) – Macon, Savannah | I-16 exit 104 |
| 157.7 | 253.8 |  SR 23 north / SR 46 (Broad Street) – Soperton, Statesboro | Northern end of SR 23 concurrency | ||
| Emanuel | | 169.2 | 272.3 |   US 80 / SR 26 | |
| Jenkins | | 182.9 | 294.3 |  US 25 south / SR 67 south – Statesboro | Southern end of US 25 and SR 67 concurrencies |
| | 184.9 | 297.6 | SR 23 south – Garfield | Southern end of SR 23 concurrency | |
| Millen | 186.9 | 300.8 |  SR 17 Byp. east (South Gray Street) – Scarboro | Southern end of SR 17 Byp. concurrency | |
| 187.5 | 301.8 |  SR 17 / SR 23 north / SR 67 north (West Winthrope Avenue) – Midville, Rocky Ford, Sardis, Sylvania | Northern end of SR 17 Byp., SR 23, and SR 67 concurrencies; northern terminus of SR 17 Byp. | ||
| 189.1 | 304.3 |  SR 21 south – Sylvania | Northern terminus of SR 21 | ||
| Burke | | 205.4 | 330.6 |   US 25 Byp. north / SR 121 Byp. north (Burke Veterans Parkway) – Waynesboro | Southern terminus of US 25 Byp./SR 121 Byp. |
| | 206.2 | 331.8 | US 25 Byp. / SR 121 Byp. (Burke Veterans Parkway) – Millen, Augusta | Interchange | |
| Waynesboro | 207.2 | 333.5 |  SR 24 east – Sardis, Sylvania | Southern end of SR 24 concurrency | |
| 208.2 | 335.1 |   SR 24 west / SR 56 / SR 80 (Sixth / Peace Street) – Vidette, Louisville, Swainsboro, Midville, McBean, Wrens, Plant Vogtle | Northern end of SR 24 concurrency | ||
| 209.3 | 336.8 | US 25 Byp. south / SR 121 Byp. south (Burke Veterans Parkway) | Northern terminus of US 25 Byp./SR 121 Byp. | ||
| Richmond | Augusta–Hephzibah line | 224.8 | 361.8 |  SR 88 west – Hephzibah, Wrens | Eastern terminus of SR 88 |
| Augusta | 231.0 | 371.8 |    I-520 (Bobby Jones Expressway / SR 415) to I-20 – Columbia, Atlanta | I-520 exit 7 | |
| 233.3 | 375.5 | SR 56 south (Mike Padgett Highway) | Northern terminus of SR 56 | ||
| 233.5 | 375.8 | US 1 south / US 78 west / US 278 west / SR 10 west (Gordon Highway) – Wrens, Louisville, Fort Gordon, Thomson | Southern end of US 1/US 78/US 278 and SR 10 concurrencies; interchange | ||
 Molly Pond Road north / Doug Barnard Parkway south – Augusta Regional Airport | Southern terminus of Molly Pond Road; northern terminus of Doug Barnard Parkway; former SR 56 Spur south | ||||
| 237.6 | 382.4 |   US 25 Bus. north / SR 28 (Broad Street) – Downtown Augusta, Fort Discovery | Interchange; southern terminus of US 25 Bus.; also serves Bay Street; eastbound lanes have access via Bay Street. | ||
| Savannah River | 238.6 | 384.0 | Georgia–South Carolina state line | ||
  US 1 north / US 25 north / US 78 east / US 278 east / SC 121 north (Jefferson Davis Highway north) / SR 10 ends – Columbia | Continuation to South Carolina; eastern terminus of SR 10 and northern end of SR 10 concurrency | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes
Charlton County spur route
State Route 121 Spur | |
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| Location | Charlton County |
| Existed | 1976[3][4]–1993[5][6] |
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State Route 121 Spur (SR 121 Spur) was a spur route of SR 121 that existed in the central part of Charlton County, on the eastern side of the Okefenokee Swamp. In 1952, an unnumbered road was established from Camp Cornelia east to SR 23 south-southwest of Folkston.[7][8] Between June 1960 and June 1963, SR 121 was extended on SR 23.[9][10] In 1976, this road was designated as SR 121 Spur.[3][4] In 1993, the spur route was decommissioned.[5][6]
The entire route was in Charlton County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Camp Cornelia | Dead end | Western terminus | |||
| |  SR 23 / SR 121 | Eastern terminus | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Waynesboro bypass route
State Route 121 Bypass | |
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| Location | Waynesboro |
| Length | 5.7 mi[11] (9.2 km) |
State Route 121 Bypass (SR 121 Byp.) is a bypass around most of Waynesboro. It is concurrent with U.S. Route 25 Bypass (US 25 Byp.) for its entire length.
The entire route is in Burke County.
| Location | mi[11] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 25 / SR 121 / US 25 Byp. begins – Millen, Waynesboro | Southern end of US 25 Byp. concurrency; southern terminus of US 25 Byp. and SR 121 Byp. | |
| | 0.9 | 1.4 | US 25 / SR 121 | Interchange | |
| | 1.6 | 2.6 | SR 24 – Sardis | ||
| Waynesboro | 4.0 | 6.4 | SR 56 / SR 80 (East 7th Street) | ||
| 5.7 | 9.2 | US 25 / SR 121 / US 25 Byp. ends – Augusta | Northern end of US 25 Byp. concurrency; northern terminus of US 25 Byp. and SR 121 Byp. | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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References
- Google (August 19, 2012). "Overview map of SR 21" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
- "Woodpecker Trail". www.woodpeckertrail.com.
- Georgia Department of Transportation (January 1976). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1976–1977 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- Georgia Department of Transportation (January 1977). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1977–1978 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- Georgia Department of Transportation (1993). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (1993–1994 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- Georgia Department of Transportation (1994). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (1994–1995 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- State Highway Department of Georgia (1952). System of State Roads (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC 5673161. Retrieved June 23, 2017. (Corrected to January 1, 1952.)
- Georgia Department of Transportation (1953). General Highway Map: Charlton County, Georgia (Map). Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation – via GDOT Maps.
- State Highway Department of Georgia (1960). State Highway System and Other Principal Connecting Roads (PDF) (Map) (1960–1961 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC 5673161. Retrieved June 23, 2017. (Corrected to June 1, 1960.)
- State Highway Department of Georgia (1963). State Highway System and Other Principal Connecting Roads (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC 5673161. Retrieved June 23, 2017. (Corrected to June 1, 1963.)
- Google (April 18, 2014). "Overview map of SR 121 Byp. (Waynesboro)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
External links
Media related to Georgia State Route 121 at Wikimedia Commons- Georgia Roads (Routes 121 - 140)