U.S. Route 27 in Georgia

U.S. Highway 27 (US 27) is a 356.088-mile-long (573.068 km) United States Numbered Highway in the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels south-to-north through the western part of the state near the Alabama state line. The whole route is Governor's Road Improvement Program (GRIP) corridor EDS-27, providing the bulk of the Tallahassee, Florida–Chattanooga, Tennessee corridor. All of US 27 in Georgia runs concurrently with State Route 1 (SR 1) and is also designated as the Martha Berry Highway. It connects Bainbridge, Colquitt, Blakely, Cuthbert, Lumpkin, Cusseta, Columbus, LaGrange, Carrollton, Bremen, Cedartown, Rome, Summerville, LaFayette, Fort Oglethorpe, and Rossville.

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 27 in Georgia. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 27. For the current state highway, see Georgia State Route 27.
"Georgia State Route 1" redirects here. For the current U.S. Highway, see U.S. Route 1 in Georgia.

U.S. Highway 27

Martha Berry Highway
US 27 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length356.088 mi (573.068 km)
Existed1934–present
HistorySR 1 established at least as early as 1919
Major junctions
South end US 27 / SR 63 / SR 1 at the Florida state line southeast of Attapulgus
Major intersections
North end US 27 / SR 27 and SR 1 at the Tennessee state line on the Rossville–Chattanooga line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountiesDecatur, Miller, Early, Clay, Randolph, Stewart, Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Harris, Troup, Heard, Carroll, Haralson, Polk, Floyd, Chattooga, Walker, Catoosa
Highway system
  • Georgia State Highway System
← SR 26→ SR 27
← US 1SR 1→ SR 2
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