Gordon Highway
Gordon Highway is a Template:Convert/LoffAoffDbSmid major highway in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia, traveling through the southern part of Columbia County and the northeastern part of Richmond County. At its western end, it is a relatively rural highway, but at its eastern end, it is an urban corridor of the Augusta metropolitan area. It connects Harlem and rural areas of southern Columbia County with Grovetown and Augusta. It also serves as one of the main entry points to Fort Gordon. Its entire length, from the southeastern edge of Harlem to the Georgia–South Carolina state line on the northeastern edge of Augusta, is signed as part of US 78/US 278/SR 10. In Augusta, it is signed as parts of US 1 and US 25/SR 121.
Route description
Columbia County
Gordon Highway begins as part of the concurrency of US 78/US 278/SR 10 on the southeastern edge of the city limits of Harlem in Columbia County, where the roadway continues into town with the local name of Milledgeville Road. The highway travels through Campania. After a slight southward jog, it travels through Berzelia. A few thousand feet later, Gordon Highway curves to the northeast, cross into Richmond County (and the city limits of Augusta), and begin paralleling the northern edge of Fort Gordon.[1]
Richmond County
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Gordon Highway is the access point for Gordon Park Speedway and Augusta State Medical Prison. A short distance later, is Fort Gordon's Gate 3, a commercial vehicle gate and Gate 2, a variable-hour gate. At the intersection for Gate 2, the highway also intersects the eastern terminus of SR 223 (East Robinson Avenue). Approximately 3.4 miles ({{rnd/cTemplate:Rnd/b|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|(Expression error: Unexpected < operator.)|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.}} km) later is an intersection with the southern terminus of SR 383 (Jimmy Dyess Parkway) and the northern terminus of an access road to Fort Gordon's Gate 1, the 24-hour main gate for the Army base. About halfway between here and the interchange with Interstate 520 (I-520; Bobby Jones Expressway), Gordon Highway leaves the edge of Fort Gordon and transitions into an urban corridor. The roadway enters the main part of Augusta, passes south of Aquinas High School, and curves to the south-southeast. Immediately after a slight curve to the east is an intersection with US 1/SR 4 (Deans Bridge Road). US 1 joins the concurrency, while SR 4 continues to the northeast into downtown. The highway slightly curves to the east-southeast and has an interchange with US 25/SR 121 (Peach Orchard Road), which both join the concurrency. It travels to the east-northeast and intersects the northern terminus of SR 56 Spur (Doug Barnard Parkway). Gordon Highway curves to the north-northeast and intersects Laney Walker Boulevard, thus effectively entering downtown. It passes just to the northwest of Magnolia Cemetery and May Park and southeast of the James Brown Arena. A short distance later, it has an interchange with US 25 Business/SR 28 (Broad Street). Here, US 25 Business meets its southern terminus. Just after this interchange, the highway crosses over the Savannah River on a bridge that crosses into South Carolina. At the state line, SR 10/SR 121 end, while US 1/US 25/US 78/US 278, concurrent with South Carolina Highway 121 curve to the northeast toward Schultz Hill.[1] The entire length of Gordon Highway in Richmond County is part of the National Highway System, a system of roadways important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.[2]
History
Major intersections
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See also
References
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