State Route 266 (SR 266) is a east–west
state highway
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located in the
southwestern part of the U.S. state of
Georgia
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. Its path is within
Clay
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Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...
and
Randolph counties.
Route description
SR 266 begins at an
intersection
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with
SR 39 about north of
Fort Gaines. SR 39 north leads to
George T. Bagby State Park. The route heads northeast through rural parts of Clay County to Clay County Road 43 (CR 43, Cotton Hill Road). Later on is CR 47 (Shaw Road). Farther to the northeast is CR 44 (Bethel Church Road). After that, the county crosses a corner of Randolph County before re-entering Clay County for a short while. Back in Randolph County, the route heads to
Coleman, where it intersects Randolph CR 160 (Hangman Road). Just to the northwest is CR 33 (Chestnut Street), then CR 67 and CR 65 (Hammock Road). Northeast of Coleman is CR 66 (Hammock Road). Then is CR 17 (Mitchell Grove Road). Then, the highway encounters CR 32 (Lee Knighton Road). SR 266 eventually gets to the unincorporated community of
Coles, where it intersects Cotton Hill Road (a different one from near the western terminus of SR 266), which leads to the unincorporated community of
Days Crossroads. Just before reaching its eastern terminus, an intersection with
US 82/
SR 50 southwest of
Cuthbert
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, the highway crosses a
Central of Georgia Railway
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line.
There is no section of SR 266 that is included as a part of the
National Highway System.
History
SR 266 was established in 1950 along an alignment from
Bellville north to Coleman, and then northeast from Coleman to its eastern terminus as it runs today. The section from about Coleman east was paved at this time.
By 1952, the entire Bellville-eastern terminus section was paved.
By 1975, the road was moved, and paved, to its current alignment, with the former section from Bellville to Coleman being redesignated as Clay County Road 131, Randolph County Road 160, and Randolph County Road 62.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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266
Transportation in Clay County, Georgia
Transportation in Randolph County, Georgia