State Route 268 (SR 268) is a southwest–northeast
state highway
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located in the south-central part of the U.S. state of
Georgia
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. It travels within portions of
Coffee
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S ...
and
Jeff Davis counties.
Route description
There is no section of SR 268 that is included as a part of the
National Highway System.
SR 268 begins at an
intersection
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with
SR 32 southeast of
Ambrose
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. The route heads north-northeast and curves to the northeast to enter Ambrose. There, it crosses a
Seaboard Coast Line
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railroad. It heads northeast, crosses the Seventeen Mile River, and intersects
SR 206 (Bowens Mill Road). Farther to the northeast is
Broxton, where it has a brief
concurrency
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with
US 441/
SR 31 along Alabama Street. Northeast of Broxton, the route enters Jeff Davis County, and meets its eastern terminus, an intersection with
SR 107 in
Snipesville.
History
SR 268 was established in 1950, with the part from SR 32 to Ambrose being paved.
In 1957, a section from Broxton just to the northeast was paved.
By 1960, the road was paved from its western terminus to just northeast of the Coffee-Jeff Davis County line. Also, the road was extended to
Hazlehurst.
By 1988, the road's eastern terminus was truncated to Snipesville, where it is today.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
* {{Commons category-inline
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Transportation in Coffee County, Georgia
Transportation in Jeff Davis County, Georgia