State Route 241 (SR 241) is a southwest-northeast
state highway
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located in the
southwestern part of the U.S. state of
Georgia
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Places
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. It exists entirely within
Decatur County Decatur County is the name of various past and present counties in the United States, all named for Stephen Decatur:
*Decatur County, Georgia
*Decatur County, Indiana
*Decatur County, Iowa
*Decatur County, Kansas
*Decatur County, Tennessee
*Decatu ...
.
Route description
SR 241 begins at the
Florida
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state line in southern Decatur County, where the roadway continues as
County Road 65 (Attapulgus Highway). It heads east-northeast to an intersection with
SR 309 (Fowlstown Road). Then, the road curves to the northeast, crossing over Little Attapulgus Creek and a
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
railroad line. It then heads north-northeast, until it enters
Attapulgus, where it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with
US 27 Business/
SR 1 Business. Here, the roadway continues as Main Street.
No section of SR 241 is part of the
National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility and defense.
History
SR 241 was established in 1946 along the same alignment as it runs today. Approximately half the route was paved.
By 1948, the remainder of the highway was paved.
Major intersections
See also
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241
Transportation in Decatur County, Georgia