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U.S. Route 129 Business (Jefferson, Georgia)
Several special routes of U.S. Route 129 exist, most of which are in the state of Georgia. Current routes In order from south to north they are as follows: Hawkinsville business route U.S. Route 129 Business (US 129 Bus.) in Hawkinsville, Georgia begins on Georgia State Route 26 (SR 26) and travels to the west until it branches off to the northwest across from Warren Street. It also travels concurrently with US 341 Bus. and SR 11 Bus. Hawkinsville–Macon alternate U.S. Route 129 Alternate (US 129 Alt.) is a long alternate route of US 129 that travels from Hawkinsville to Macon, via Cochran, in the central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway begins at Jackson Street in a wrong-way concurrency with US 341/ SR 27 These highways are also joined by SR 26/ SR 112/ SR 257 and SR 230. Two blocks to the east, all the highways split into a one-way pair before it crosses a pair of bridges over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Route
In road transportation in the United States, a special route is a road in a numbered highway system that diverts a specific segment of related traffic away from another road. They are featured in many highway systems; most are found in the Interstate Highway System, United States Numbered Highways, U.S. highway system, and several state highway, state highway systems. Each type of special route possesses generally defined characteristics and has a defined relationship with its parent route. Typically, special routes share a route number with a dominant route, often referred as the "parent" or "mainline", and are given either a descriptor which may be used either before or after the route name, such as alternate route, Alternate or business route, Business, or a letter suffix that is attached to the route number. For example, an alternate route of U.S. Route 1 may be called "Alternate U.S. Route 1", "U.S. Route 1 Alternate", or "U.S. Route 1A". Occasionally, a special route will h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartford, Georgia
Hartford (also Old Hartford) is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Georgia, United States. It lies a short distance east of the city of Hawkinsville, the county seat of Pulaski County. Hartford sits at the intersection of Alternate U.S. Route 129 with State Routes 26, 27, 230, 257, and U.S. Route 341. Its elevation is 256 feet (78 m). The community was named after Nancy Hart. Hartford served as seat of Pulaski County from the formation of the county in 1809 until 1836 when the seat was transferred to Hawkinsville. See also * List of county seats in Georgia (U.S. state) The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other state except for Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely l ... References Unincorporated communities in Pulaski County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Former c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarversville, Georgia
Tarversville is an unincorporated community in Twiggs County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History The community was named after Hartwell Hill Tarver, owner of a large nearby plantation. Variant names were "Tarvers" and "Tarvers Store". A post office called Tarver's Store was established in 1826, the name was changed to Tarversville in 1831, and the post office closed in 1880. A historical marker A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, bearing text or an image in relief, or both, ... was erected at the site in 1960. References Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Unincorporated communities in Twiggs County, Georgia {{TwiggsCountyGA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia State Route 96
State Route 96 (SR 96) is a state highway that travels west-to-east through portions of Talbot, Taylor, Crawford, Peach, Houston, Twiggs, and Wilkinson counties in the west-central and central parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway travels from its western terminus at US 80/ SR 22/ SR 41/ SR 540 in Geneva to its eastern terminus at US 441/ SR 29 south-southeast of Irwinton. The portion from Geneva to a point west of Fort Valley is part of the Fall Line Freeway, a long-distance route for commercial vehicles that travels from Columbus to Augusta. This segment may also be included as part of the proposed eastern extension of Interstate 14 (I-14), an Interstate Highway that is currently entirely in Central Texas and may eventually end in Augusta. Route description Talbot County SR 96 begins at an intersection with US 80/ SR 22/ SR 41/ SR 540 (Geneva Highway / Fall Line Freeway) in the centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twiggs County, Georgia
Twiggs County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,022. The county seat is Jeffersonville. The county was created on December 14, 1809, and named for American Revolutionary War general John Twiggs. Twiggs County is included in the Macon, GA metropolitan statistical area. The Twiggs County Courthouse is located in Jeffersonville. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.2%) is water. Due to its location on the fall line, the county boasts a diverse geography. Northern parts of the county tend to be hillier, being part of the Piedmont region, and southern parts of the county tend to be flatter, being part of the upper Atlantic coastal plain. The geographical center of Georgia lies in Twiggs County — off Bullard Road near Old Marion. The southwestern and central portion of Twiggs County, south of Dry Branch and west of Jeff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milledgeville, Georgia
Milledgeville () is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County, Georgia, Baldwin County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Founded in 1803 along the Oconee River, it served as the List of current and former capital cities in the United States, state capital of Georgia from 1804 to 1868, including during the American Civil War. The city's layout—modeled after the grid plans of Savannah, Georgia, and Washington, D.C.—reflects Milledgeville's intended role as a planned seat of government. During its years as the capital, Milledgeville quickly became a hub of political activity and Cotton production in the United States, cotton-based commerce before facing significant economic changes after the capital was relocated to Atlanta in 1868. Today, Milledgeville lies along the Fall Line Freeway, a major east-west corridor that connects Milledgeville with historically significant cities like Augusta, Georgia, Augusta, Macon, Georgia, Macon, and Columbus, Georgia, Columb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia State Route 87
Georgia State Route 87 (SR 87) is a state highway that travels south-to-north through portions of Dodge, Bleckley, Twiggs, Bibb, Monroe, and Butts counties in the historic southern and central parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the Eastman area and the southwestern part of Dodge County with Flovilla, via Cochran and the Macon metropolitan area. The highway is largely, but not entirely, concurrent with U.S. Route 23 (US 23) and serves local traffic. A brief portion, from East Macon to Macon, is part of the Fall Line Freeway (and signed as SR 540) and may be incorporated into the proposed eastern extension of Interstate 14 (I-14), an Interstate Highway that currently exists completely within Central Texas and is proposed to be extended to Augusta. Route description SR 87 begins at US 280/ SR 30 west of Rhine, and north of Copeland. It travels northwest through desolate farm and forestland as the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business Route
A business route (or business loop, business spur, or city route) in the United States is a short special route that branches off a parent numbered highway at its beginning, continues through the central business district of a nearby city or town, and finally reconnects with the same parent numbered highway at the business route's end. Their designation is often intended to direct traffic to the business districts bypassed when a new highway is constructed some distance away. Naming Business routes share the same number as the major (parent) routes they parallel. For example, Special routes of U.S. Route 1#Business routes, U.S. Route 1 Business (US 1 Bus.) splits from and parallels U.S. Route 1, US 1, and Business routes of Interstate 40, Interstate 40 Business (I-40 Bus.) splits from and parallels Interstate 40, I-40. Typically, all business routes off the same parent route have the same name on signage. For example, St. Augustine, Florida, St. Augustine business l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleckley County Courthouse
Bleckley County Courthouse is the historic county courthouse of Bleckley County. It is located at Second Street on Courthouse Square in the county seat of Cochran.William Lonnie Barlow, ''Bleckley County'', Arcadia Publishing, 2010, p. 7-10. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. History Bleckley County was formed in 1912. The county jail and courthouse were erected the following year. The county courthouse opened on January 1, 1914, and has continuously been the county's courthouse since. The courthouse predates the city hall and city auditorium, which were built in 1928. The architect J.J. Baldwin of the architectural firm of Gayre & Baldwin designed the courthouse, one of eight Georgia courthouses designed by Baldwin. The building is in the Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochran Municipal Building And School
The Cochran Municipal Building and School are two historic buildings in Cochran, Georgia. They are located at the intersection of Dykes Street ( Georgia State Route 112/ 26) and Second Street ( U.S. Route 23 Business), on the same block as the Bleckley County Courthouse. The school was built in 1928 and the Municipal Building was built in 1942. The Municipal Building was designed by Dennis and Dennis of Macon, Georgia, and was constructed by the Works Progress Administration. with The two buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... on July 31, 2003. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Bleckley County, Georgia References External links * Government buildings on the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Historic districts in the United States, districts, and objects deemed worthy of Historic preservation, preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". The enactment of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing property, contributing resources within historic district (United States), historic districts. For the most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the United States Department of the Interior. Its goals are to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
