Georgia State Route 260

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State Route 260
Glenwood Avenue SE
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Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length 1.2 mi [1] (1.9 km)
Existed 1949 [2] [3] – present
Major junctions
West endUS 23.svgGeorgia 42.svg US 23 / SR 42 in Atlanta
East endI-20.svg I‑20 east of Atlanta
Location
Counties DeKalb
Highway system
  • Georgia State Routes
← Georgia 259.svg SR 259 SR 262 Georgia 262.svg →

State Route 260 (SR 260) is a very short west-east state highway located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. Its route is entirely within DeKalb County.

A state highway, state road, or state route is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or province falls below numbered national highways in the hierarchy. Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other.

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Route description

SR 260 begins at an intersection with US 23/SR 42 (Moreland Avenue SE) in Atlanta. The route makes a beeline to the east to meet its eastern terminus, an interchange with I-20 just east of Atlanta. [1]

Intersection (road) A road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade

An intersection is an at-grade junction where two or more roads meet or cross. Intersections may be classified by number of road segments, traffic controls, and/or lane design.

U.S. Route 23 in Georgia highway in Georgia

U.S. Route 23 (US 23) in the U.S. state of Georgia, is a north–south United States highway that travels from the St. Marys River south-southeast of Folkston to the North Carolina state line, in the northern part of Dillard.

Georgia State Route 42 highway in Georgia

State Route 42 (SR 42) is a 115.3-mile-long (185.6 km) state highway that runs southeast-to-northwest through portions of Peach, Crawford, Monroe, Butts, Henry, Clayton, and DeKalb counties in the central and north-central parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route connects Byron with the Atlanta metropolitan area, via McDonough, Stockbridge, and Forest Park.

The route is a mostly urban route, passing mostly businesses, churches, and schools. At its eastern terminus is DeKalb Memorial Park. [1]

No section of SR 260 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. [4]

National Highway System (United States) highway system in the United States

The National Highway System (NHS) is a network of strategic highways within the United States, including the Interstate Highway System and other roads serving major airports, ports, rail or truck terminals, railway stations, pipeline terminals and other strategic transport facilities. Altogether, it constitutes the largest highway system in the world.

History

SR 260 was established in 1949 on a routing that had the same western terminus at US 23/SR 42, but went further to the east, to an intersection with SR 12. At that time, the entire route was paved. [2] [3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in DeKalb County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Atlanta 0.00.0US 23.svgGeorgia 42.svg US 23 / SR 42 (Moreland Avenue SE)Western terminus
​1.21.9I-20.svg I‑20 (Ralph David Abernathy Freeway / SR 402) – Birmingham, Augusta Eastern terminus; I-20 exit 61B
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Google (February 20, 2013). "Route of SR 260" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Georgia State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by GSHD. Georgia State Highway Department. February 28, 1948. Retrieved February 20, 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 Georgia State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by GSHD. Georgia State Highway Department. April 1, 1949. Retrieved February 20, 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "National Highway System: Georgia" (PDF). United States Department of Transportation. May 8, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2013.

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