State Route 63 | ||||
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Maintained by Georgia Department of Transportation | ||||
Length | 23.1 mi [1] (37.2 km) | |||
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Counties | Banks, Franklin, Stephens | |||
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State Route 63 (SR 63) is a 23.1-mile-long (37.2 km) state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It and SR 59 serve to connect Commerce and Toccoa.
Northeast Georgia is a region of Georgia in the United States. The northern part is also in the north Georgia mountains, while the southern part is still hilly but much flatter in topography. Northeast Georgia is also served by the Asheville/Spartanburg/Greenville/Anderson market.
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States. It began as a British colony in 1733, the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established. Named after King George II of Great Britain, the Province of Georgia covered the area from South Carolina south to Spanish Florida and west to French Louisiana at the Mississippi River. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. In 1802–1804, western Georgia was split to the Mississippi Territory, which later split to form Alabama with part of former West Florida in 1819. Georgia declared its secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870. Georgia is the 24th largest and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Atlanta, the state's capital and most populous city, has been named a global city. Atlanta's metropolitan area contains about 55% of the population of the entire state.
SR 63 begins at an intersection with SR 59, northeast of Commerce. The route travels north-northeastward toward Toccoa. About 1,000 feet (300 m) after its southern terminus, SR 63 has an interchange with Interstate 85 (I-85) in rural Banks County. SR 63 continues to the north-northeast. It has intersections with SR 51, SR 198, and SR 184. The highway crosses the northwestern corner of Franklin County and enters Stephens County. SR 63 intersects SR 106 just north of the Franklin–Stephens county line. The two highways form a concurrency to the north-northeast. On the way to Toccoa, the route has an intersection with SR 17. Just before entering Toccoa, SR 63 has an intersection with SR 145 before traveling northwest and curve to the north until it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with US 123/SR 184/SR 365 in downtown Toccoa. This intersection also marks the northern terminus of SR 106. [1]
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.
State Route 59 (SR 59) is a 32.3-mile-long (52.0 km) state highway that runs southwest-to-northeast through portions of Jackson, Banks, Franklin, and Hart counties in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route connects Commerce with SR 77 near the shore of Lake Hartwell. The highway passes through Carnesville and Lavonia. It closely parallels Interstate 85 (I-85).
Commerce is a city in Jackson County, Georgia, United States, 70 miles (110 km) northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 6,544.
SR 63 is not part of the National Highway System, a system of roadways important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility. [2]
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.
County | Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Banks | | 0.0 | 0.0 | Southern terminus | ||||
| 0.2 | 0.32 | I-85 exit 154 | |||||
| 5.9 | 9.5 | ||||||
| 7.7 | 12.4 | ||||||
| 9.8 | 15.8 | Middle Fork Broad River | |||||
| 10.4 | 16.7 | Southern terminus of SR 184 | |||||
Franklin | No major junctions | |||||||
Stephens | Mize | 14.9 | 24.0 | Southern end of SR 106 concurrency | ||||
| 18.1 | 29.1 | North Fork Broad River | |||||
| 19.5 | 31.4 | ||||||
| 21.3 | 34.3 | Northern terminus of SR 145 | |||||
Toccoa | 23.1 | 37.2 | Northern terminus; northern end of SR 106 concurrency | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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U.S. Route 123 is a spur of US 23 in the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina. The U.S. Highway runs 75.12 miles (120.89 km) from US 23, US 441, and SR 365 near Clarkesville, Georgia, north and east to Interstate 385 Business in Greenville, South Carolina. US 123 parallels I-85 to the north as it connects the Northeast Georgia cities of Clarkesville and Toccoa with the western Upstate South Carolina communities of Westminster, Seneca, Clemson, Easley, and Greenville.
State Route 54 (SR 54) is a 70.5-mile-long (113.5 km) state highway that runs southwest-to-northeast through portions of Troup, Meriwether, Coweta, Fayette, Clayton, and Fulton counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route connects Hogansville with Atlanta, via Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, and Forest Park.
State Route 14 (SR 14) is a 87.4-mile-long (140.7 km) state highway that travels southwest-to-northeast through portions of Troup, Coweta, and Fulton counties in the west-central and north-central parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the Alabama state line in West Point to Downtown Atlanta, via LaGrange, Fairburn, College Park, and East Point. Except for the northernmost segment, it is entirely concurrent with U.S. Route 29 (US 29).
State Route 34 (SR 34) is a 43.6-mile-long (70.2 km) state highway that travels west-to-east through portions of Heard and Coweta counties in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the Alabama state line southwest of Franklin with the Peachtree City area, via Franklin and Newnan.
State Route 164 (SR 164) is a state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is entirely within Banks County.
State Route 365 (SR 365) is a 69.5-mile-long (111.8 km) state highway that travels within portions of Gwinnett, Hall, Habersham, and Stephens counties. It begins at exit 113 on Interstate 85 (I-85), at the southeastern edge of Suwanee. This is also the southern terminus of I-985. It continues from that point concurrent with I-985 for the entire length of that freeway. Eventually, U.S. Route 23 (US 23) also joins the concurrency. The highway heads northeast through Gainesville and Toccoa, before it terminates at the South Carolina state line, southwest of Westminster, South Carolina.
State Route 334 (SR 334) is a 12.4-mile-long (20.0 km) south-to-north state highway located entirely within Jackson County in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels from north of Athens to Commerce. It is effectively an alternate route of U.S. Route 441 (US 441).
State Route 328 (SR 328) is an arc-shaped 9.8-mile-long (15.8 km) state highway in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route connects Avalon and Lavonia and provides access to Lake Hartwell and Tugaloo State Park. It is known as Gumlog Road for its entire length. It has been called Gumlog Road long before G-dot gave it a dreary number.
State Route 327 (SR 327) is a 9.8-mile-long (15.8 km) north-south state highway that is located entirely in Franklin County in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Georgia.
State Route 326 (SR 326) is a 16.4-mile-long (26.4 km) southwest-to-northeast state highway located mostly in rural areas of the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. Its route travels within portions of Jackson, Banks, and Franklin counties.
State Route 320 (SR 320) is a 9.9-mile-long (15.9 km) north-south state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located in rural areas, almost all of it in Franklin County, and a very small segment in Stephens County.
State Route 17 (SR 17) is a 294-mile-long (473 km) state highway that travels south-to-north through portions of Chatham, Effingham, Screven, Jenkins, Burke, Jefferson, Warren, McDuffie, Wilkes, Elbert, Hart, Franklin, Stephens, Habersham, White, and Towns counties in the east-central and northeastern parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects Interstate 16 (I-16) in Bloomingdale to the North Carolina state line, northwest of Hiawassee, via Millen, Louisville, Wrens, Thomson, Washington, Elberton, Royston, Toccoa, Clarkesville, and Hiawassee.
State Route 77 is a 103-mile-long (166 km) state highway that runs nouth-to-sorth through portions of Hancock, Greene, Oglethorpe County, Elbert, and Hart Counties in the eastern part of the State of Georgia.
State Route 281 (SR 281) is a south-north state highway located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. Its route is in Madison and Franklin Counties, with a brief section straddling the Madison-Hart County line.
State Route 106 (SR 106) is a 45.2-mile-long (72.7 km) state highway that runs south-to-north through portions of Madison, Franklin, and Stephens counties in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.
State Route 116 (SR 116) is a 30.7-mile-long (49.4 km) state highway that runs west-to-east through portions of Harris and Talbot counties in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia.
State Route 105 (SR 105) is a 23.1-mile-long (37.2 km) state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway begins at the Banks–Franklin–Stephens county tripoint, east-southeast of Baldwin. It ends at Harvest, which is west-northwest of Clarkesville.
State Route 184 (SR 184) is a 19.4-mile (31.2 km) state highway that runs south-to-north through portions of Banks and Stephens counties in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route's southern terminus is at SR 63 in northeastern Banks County. The northern terminus at the Tugaloo River and the South Carolina state line where the road continues as Cleveland Pike Road.
State Route 145 (SR 145) is a 24.3-mile-long (39.1 km) state highway that runs southeast-to-northwest through portions of Franklin and Stephens counties in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route connects Franklin Springs with Toccoa.
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