2006 Official GA Maps Available

Fellow road enthusiasts, the 2006 official Georgia highway map is now available!!!

After work, I stopped by the Georgia DOT's map sales office in Chamblee and picked up a couple... and I couldn't wait to get home and look over it. :)

Here are some of the new things you'll find on the new map...

- US 129 is on a new 4-lane divided highway section between Talmo and Arcade, bypassing Jefferson. (This is apparently a non-GRIP widening project to provide 4-lanes between Athens and Gainesville.)

- All of US 441/GA 15 (GRIP Project EDS-441) 4-laned between I-85 and US 23/GA 365.

- Most of the Fall Line Freeway (Future GA 540) 4-laned between Columbus and Fort Valley (US 80/GA 22 from Columbus to Geneva, GA 96 from Geneva to Fort Valley).

And now, here are some of the things you will not find...

- Unlike past maps, no proposed or under-construction segments (700/800/900-series) are reflected. For instance, you will not see the proposed US 319/441 Dublin By-Pass (part of EDS-441). Unless you were a local or a roadgeek like me, you wouldn't know by looking at this year's map.

- US 27/GA 1 (GRIP Project EDS-27) is actually 4-lanes divided for a short stretch from just north of its intersection with GA 156 in Floyd County to just south of Gore-Subligna road in Chattooga County. This particular section of highway has been this way for at least 5 years, but I'm a little disappointed that GDOT has yet to reflect this on their maps.

Also, since the previous map, GDOT no longer differentiates multilane undivided highways (especially those with middle turn lanes), so it makes it even more difficult to determine which sections of GRIP corridors have been rebuilt as such.

Copies are available at Georgia welcome centers or you can contact GDOT's Map Sales office directly (click here for info).

That's all for now. Thanks for visiting and please come back again.