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GA 400 Article From 1979

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This entry was posted on 10/3/2008 8:19 PM and is filed under uncategorized.

"Through an act of Congress and Federal funding, a highway construction project will save motorists time and gasoline when traveling to the mountains of north Georgia."
- "GA 400 Construction Ahead Of Schedule", Forsyth County News, August 8, 1979

When the final stretch of GA 400 from GA 53 in Dawson County to GA 60 in Lumpkin County was opened in 1981 and US 19 was rerouted from GA 9 onto it, this was definitely true.

However, since the mid 1990s, the GA 400 corridor has experienced more growth than folks ever imagined, and the non-freeway portion of this highway from GA 369 northward became a major commuter corridor as well as a 4-lane connector to the mountains. Nowadays, it is riddled with traffic lights and too many driveway cuts, especially in Forsyth and Dawson Counties. So much for saving time and gas.

Here are scans of the 1979 Forsyth County News article trumpeting the progress of GA 400's construction...





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