Athens business loop Special routes of U.S. Route 78

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us 78 business/sr 10 (broad street) intersection lumpkin street in heart of athens. sign along lumpkin street says broad street carries us 78 instead of business route.

u.s. route 78 business (us 78 bus.) in athens – clarke county metropolitan area bannered u.s. highway concurrent georgia state route 10 (sr 10) entire length. western terminus @ interchange us 29/sr 8/sr 316 , us 78/sr 10, southeast of bogart in oconee county. eastern terminus @ us 29/us 129/us 441/sr 10 loop/sr 15. roadway continues us 78/sr 10.

all of us 78 bus. in clarke county included part of national highway system, system of roadways important nation s economy, defense, , mobility.

prior completion of athens perimeter highway, , sr 316, broad street , atlanta highway portions of us 78 business carried us 29/us 78 through athens downtown , commercial west side. us 29 entered athens via north avenue , thomas street, joining us 78 @ broad street–thomas street–oconee street intersection downtown. combined highways continued pepsi bottling plant in bogart, us 78 turned left onto moina michael highway , us 29 continued straight bogart.

when sr 10 loop completed, us 29 routed along north side of loop, while us 78 routed along south side, us 78 bus. being established inside loop. north avenue , thomas street had state route designation removed. sr 316 (also carrying us 29) had been completed moina michael highway, stretch of highway there sr 10 loop (sections of moina michael highway , atlanta highway) continued carry us 29/us 78. once sr 316 completed sr 10 loop, us 29/us 78 moved sr 316, , us 29 switched north side of loop south side of loop while us 78 bus. extended on atlanta highway , moina michael highway present state. (some maps still show us 29 along north side of sr 10 loop incorrect; signage consistent us 29 being routed on south , east sides of loop.)