Renaming
In 2003, the county commission extended the name of the parkway southward along other roads. This included the short Ridgeway Road (to which the parkway itself was extended) which originally ran only from Burnt Hickory Road in the north, about one mile (1.6 km) south to Georgia 120. Villa Rica Road, which was realigned westward at 120 to meet Ridgeway to complete the loop, also had its parkway-widened portion renamed. Where a new highway was built to replace Villa Rica Road, what became "Old Villa Rica Road" at the time was then returned to being just "Villa Rica Road" again. The very short Villa Rica Way at Georgia 120 still retains that name, but was the original northern terminus for Villa Rica Road before its realignment to meet Ridgeway.
As a result of these changes, the Barrett Parkway name now ends at the east–west Connector near Austell. Its northeastern end is at Bells Ferry Road, east of which it continues as Piedmont Road (not to be confused with Georgia 237, the Piedmont Road in Atlanta). That road curves down around to the south, meeting Georgia 120 again on the other side of Marietta; here 120 is called Roswell Road.
In November 2009, the long viaduct over the flood plain of Noses Creek and its tributary Ward Creek was named the William "Bill" G. Jordan Bridge, in honor of the civil engineer who designed it. It is located south of Villa Rica Road and north of Macland Road (Georgia 360) at 33°54′56″N 84°37′42″W / 33.9156°N 84.6282°W / 33.9156; -84.6282 (William "Bill" G. Jordan Bridge, Barrett Parkway at Noses Creek). Due to the environmental impact, this was the last and most expensive section to be built.
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