Route Description
The route starts where AL 48 ends at the Georgia-Alabama state line north of Ephesus in Carroll County, and initially runs east, until it turns northeast in Whitesburg. SR 5 then cuts in a diagonal through Douglas County, crosses I-20, and heads through Douglasville. Continuing northeast, the route crosses into Cobb County, and heads through Smyrna and Marietta to its concurrence with I-575, which takes it all the way through Cherokee County, heading through Canton on its way north.
As SR 5 crosses into Pickens County, it turns slightly northwest, bypasses Jasper, and turns back in a northeasterly direction into Gilmer County, heading through Ellijay and on into Blue Ridge in Fannin County. There, the route turns north and heads to its northern terminus in McCaysville.
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