History
In the early 1920s, SR 25 initially ran only from Sterling south to Brunswick and north into Savannah and South Carolina; State Route 27 continued south from Sterling (initially along present State Route 99 and Haynor Road north of Waverly) into Florida. US 17 was designated along the route in 1926, and by 1930 the whole route was SR 25.
The Talmadge Memorial Bridge opened in 1953, carrying State Route 25 Alternate and U.S. Route 17 Alternate over the Savannah River into South Carolina. In 1994, US 17 Alternate was eliminated, and US 17 was rerouted over it.
The section of US 17 known as the "Gateway to Historic Brunswick and The Golden Isles" was included in The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's 2006 list of Places in Peril.
Read more about this topic: U.S. Route 17 In Georgia
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