History
In 1920, the designation of SR 4 was used for a route in northwestern Georgia, running from the Alabama state line east via Rome to Cartersville, where it met State Route 3. This route is signed today as SR 20 and SR 100 to Rome, and US 411 and SR 20 from Rome to Cartersville. The current route from Folkston to Alma was signed as SR 15, and the portion to Baxley had no state route designation at the time. Also, the current path north from Baxley through Lyons to Swainsboro does not appear on 1920 maps at all; instead, an unsigned route is shown from Lyons to Reidsville, and on to Metter. From Swainboro, the current route was signed at the time as SR 17 to Louisville, and another unsigned route continued to Augusta
By 1926, SR 4 was still located in northwest Georgia in various states of surface condition, from hard surface around Rome to unimproved on some portions, but had been extended from Cartersville north to Fairmount; this stretch of the route is signed today as US 411 and SR 61. The current route in the southeast, which was already signed as US 1, featured semi-hard surface to Waycross, and was in various stages of improvement from Waycross to Baxley. The current section from Baxley to Swainsboro, which had not existed in 1920, appears as unimproved road, signed as SR 32, by 1926. From Swainsboro to Augusta, the route again appeared in various stages of improvement, now co-signed as SR 17 to Wrens, and as SR 24 from Louisville to Augusta.
By 1929, the current designations of US 1 and SR 4 in the southeast of Georgia were found on Georgia highway maps. By early 1932, the entirety of the current route appears to have been covered by hard surface, which makes this route an exception, rather than a rule, of the common surface conditions at the time.
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