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State Route 109 (SR 109) is a 62.7 mi state highway that runs west-to-east through portions of Troup, Meriwether, Pike, and Lamar counties in the western part of the U.S. state of Georgia.

NOTES=April 1937 continued from lagrange to alabama line. October 1935 under construction for current entire length to be paved. January 1940 First seg compl paved. and first seg to chat river under construction. By Jan 1945 was paved to the river. construction begain to alabama line. paving was momentarily paused for paving ga 244 to have a paved route to alabama by 1948. July 1957 pavement was completed to Heard co. By 1960 paved to alabama but alabama had not completed their section until 1966. January 1944 SR 109 was routed to molena via hwy 18. in sept 1953 the section between molena and 18 was being paved with the second 109 segment designated. by 1960 the entire length of hwy 109 was paved.

Route description
SR 109 begins at the Alabama state line, where the roadway continues as CR 278. The road heads eastward, and crosses over a segment of West Point Lake. It continues eastward toward LaGrange while continuing to serve West Point Lake the many West Point Lake campgrounds. It enters LaGrange and intersects US 29/SR 14. In the main part of town, the three routes meet US 27/SR 1/SR 219. At this intersection US 29/SR 14 depart to the north, along US 27/SR 1/SR 219 north. On the east end of town, it has an interchange with Interstate 85 (I-85). Then, it crosses over, but does not interchange with I-185. In Greenville, the highway meets US 27 Alternate/SR 18/SR 41, as well as SR 100 (North Depot Street). Here, US 27 Alternate/SR 18/SR 41/SR 109 run concurrent around the city square. SR 18 runs concurrent with SR 109 to the east. Just before leaving town, they intersect SR 109 Spur (Gay Road). In Woodbury, is an intersection with SR 85 Alternate (Whitehouse Parkway). Then, they meet SR 74/SR 85. At this intersection, SR 74 joins the concurrency. Just before entering Molena, SR splits off on Crest Highway. In town, SR 18 splits off to the north-northeast, while SR 109 heads east. The road heads northeast to a concurrency with US 19/SR 3, just west-southwest of Meansville. SR 109 heads through town and meets its eastern terminus, an intersection with SR 18, located between Zebulon and Barnesville.

History
Georgia State Route 109 was first shown on maps in July 1933. Its first segment was unpaved from Greenville, Georgia to LaGrange, Georgia. In October of 1935, it was placed under construction for improvements to become a paved road. Later, in April 1937, a second unpaved segment was added to the original extending from LaGrange to the Alabama state line. Its routing was very different from the routing today. Many roads of the original routing have been abandoned, flooded by West Point Lake, or turned into public access of the lake. This old routing can be difficult to find without careful historical tracing as the lake and age has taken their toll. By 1940, paving of the original segment was completed with the second segment to the Chattahoochee River undergoing the paving process. In January 1944, SR 109 was extended and unpaved yet again via the paved SR 18 to Molena, Georgia then to US 19. By January 1945, SR 109 was now paved from the Chattahoochee River to Greenville with the paving to the Alabama state line beginning. Before the paving process of this segment was completed, Georgia commissioned State Route 244 and completed its paving to the Alabama state line much quicker, being paved by 1948. This routing of State Route 244 follows most of the modern day routing of SR 109 west of the lake. This allowed for a paved route to Alabama from the LaGrange area due west along with State Route 238. By September 1953, half of the route between Molena and US 19 was paved and the second half completed by June 1954. There was only one segment left unpaved by 1954. By July 1957 SR 109 was paved from its eastern terminus to Heard County with its entire length paved by 1960. From 1954 to 1976, SR 109 maintained its routing from near Glenn, Georgia to SR 18. In 1975, West Point Lake flooded, changing the layout of western Troup County. In 1976, after the flooding was complete many of the previous roads were underwater. SR 109 was aligned to the routing of the newly decommissioned SR 701 which lasted from 1974 to 1976. This new routing, with the exception SR 109 Spur formed from the newly decommissioned SR 701 Spur, largely makes up the modern day routing. Following the decommissioning of the Troup County SR 109 Spur in 1987, SR 109 was routed via the decommissioned spur and its turn northward to Heard County was turned over to Troup County. Its routing has not changed since 1987.

SR 109 is not part of the National Highway System, a system of roadways important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.

Troup County spur route
State Route 109 Spur (SR 109 Spur) was a spur route that existed entirely within the west-central part of Troup County. It is now part of the SR 109 mainline and continued the name of Roanoke Road for its entire length.

It began at the Alabama state line, where the roadway now is CR 278. The road crossed over an arm of West Point Lake. It then passes the Harmony Cemetery, before it met its eastern terminus, an intersection with the former SR 109 mainline, west of LaGrange. The same stretch of roadway has been recorded in existence since 1939. Until just before the flooding of West Point Lake in 1975, this remained a local road. Between 1971-1974, SR 701 Spur was under construction which would follow the SR 109 Spur future routing. SR 109 Spur came into existence in just before 1976 as SR 701 and its spur were decommissioned following the flooding of the lake. SR 109 Spur maintained its designation in Troup County until 1987 at which time it merged with the mainline.

SR 109 Spur was not part of the National Highway System, a system of roadways important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.

Meriwether County spur route
State Route 109 Spur (SR 109) is a spur route that connects SR 18/SR 109 (Woodbury Road) in Greenville to SR 74/SR 85 (Oakland Road) in Gay. It is located in the central and east-central parts of Meriwether County.

This road was designated because of the long distance on SR 74/SR 85 connecting Gay and SR 18/SR 109 in Woodbury. This also helps smooth traffic going to the Cotton Pickin' Fair in Gay.