User:DanTD/Sandbox/U.S. Route 29 in Georgia/Route description

The following is an attempt to restore the route description for U.S. Route 29 in Georgia. After complaints over the length of the description, I'm trying this again.

I still want to balance this out, and keep some details.

Alabama through Newnan
US Route 29 enters the State of Georgia at the City of West Point, from Lanett, Alabama at a car and truck dealership, that completely dominates the previous block. The road is named Third Avenue, and on the opposite side of this dealership is a former Atlanta and West Point Railroad freight station that now serves as the West Point Visitors Center. At West Seventh Street, US 29/GA 14 turns right, then crosses a railroad line along Second Avenue only to turn left between there and First Avenue. The road makes a right turn at Ninth Street in order to cross the John C. Barrow Bridge over the Chattahoochee River. Across the river, the name of the street is East 10th Street. At Avenue E, US 29/SR 14 curves north onto West Point Road, and East 10th Street becomes Georgia State Route 18. North of East 11th Street, the road runs between the Point University Gymnasium, and the western edge of the Fort Tyler Cemetery. After the intersection with O.G. Skinner Drive, US 29 crosses the A&WP railroad line for the second time and becomes slightly more rural, though it doesn't officially leave the city limits until after a dead end street named Woodlawn Road. Along the way, it passes the rural surroundings along the southeast bank of West Point Lake, which includes recreational areas such as R. Shaefer Heard Park and Long Cane Park. After shifting away from a former segment named "Old West Point Road," the road curves back to the northeast and then to the east after Teaver Road as it enters Woodfield, but then turns back northeast before approaching the intersection with Pegasus Parkway. From that point, it also intersects West Lukken Industrial Drive, part of which leads to the LaGrange Callaway Airport. East of there, the road keeps running in and out of LaGrange, but doesn't completely stay within the city limits until the intersection with Georgia State Route 109, where West Point Road becomes Vernon Street, and it turns east and forms a concurrency with that route west of the West Georgia Medical Center. From this area, it also runs through the Vernon Road Historic District.

US 29/SRs 14/109 approach Broad Street which is the southwestern terminus of Georgia State Route 14 Connector, however turns onto that road from northbound traffic are forbidden. Both the connecting route and the main route leave the historic district at Forrest Avenue and run through the territory of LaGrange College, but US 29/SRs 14/109 run beneath a pedestrian bridge next to a clock tower west of College Avenue. After Boulevard Street, the routes turn straight east. Signs welcoming motorists to historic downtown LaGrange can be seen after the intersection with Greenwood Street, but the routes don't enter the LaGrange Commercial Historic District until the intersection with West Lafayette Square and Bull Street. For one block the name for the routes are Lafayette Square South, and after Main Street, the name changes to Lafayette Parkway. SR 109 continues east along Lafayette Parkway, while US 29 makes a left turn at U.S. Route 27. One block later the road intersects the eastern terminus of Connecting Route 14, and northern terminus of the overlap with Georgia State Route 219, where Broad Street becomes Greenville Street. US 27/29/SRs 1/14 leave the historic district after this and winds through a commercial strip named North Morgan Street. Along the western edge of Shadowland Cemetery, the route intersects Franklin Street and the name then changes to New Franklin Road. US 29/SR 14 turns east onto Commerce Avenue across from Mitchell Avenue, while US 27/SR 1 continues north towards Bremen, Cedartown, Fort Oglethorpe at the Tennessee State Line, and ultimately, Fort Wayne, Indiana. At first Commerce Avenue runs east as a four-lane undivided highway with center left-turn provisions, then briefly curves southeast before the intersection with Youngs Mill Road. US 29/SR 14 then turns northeast onto Hogansville Road but briefly turns east at an unfinished commercial development near the northern terminus of Georgia State Route 14 Spur at South Davis Road, which becomes the unmarked North Davis Road as it runs to GA 219 near Sassafras Hills. Hogansville Road curves back to the northeast after an intersection with a local street named Laura Drive. North of the intersection with Patillo Road, it begins to run parallel to a railroad line on the southeast side as both pass through Whitfield at the intersections of Whitfield Road and Willowood Road. The route moves away from the tracks between Hines Road and Beasley Road, but then moves back along the west side of the tracks at Bass Cross Road.

Just as it begins to curve straight north, US 29/SR 14 enters the city limits of Hogansville. Closer to downtown, the road curves slightly to the left only to allow space for former freight houses along the tracks before approaching the intersection of Georgia State Route 54 (Main Street) and takes the concurrency with Georgia State Route 100 away from that route. US 29/SRs 14/100 curve back to the northeast, then SR 100 leaves the concurrency with US 29 at Corinth Road. In Trimble, the tracks move away from the road just south of the south end of Trimble Station Drive, one of two local streets that start and end along the east side of US 29. The other one further north is Buck Smith Road. After the north end of the street, the railroad tracks run along the southeast side again before US 29/SR 14 crosses the Troup-Coweta County line. From there, the road curves to the north-northeast as it intersects Minnie Sewell Road and then enters the City of Grantville. It returns to the northeast after the intersection of Coweta Heard Road, and the tracks along the southeast side curves away from the road again. The routes branch off away from LaGrange Street, and then turns east as they descend beneath a low 14 ft bridge for the very railroad line it ran parallel to in much of northeastern Troup County. It curves back to the east-northeast after the intersections with Meriwether and Church Streets. The same railroad line that it ran under closer to the center of town is encountered on the north side as it approaches the interchange with Interstate 85 at Exit 35, a folded-diamond interchange with a small cemetery on the southeast corner of the southbound on and off ramps. From there the road winds back and forth primarily to the northeast, and branches off away from the tracks at South Railroad Street. Entering Moreland, US 29 joins U.S. Route 27 Alternate (Georgia) in another concurrency while also serving as the northern terminus of Georgia State Route 41. US ALT 27/29/SR 14 serves as the main road through downtown Moreland, then runs along the west side of the Newnan-Coweta County Airport, where I-85 is encountered again, this time at a diamond interchange (Exit 41). Just north of that interchange it encounters the southern terminus of a concurrency with Georgia State Route 16. Together, US ALT 27/29/SRs 14/16 run through marshland around Pearl Springs Lake and East Newnan Lake as it enter Newnan. The routes cross over that A&WP Railroad Line between Newnan South Industrial Road and Corinth Road. From there it runs through the Greenville Street-LaGrange Street Historic District (signed as the Greenville-LaGrange Historic District), before passing the Coweta County Superior Courthouse and running over a bridge above a former Central of Georgia Railway line. Greenville Street ends at Salbide Avenue and US ALT 27/29/SRs 14/16 becomes a one-way pair along Jefferson Street and LaGrange Street, both of which are part of the Newnan Commercial Historic District. It also runs along both sides of the historic Coweta County Courthouse between Broad and Washington Streets. At Posey Street, the routes are joined by another concurrency with Georgia State Route 34. The routes turn left onto Clark Street as they join another concurrency with westbound Georgia State Route 34, only to leave the concurrency with US ALT 27/SRs 16/34 one block later at Jackson Street.

Newnan through Atlanta
On Jackson Street, US 29/SR 14 winds through northern Newnan, and Roscoe Road veers off to the left as the southern terminus of Georgia State Route 70, just before US 29 curves to the east-northeast where it has an intersection with Georgia State Route 34 Bypass. The route briefly leaves the Newnan City Limits then re-enters the city along part of the border, only to leave it again permanently at a private road east of Lake Ridge Way. The rest of US 29 runs mostly northeast through eastern Coweta County. Along the way, the former A&WP railroad tracks return to the southeast side of the road at the intersection with Walt Sanders Road. Between Cedar Creek Road and Tanglewood Road, US 29/SR 14 and the railroad line briefly curve southeast then return to the northeast. The tracks move slightly out of view of the road, but return to the side as it approaches Georgia State Route 154, which joins US 29 in another concurrency. From there the road starts to wind more towards the north-northeast, moving away from and then back to the side of the tracks on at least two occasions. US 29/GA 14/154 enters the Palmetto City Limits south of Tommy Lee Cook Road and crosses the Coweta-Fulton County Line at Brooks Street. Within the city, the road is named Main Street and briefly runs straight north before curving to the north-northeast south of Church Street, one of three streets that run southeast of the road beneath low railroad bridges. The former Palmetto A&WP Depot, now a museum spans as far east as a CSA Memorial on the southwest corner of Fayetteville Road (the second low railroad bridge), which itself becomes Thomas Street. The last road intersecting US 29 that runs under a low bridge beneath the tracks is Thornton Avenue. Eventually, the routes leave downtown, and US 29/SR 14 leaves Main Street to curve east onto Roosevelt Highway before GA 154 leaves US 29/GA 14. That intersection also serves as the southwestern terminus of US ALT 29/GA ALT 14. In the meantime, US 29 still remains in Palmetto, until it the area between Wilkerson Mill Road and the Willow Oak Construction and Demolition Waste Landfill.

In Fairburn the road passes by an Owens-Corning factory, and before encountering an interchange with Georgia State Route 74 the name of the road changes to Broad Street. East of there the road passes two cemeteries and the city police headquarters on the northwest side before entering downtown, passing through the Fairburn Commercial Historic District where they encounter Georgia State Route 92 and Campbellton Street. From there, SR 92 joins US 29/SR 14 in another concurrency until it reaches the intersection with Georgia State Route 138 and turns west, while US 29/SR 14 becomes Roosevelt Highway again in Union City, Georgia. Continuing to run along the north side of the tracks, the routes start to curve to the north-northeast after the intersection of Gresham Street, even running straight north, only to turn back to the northeast as it enters Red Oak at the intersection of Stonewall Tell Road. Briefly though, it runs along the Union City/Red Oak Line again in the vicinity of Hunter Road. The northeast corner of US 29 and Welcome All Road is the site of a USDOT building on the grounds of a former segment of the South Fulton Parkway, which can now be encountered further northeast at an interchange with the northeastern terminus of US ALT 29/GA ALT 14 and the beginning Georgia State Route 14 connector to Interstate 85 and Interstate 285. After turning east and passing by a large rental car lot, it runs under a bridge for I-285, but has no access. In College Park, however it does have an interchange with Georgia State Route 279 and then another with Georgia State Route 139, which joins US 29/SR 14 in another concurrency. US 29/SRs 14/139 runs beneath another bridge with no access that connects a major rental car facility to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and then passes by the Georgia International Convention Center followed by a bridge under the ATL SkyTrain. Only a quarter-cloverleaf interchange with Georgia State Route 6 provides access from US 29 to the airport itself. North of there US 29/SRs 14/139 becomes Main Street and follows the Red and Gold Lines.

In East Point US 29 passes by the community's own MARTA station between Irene Kidd Drive and, and has interchanges with Norman Berry Drive and Harold Sheets Parkway, and then Georgia State Route 154 and Georgia State Route 166  SR 154 joins the concurrency with all three routes at Lakewood / Fort McPherson (MARTA station) in Atlanta, where Main Street becomes Lee Street. Along the way it passes through neighborhoods such as Fort McPherson, and Oakland City, bordering communities such as Capitol View and Adair Park on the opposite side of a three-track freight line. In the West End neighborhood, the Red and Gold Lines elevate and curve at a bridge over US 29 which becomes West Whitehall Street Southwest, as Lee Street becomes a local city street. After the back yard of West End (MARTA station), Georgia State Route 139 leaves the concurrency and heads west along Ralph D. Abernathy Boulevard, then passes by the historic Atlanta Fire Station Number 7 before passing under Interstate 20, and curves to the east-northeast as it enters the Castleberry Hill neighborhood. US 29 leaves SRs 14/154, and turns onto Georgia Connecting Route 3 (Chapel Street Southwest). It runs north and then curves northeast before finally joining the concurrency with US 19/US 41/SR 3 (Northside Drive Southwest), but remaining in the same trajectory. After passing by a group of condominiums called "The Villages of Castleberry Hill," later the recently built Mercedes-Benz Stadium next to the site of the Georgia Dome and the Georgia World Congress Center.

US 29 leaves the concurrency with US 19/US 41 in the vicinity Georgia Tech, and turns east onto US 78/US 278/SR 8, and all three US highways travel along North Avenue Northeast, which encounters an interchange with I-75/I-85 (Downtown Connector), at exit 249D, then by North Avenue (MARTA station). The route follows these three routes through Downtown Atlanta, onto Ponce de Leon Avenue, and is later joined by SR 10 at a formerly proposed segment of SR 400). Later it encounters an intersection with US 23/SR 42 (Briarcliff Road Northeast / Moreland Avenue Northeast), and US 23 joins the concurrency as all four US routes and two state routes cross the DeKalb County line.

Eastern Atlanta through Metro Athens
South Ponce de Leon Avenue immediately splits off to the southeast, but US 23/29/78/278 only runs along the main Ponce de Leon Avenue along the northern edges of Springdale Park, Virgilee Park, and Brightwood Park, while South Ponce de Leon runs along the south side of these parks. This pattern ends at Lullwater and Fairview Roads, but is repeated again shortly afterwards at Shady Side Park and Dellwood Park, where the routes enter Druid Hills. On the opposite side, a North Ponce de Leon Avenue runs along the northern edge of Deepdene Park while US 23/29/78/SR 8 runs along the south side of that park, but US 278/SR 10 branches off to the southeast towards East Lake, Kensington, I-20 from Lithonia to Covington, and ultimately to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, only for North Ponce de Leon Avenue to reunite with its parent street. After crossing under a stone arch railroad bridge and entering Decatur, Ponce de Leon Avenue becomes a local street, while US 23/29/78/SR 8 branches off to the northeast onto Scott Boulevard. This concurrency comes to an end when US 29/78/SR 8 encounters Georgia State Route 155 (Clairemont Avenue), and US 23 makes a left turn onto that street. From there, US 29/78/SR 8 runs in a straight northeast line through North Decatur. Across from this interchange at Larry Lane, which is only accessible for southbound traffic, Scott Boulevard becomes Lawrenceville Highway. Right after this, the road intersects the DeKalb Industrial Way, and the routes run along the edge of Scottdale. US 78 leaves the concurrency at an interchange with the Stone Mountain Freeway, although access from westbound US 78 to northbound US 29 is provided from North Druid Hills Road via a half-diamond interchange with the freeway. From there the road approaches a direct interchange with Interstate 285 in Tucker at Exit 38, where a partial cloverleaf interchange can be found on the northwest corner, as opposed to a connecting route to the perimeter that it had in Red Oaks. East of I-85 it runs past the Floral Hills Memory Gardens, then an intersection with Northlake Parkway and Cooledge Road. Before the intersection with Brockett Road, the routes start to run along the south side of the same railroad line that it ran beneath between Druid Hills and Decatur. After Main Street, US 29/SR 8 approaches Georgia State Route 236 at Hugh Howell Road, then turns northeast as all three routes run over a railroad bridge for the aforementioned railroad line only for westbound SR 236 to leave this concurrency at La Vista Road. From there the road winds northeast, but briefly turns east as it crosses the DeKalb-Gwinnett County Line and approaches the intersection with Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Mountain Industrial Road.

East of Jordan Drive Northwest and Braden Drive, US 29/SR 8 enters Lilburn, but before encountering any major intersection, it intersects significant local ones such as Rockbridge Road Northwest. East of there it passes by Bryson Park, and enters the heart of town at Hillcrest Road and Main Street. Shortly after this it approaches the intersection with Indian Trail Lilburn Road and Killian Hill Road before crossing a bridge over Jackson Creek. Only after these points will it encounter the southeastern terminus of Georgia State Route 378 across from Arcado Road. Shortly after this it encounters an intersection with Pleasant Hills Road and Lester Road at the border of Lawrenceville and then passes over a diamond interchange with Ronald Reagan Parkway. East of there, the road passes over a bridge over Sweetwater Creek. One of the more interesting intersections with no county, state, or federal route designation is that of Bethesda School Road to the north and Bethesda Church Road to the south. Beyond that point it contains mostly residential surroundings until the intersection with Fox Creek Parkway and Gloster Road, where it becomes a commercial strip. East of Oakland Road the commercial zoning begins to diminish, and nearly disappears completely as it crosses a bridge over the Yellow River, then winds around some mixed-use zoning before approaching an intersection with Sugarloaf Parkway. After this, it curves to the east-southeast and crosses a bridge over the same railroad line it ran over in Tucker before the intersection with Lawrenceville-Suwannee Road, and curves back to the east-northeast in front of the Moore Middle School. Beyond this it passes by the Gwinnett Memorial Park Cemetery, and later the Central Gwinnett High School before encountering one last intersection along this segment, specifically Langley Road which forms a partial inner loop around downtown Lawrenceville. Lawrenceville Highway ends at Georgia State Route 120, in a one way pair, specifically eastbound West Crogan Street and westbound West Pike Street. Additionally, SR 120 joins US 29/SR 8 in another concurrency. After the intersection of Culver Street, the route approaches another one way pair, in the form of southbound Perry Street and northbound Clayton Street, both of which were once part of Georgia State Route 20. Here US 29 and SRs 8 and 120 run along the north and south sides of the Gwinnett County Courthouse, while Perry Street runs along the west side of the courthouse and northbound Clayton Street runs along the east side. East of the Gwinnett Courthouse Square, West Crogan Street and West Pike Street become East Crogan Street and East Pike Street. Two block later, SR 120 ends at the intersections of Buford Drive and Jackson Street, where US 29/SR 8 is joined by a concurrency with two more routes, Georgia State Route 20, and Georgia State Route 124. The one-way pair ends at Benson Street, and the concurrency with GA 20/124 ends at Scenic Highway South. East of there, the road gradually narrows down to two lanes. At Hosea Road and Village Way Southeast, East Crogan Street becomes Winder Highway, and runs through mostly rural and residential surroundings. Just before the intersection with Cedar Street, US 29 enters Dacula, where it still remains two lanes wide. Though mostly rural in this section, as it is in eastern Lawrenceville, US 29 passes by two trucking companies, one of which is an intermodal trucking company specializing in unloading cars and trucks from trains.

US 29 turns right at Georgia State Route 316 and US BUS 29 continues along the former trajectory, taking Georgia State Route 8 with it. From then on, US 29/GA 316 takes on the characteristics of an intended limited-access highway that was never upgraded as it heads into rural Gwinnett County, one of those characteristics being a trumpet interchange with the Sugarloaf Parkway freeway extension. Then there are intersections with Harbins Road south of Downtown Dacula and later Drowning Creek Road, just before they cross a pair of bridges over the Apalachee River into rural Barrow County. The first intersection in the county is with a local road named and Fred Kilcrease Road, followed by Patrick Mill Road and Carl Bethlehem Road. Of greater importance south of Winder, the two routes intersect SR 81. To the east, at Bethlehem, is an intersection with SR 11. Later on they encounter SR 53 southeast of Winder where US BUS 29 ends and GA 8 rejoins the route. At Statham the routes serve as the southern terminus of SR 211, which continues southwest as a local street named Bethlehem Road. All other intersections beyond this point within the county are local, and the last one is with Craft Road before US 29/SRs 8/316 cross the Barrow-Oconee County Line. Continuing to serve as an unbuilt limited access highway, few intersections cross US 29/SRs 8/316. Between Dials Mill Road and McNutt Creek Road one local side road is turned into a dead end street on both sides which are flanked by short frontage roads. Mars Hill Road is cut in half by the median and accessible with right-in-right out ramps on both sides, and frontage roads exist on both sides as well. US 78 rejoins US 29 southeast of Bogart at an unnumbered diamond interchange. The highways travel concurrently with only four intersections then turns right at an interchange with the Athens Perimeter. Just after the road passes the eastbound off-ramp for Exit 4, the perimeter crosses the Oconee-Clarke County Line instantly entering the City of Athens and the routes are joined by a concurrency with US 129/441/GA 15. For a short period, the perimeter is an eight-highway concurrency, consisting of US 29/US 78/US 129/US 441/SR 8/SR 10 Loop/SR 15/SR 422 (the latter of which is unsigned). The next interchange is at Exit 6, which not only includes Georgia State Route 15 Alternate and Milledge Avenue, but is the beginning of the territory of the University of Georgia. Part of this concurrency ends when US 78 leaves at exit 8. All the while the perimeter gradually mores more to the northeast rather than east, as US 129/US 441/SR 10 Loop leaves at exit 10B makes a turn on a loop ramp to the northern segment of the perimeter heading west, while US 29 continues to the northeast along Georgia State Route 8. Evidence of a proposed eastern extension of that segment can be found east of that interchange as a stub at Old Hull Road. From this point on US 29 never encounters another US or Interstate highway throughout the rest of the state. The first major intersection after this is the western terminus of Georgia State Route 72. West of there, Hull Road is a local street that runs to Danielsville Road.

Madison County to South Carolina
US 29 and GA 8 continue to run northeast as a four-lane divided highway named General Daniels Avenue South, as they pass through the northwestern edge of Hull, where they encounter the southern terminus of SR 106, and the northern terminus of CR 393. North of that intersection, the divided highway ends as the route narrows down to two lanes, where it eventually meanders through mainly rural and residential sections of Madison County. At some point the road crosses a bridge over the South Fork Broad River and enters Danielsville. The surroundings are mixed use residential and commercial until the intersection with Albany Avenue, where the name changes to Athens Road and is strictly commercial zoning, including the traffic circle around the NRHP-listed Madison County Courthouse, along with Crawford W. Long Street to the west and Madison Street to the east. From there the street name is General Daniels Avenue North, and the first major intersection in the city is with Georgia State Route 98. One block later, the road serves as the western terminus of Sunset Drive, a local street that used to be part of SR 98. The last intersection in the city is with a local street named Rock Quarry Road, and then US 29 lingers for a while along the city line eventually leaving at a local athletic park. The road remains two-lanes wide until it starts to curve north and gains left-turn capacity for the southern terminus of Georgia State Route 281. North of there, it gains an extra southbound lane as it winds around a pair of barns along a dirt road and former section named Old Royston Road, only to return to two lanes at the north end of this former section. After this it starts to curve to the northwest as it enters Bluestone and approaches the northern terminus of Georgia State Route 191, passing one local street (Macedonia Church Road), shortly after this on the opposite side, and then curves back to the northeast. Around a culvert over Shiloh Creek, the road passes through Bond where the road encounters Georgia State Route 174, which joins US 29/SR 8 in another concurrency. US 29/SRs 8/174 cross a bridge over the Hudson River thus crossing the Madison-Franklin County Line.

GA 174 leaves US 29 at Salem Road, and then US 29 crosses a bridge over the Middle Fork Broad River, then winds through rural Franklin County, which includes a local hunting ground. Further north it enters Franklin Springs, and the first major intersections are a wye intersection with the southeastern terminus of Georgia State Route 145, where the road curves to the east as it almost immediately encounters the southern terminus of Georgia State Route 327. Signs of a former segment of the road can be found on the opposite side of both intersections. Curving east-southeast and then back to east, it passes through the territory of Emmanuel College, where US 29 passes under a pedestrian bridge west of the intersection with Spring Street. At the east intersection with Westclock Circle, West Main Street becomes East Main Street, which is primarily residential until runs between a car dealership and condominium complex. The intersection with Dawkins Road serves as the Franklin Springs-Royston City Line, and East Main Street becomes Franklin Springs Street, which is a standard late-20th century commercial strip that veers off to the left from Cook Street, a road leading to the Ty Cobb Museum. The road curves northeast through some brief forestland and then turns straight east again at the intersection with Cherry Street and passes through downtown Royster. Three blocks after the blinker light intersection with Ty Cobb Road, the route intersects Georgia State Route 17 Business at Bowersville Street. At this intersection the street name changes again from Franklin Springs Street to Hartwell Street. One block later, it intersects Railroad Street, and then the Elberton Air-Line Railroad line that the street was named for just before Lee Street. After the intersection with Floyd Street, US 29/SR 8 curves to the northeast and crosses the Franklin-Hart County Line within the city limits. Here it intersects Carnes Street, and East College Street before curving back to the east and intersecting Georgia State Route 17 also known as the Royston Bypass

Beyond Royston US 29/SR 8 is named Royston Highway as it winds through the hills of southwestern Hart County, crossing a bridge over Beaverdam Creek, then passing by a former segment of the road to cross a bridge over Pruitt Creek just as it enters the community of Goldmine. Another former segment can be found in Eagle Grove just before the road makes a sharp curve to the north which takes place just before the intersection with Eagle Grove School Road. North of Clay Brown Road (sometimes called Hartwell Speedway Road) the name of the street changes from Royston Highway to Hartwell Street at random moments. Eventually the route intersects Industrial Park Road and Golf Course Road, the latter of which is named for the Hartwell Golf Club. US 29 doesn't officially enter Hartwell until a culvert over a creek leading to Hartwell Mica Mine Lake. North of the Hart Memorial Cemetery, the street name changes to Athens Street, and turns north-northeast between Pace Street and Gibson Street. Three tenths of a mile after Highland Avenue, it crosses an abandoned railroad line before it joins a multiplex with Georgia State Route 51 and Georgia State Route 77, and US 29/SRs 8/51/77 becomes a one-way pair along East Howell Street eastbound and West Franklin Street westbound. State Route 51 turns north at Chandler Street, and at the next block is the northern terminus of Georgia State Route 172 on Webb Street. State Route 77 leaves the concurrency at Carter Street, and the one way concurrency ends on the next block at Richardson Street. From that point, US 29/SR 8 is named East Franklin Street and the routes are bi-directional. As US 29/SR 8 begins to leave downtown Hartwell, it heads east along East Franklin Street until after the intersection with College Avenue where it curves to the northeast. East of a Wal-Mart Supercenter, the street name changes from East Franklin Street to Anderson Highway. After passing a local motel east of some shopping centers, it leaves the Hartwell City Limits and begins to run through the rural Hart County area around the southwestern Lake Hartwell region. Here, the road briefly turns east-northeast, only to curve southeast again. A local road named McMullan Road branches off to the southeast as US 29 passes by an intersection with Hart County Road 39, which leads north to the Watsadler Campground. and then runs along an earthen dam along the shores of Lake Hartwell. The last intersection with a state highway is with Georgia State Route 181 and the "Big Oaks Recreational Area." Local intersections beyond this point are mainly for utilities near the Lake Hartwell region. US 29 crosses South Carolina border at the Hartwell Dam Bridge over the Savannah River.