Georgia State Route 7
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State Route 7 (SR 7) is a 216.0-mile-long (347.6 km) state highway that travels in a southeast-to-northwest orientation through portions of Lowndes, Cook, Tift, Turner, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Peach, Crawford, Monroe, Lamar, Pike, and Spalding counties in the southern and central parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the Florida state line southeast of Lake Park to the Griffin area, via Valdosta, Tifton, Cordele, Perry, and Barnesville. The highway is concurrent with either US 41 or US 341 for its entire length, and closely parallels I-75 for much of its length.
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Maintained by GDOT | ||||
Length | 216.0 mi[1] (347.6 km) | |||
Existed | 1919[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 41 / SR 25 at the Florida state line southeast of Lake Park | |||
Major intersections | ||||
North end | US 19 / US 41 / SR 3 / US 19 Bus. / US 41 Bus. / SR 155 south of Griffin | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Georgia | |||
Counties | Echols, Lowndes, Cook, Tift, Turner, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Peach, Crawford, Monroe, Lamar, Pike, Spalding | |||
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SR 7 was established at least as early as 1919 along nearly the same path it travels today.[2] US 41/SR 7 was designated on a concurrency with I-75 northwest of Valdosta to Hahira in 1982.[3][4] US 41/SR 7 were re-routed onto an eastern bypass of Valdosta in 2006.[5][6]