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Georgia State Route 372

State Route 372 (SR 372) is a 27.128-mile-long (43.658 km) state highway in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It begins at an intersection with SR 140 in the western part of Alpharetta, Georgia and travels to the north through Fulton and Cherokee counties to end at I-575/SR 5/SR 515 in the very southern portion of south-central Pickens County.

State Route 372

SR 372 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length27.128 mi[1] (43.658 km)
Major junctions
South end SR 140 in Alpharetta
North end I-575 / SR 5 / SR 515 just west of Nelson
Location
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountiesFulton, Cherokee, Pickens
Highway system
  • Georgia State Highway System

Route description edit

 
SR 372 in Ball Ground.

SR 372 begins at an intersection with SR 140, locally known as Arnold Mill Road, in Crabapple area of western Alpharetta, a predominately residential area of north Fulton County. After initially heading east, the route turns directly north, changes names from Crabapple Road to Birmingham Highway (named after the small community the route travels through on its way north out of Alpharetta), and heads into the western portions of Milton. SR 372 then angles slightly northeast, and briefly changes names to Birmingham Road as it crosses into Cherokee County, before making a sharp turn to the north and traveling through the unincorporated communities of Free Home and Lathemtown, now locally known as Ball Ground Road. After crossing SR 20 in Free Home and SR 369 about 3 miles (4.8 km) thereafter, the route turns to the northwest and continues into Ball Ground.[1][2][3]

In Ball Ground, SR 372 intersects SR 5 Business, which terminates at this intersection, and travels north in the direction of Nelson. Just south of Nelson, the route turns to the northwest once more and feeds into I-575/SR 5/SR 515, its northern terminus, just after crossing into Pickens County, where SR 5/SR 515 curve to the northwest just west of downtown Nelson, and just after the end of the freeway.[1][2][3]

Traffic edit

The Georgia Department of Transportation average annual daily traffic (AADT) numbers for the year 2011 show some variety in the average daily traffic load numbers as the route travels north. The traffic load averages start at their high point on the route, with an average of 16,530 vehicles using the short stretch between SR 140 and the start of the Birmingham Highway portion. Those numbers then steadily decrease as SR 372 heads north, going from 9,390 initially down to just over 3,000 as Cherokee County approaches. The average load stays between 3,000 and 3,500 south of SR 20, climbs to 5,500 north of SR 20, and goes up once more to around 6,200 north of SR 369. The area south of, and into, Ball Ground sees an average vehicle load of between 7,000 and 7,500, cresting once more at 8,680 heading north out of downtown towards I-575/SR 5/SR 515. However, the short stretch that feeds directly into the aforementioned state route only carries 3,900 vehicles per day, illustrating that the feeder route into SR 5 south of Ball Ground sees heavier traffic than this northern spur.[3]

History edit

The first indications of a roadway following today's routing of SR 372 makes its appearance on Georgia state road maps in 1953, when the portion of the route in Fulton County appears on state maps as a county route, and which connected in the community of Birmingham with today's New Bullpen Road and then Union Hill Road to meet SR 20 east of Canton.[4] By 1966, the Fulton County portion was unchanged, but the portion of today's route from Free Home to Ball Ground and SR 5 had been added as a connecting county route.[5] It was 1969 before the entirety of the route had been mapped as connecting routes on Georgia state highway maps; however, no state route designation was extant at the time.[6]

Another three years later, the routing as it travels today, through Ball Ground to what is signed as SR 5 Business, was designated as SR 372; the northernmost portion of the route, connecting to what is I-575/SR 5/SR 515 today (which bypasses Ball Ground to its west), was still signed as SR 5 at the time.[7] It was early 1987 before this final stretch of SR 372 was added to its designation and removed from a designation of SR 5 Alternate.[8]

Major intersections edit

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
FultonAlpharetta0.0000.000  SR 140 (Arnold Mill Road) – Roswell, CantonSouthern terminus
CherokeeFree Home13.40321.570  SR 20 (Cumming Highway) – Canton, Cumming
16.34226.300  SR 369 (Hightower Road)
Ball Ground23.27537.457 
 
SR 5 Bus. south (Canton Highway)
East end of SR 5 Bus. concurrency
PickensNelson27.12843.658 
 
  
 
 
 
I-575 south (SR 417 south) / SR 5 (Appalachian Highway) / SR 515 north (Zell Miller Mountain Parkway north) / SR 5 Bus. ends – Canton, Jasper
Northern terminus of I-575/SR 5 Bus./SR 372; southern terminus of SR 515 and Zell Miller Mountain Parkway; west end of SR 5 Bus. concurrency; SR 5 Bus. and SR 372 northbound has no access to I-575 and SR 5 southbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "County GIS Base map shapefiles/geodatabases (varies by county)". Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Google (October 18, 2012). "Overview map of SR 372" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c (Map). Georgia Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. ^ State Highway Department of Georgia (1953). State Highway System and Other Principal Connecting Roads (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC 5673161. Retrieved August 14, 2015. (Corrected to September 1, 1953.)
  5. ^ State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1966). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  6. ^ State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1969). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  7. ^ State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1972). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  8. ^ Georgia Department of Transportation (1987). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (1987–1988 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 14, 2015.

External links edit

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State Route 372 SR 372 is a 27 128 mile long 43 658 km state highway in the north central part of the U S state of Georgia It begins at an intersection with SR 140 in the western part of Alpharetta Georgia and travels to the north through Fulton and Cherokee counties to end at I 575 SR 5 SR 515 in the very southern portion of south central Pickens County State Route 372SR 372 highlighted in redRoute informationMaintained by GDOTLength27 128 mi 1 43 658 km Major junctionsSouth endSR 140 in AlpharettaNorth endI 575 SR 5 SR 515 just west of NelsonLocationCountryUnited StatesStateGeorgiaCountiesFulton Cherokee PickensHighway systemGeorgia State Highway System Interstate US State Special SR 371 SR 374 Contents 1 Route description 1 1 Traffic 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksRoute description edit nbsp SR 372 in Ball Ground SR 372 begins at an intersection with SR 140 locally known as Arnold Mill Road in Crabapple area of western Alpharetta a predominately residential area of north Fulton County After initially heading east the route turns directly north changes names from Crabapple Road to Birmingham Highway named after the small community the route travels through on its way north out of Alpharetta and heads into the western portions of Milton SR 372 then angles slightly northeast and briefly changes names to Birmingham Road as it crosses into Cherokee County before making a sharp turn to the north and traveling through the unincorporated communities of Free Home and Lathemtown now locally known as Ball Ground Road After crossing SR 20 in Free Home and SR 369 about 3 miles 4 8 km thereafter the route turns to the northwest and continues into Ball Ground 1 2 3 In Ball Ground SR 372 intersects SR 5 Business which terminates at this intersection and travels north in the direction of Nelson Just south of Nelson the route turns to the northwest once more and feeds into I 575 SR 5 SR 515 its northern terminus just after crossing into Pickens County where SR 5 SR 515 curve to the northwest just west of downtown Nelson and just after the end of the freeway 1 2 3 Traffic edit The Georgia Department of Transportation average annual daily traffic AADT numbers for the year 2011 show some variety in the average daily traffic load numbers as the route travels north The traffic load averages start at their high point on the route with an average of 16 530 vehicles using the short stretch between SR 140 and the start of the Birmingham Highway portion Those numbers then steadily decrease as SR 372 heads north going from 9 390 initially down to just over 3 000 as Cherokee County approaches The average load stays between 3 000 and 3 500 south of SR 20 climbs to 5 500 north of SR 20 and goes up once more to around 6 200 north of SR 369 The area south of and into Ball Ground sees an average vehicle load of between 7 000 and 7 500 cresting once more at 8 680 heading north out of downtown towards I 575 SR 5 SR 515 However the short stretch that feeds directly into the aforementioned state route only carries 3 900 vehicles per day illustrating that the feeder route into SR 5 south of Ball Ground sees heavier traffic than this northern spur 3 History editThe first indications of a roadway following today s routing of SR 372 makes its appearance on Georgia state road maps in 1953 when the portion of the route in Fulton County appears on state maps as a county route and which connected in the community of Birmingham with today s New Bullpen Road and then Union Hill Road to meet SR 20 east of Canton 4 By 1966 the Fulton County portion was unchanged but the portion of today s route from Free Home to Ball Ground and SR 5 had been added as a connecting county route 5 It was 1969 before the entirety of the route had been mapped as connecting routes on Georgia state highway maps however no state route designation was extant at the time 6 Another three years later the routing as it travels today through Ball Ground to what is signed as SR 5 Business was designated as SR 372 the northernmost portion of the route connecting to what is I 575 SR 5 SR 515 today which bypasses Ball Ground to its west was still signed as SR 5 at the time 7 It was early 1987 before this final stretch of SR 372 was added to its designation and removed from a designation of SR 5 Alternate 8 Major intersections editCountyLocationmi 1 kmDestinationsNotes FultonAlpharetta0 0000 000 nbsp SR 140 Arnold Mill Road Roswell CantonSouthern terminus CherokeeFree Home13 40321 570 nbsp SR 20 Cumming Highway Canton Cumming 16 34226 300 nbsp SR 369 Hightower Road Ball Ground23 27537 457 nbsp nbsp SR 5 Bus south Canton Highway East end of SR 5 Bus concurrency PickensNelson27 12843 658 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp I 575 south SR 417 south SR 5 Appalachian Highway SR 515 north Zell Miller Mountain Parkway north SR 5 Bus ends Canton JasperNorthern terminus of I 575 SR 5 Bus SR 372 southern terminus of SR 515 and Zell Miller Mountain Parkway west end of SR 5 Bus concurrency SR 5 Bus and SR 372 northbound has no access to I 575 and SR 5 southbound 1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete accessSee also edit nbsp Georgia U S state portal nbsp U S roads portalReferences edit a b c d County GIS Base map shapefiles geodatabases varies by county Georgia Department of Transportation Retrieved January 22 2013 a b Google October 18 2012 Overview map of SR 372 Map Google Maps Google Retrieved October 18 2012 a b c Geographic Transportation Reporting Analysis and Query System GeoTRAQS Map Georgia Department of Transportation Archived from the original on August 22 2015 Retrieved August 14 2015 State Highway Department of Georgia 1953 State Highway System and Other Principal Connecting Roads PDF Map Scale not given Atlanta State Highway Department of Georgia OCLC 5673161 Retrieved August 14 2015 Corrected to September 1 1953 State Highway Department of Georgia January 1966 Official Highway Map PDF Map Scale not given Atlanta State Highway Department of Georgia Retrieved August 14 2015 State Highway Department of Georgia January 1969 Official Highway Map PDF Map Scale not given Atlanta State Highway Department of Georgia Retrieved August 14 2015 State Highway Department of Georgia January 1972 Official Highway Map PDF Map Scale not given Atlanta State Highway Department of Georgia Retrieved August 14 2015 Georgia Department of Transportation 1987 Official Highway and Transportation Map PDF Map 1987 1988 ed Scale not given Atlanta Georgia Department of Transportation Retrieved August 14 2015 External links editKML file edit help Template Attached KML Georgia State Route 372KML is from Wikidata nbsp Media related to Georgia State Route 372 at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Georgia State Route 372 amp oldid 1162962540, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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