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Hiram is located at (33.865575, -84.774593 [6]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km 2), of which 3.0 square miles (7.8 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) (0.66%) is water.
The highway that would eventually become SR 120 Conn. was established at the end of 1940 as SR 176 from SR 6 in Hiram to SR 92 in New Hope. [9] [10] A portion of SR 176 just west of Lost Mountain had a "sand clay, top soil, or stabilized earth" surface. [11] [12] By the middle of 1950, a portion just west of Lost Mountain was hard surfaced.
In 1970, an unnumbered road was built from US 278/SR 6 and SR 92 in Hiram to SR 92 in Cross Roads. [45] [46] In 1972, the Hiram–New Hope segment was shifted east to travel between Hiram and Cross Roads on the previously unnumbered road. SR 92's old alignment was redesignated as a northeast extension of SR 92 Spur.
A new multi-lane toll plaza was constructed in the early 80's about halfway onto the causeway and toll was increased to $0.35. The toll was removed in 2003, [2] but part of the toll booth remained in place to serve as a security post during the 30th G8 Summit held on Sea Island, GA in 2004, which is also reached by the Torras Causeway. The ...
Sapelo Island / ˈ s æ p əl oʊ / is a state-protected barrier island located in McIntosh County, Georgia. The island is accessible only by boat; the primary ferry comes from the Sapelo Island Visitors Center in McIntosh County, Georgia, a seven-mile (11 km), twenty-minute trip. [1] It is the site of Hog Hammock, the last known Gullah ...
The intersection with SR 162 is under construction to install a new roundabout; completion is expected in May 2020, with traffic opening in January 2020. [5] [6] In town is an intersection with the northern terminus of SR 162 Connector. SR 81 crosses over the Yellow River and passes through the main part of town.
A Georgia Historical Marker present at the entrance of Colonels Island. To the right of the sign is the causeway into the island, U.S. Route 84. One of these [which?] was found in a mound on Colonels Island and included in a book on antiquities of "southern Indians" Colonels Island is a remote inhabited island in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Around 1845, a wooden church building was built. When Hixtown moved and Villa Rica was created, the church elected to build a new white frame church. It was constructed in 1886 on the current church site. The old church was abandoned in 1890. The construction on the current church began in 1905 and was first used in July 1906. [18]