Georgia State Route 92
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| State Route 92 |
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| Length: | 98 mi[1] (158 km) | ||||||||
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Griffin, Fayetteville, Fairburn, Douglasville, Hiram, Acworth, Woodstock, Roswell | ||||||||
| North end: |    S.R. 120/S.R. 9 and S.R. 140 in Roswell |
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[edit] Routing
State Route 92 begins at Taylor Street (U.S. 19 Business/U.S. 41 Business/S.R. 16) in Griffin and ends at the intersection of Alpharetta Highway (S.R. 120/S.R. 9) and Holcomb Bridge Road (S.R. 140) in Roswell. It is predominantly a rural route, passing through three county seats: Griffin, Fayetteville and Douglasville.
Despite the fact that SR 92 is an even-numbered highway, the highway is primarily signed North/South, although there are some signs showing an East/West direction.
The SR 92 bridge over Lake Allatoona in Acworth is a mini-dam separating Lake Allatoona from its major tributary, Lake Acworth.
[edit] Historic Routing
[edit] Spalding County
SR 92 originally terminated at US 19/41. It was extended to is current terminus when the Griffin Bypass was built, and the Old US 19/41 became a business route.
[edit] Paulding County
SR 92 was originally routed into Dallas, and then overlapped US 278 going east, before breaking off going into Douglasville. In the 1970s, the routing was changed onto Bobo Road, with the old section going into Dallas designated as SR 92 Spur. In the late 1970s, the designation moved into its current position near the Cobb County line.
In 1977, Southern Airways Flight 242 crashed onto SR 92 Spur in New Hope, killing 70 passengers and 8 people on the ground. A nearby convenience store was destroyed as a result.
In 1981, SR 92 Spur became SR 381, which was deleted in the mid 1990s.
A banner route, SR 92 Connector, also existed on what is today East Paulding Drive. It later became SR 120 Connector before being deleted.
[edit] Cobb County/Acworth
SR 92 originally was routed through downtown Acworth, concurrent with US 41 on Main Street. As a result of the damming of Lake Allatoona, the road was rerouted onto a newly created stretch of road, Lake Acworth Drive from the new four-laned US 41 to Main Street. The older routing has been flooded as part of the lake.
In the mid 1970's, and overpass over Main Street was constructed, and SR 92 was rerouted on this new stretch of Lake Acworth Drive connecting to Cherokee Street.
[edit] Cherokee County
SR 92 originally was routed onto Kellogg Creek Road and portions of Bells Ferry Road. The road was rerouted to its present route in the late 1960s.
[edit] Fulton County
SR 92 terminated at Sandy Plains Road in Cobb County until the 1980's, when it was extended to its present day terminus at SR 9/120/140.
[edit] Trivia
SR 92 enters Cobb County in three separate nonadjoining places in different parts of the county. In addition to the Acworth section, SR 92 also enters Cobb County just north of East Paulding Drive to just south of Due West Road. It also makes a brief entrance at the intersection of Sandy Plains Road.
