U.S. Route 41 (US 41) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. In the U.S. state of Georgia it travels from the Florida state line southeast of Lake Park to the Tennessee state line south of East Ridge, Tennessee. Within the state, US 41 is paralleled by Interstate 75 (I-75) all the way from Florida to Tennessee, and I-75 has largely supplanted US 41 as a major highway. Due to this, the majority of the highway is not part of the National Highway System.
Like all other United States highways and Interstate Highways in Georgia, US 41 always carries a state route number: State Route 7 (SR 7) from the Florida state line to the junction with Ball Street (US 341/SR 11 Bus.) in Perry and once again from the northern terminus of US 341 near Barnesville to US 19 / State Route 3 (Zebulon Road / Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway) / US 19 Bus. north / US 41 Bus. north / SR 155 north (Zebulon Road) south of Griffin SR 11 Bus. from US 341 to the junction with SR 11 (Perry Parkway) entirely within Perry. SR 11 from Perry Parkway (SR 11) in Perry to the junction with Broadway (US 41 Bus. / US 129 / SR 11 / SR 49) in Macon. SR 247 from Broadway (US 41 Bus. / US 129 / SR 11 / SR 49) to Vineville Avenue US 41 Bus. / SR 19 entirely within Macon. SR 19 from Macon to the intersection with SR 18 in Forsyth. SR 18 from Forsyth to the intersection with SR 36 in Barnesville SR 3 from south of Griffin to the Tennessee state line.
Route description
Southern Georgia
US 41 enters Georgia paired with a concurrency with SR 7 southeast of Valdosta. South of the border between the states, US 41 shares a concurrency with unsigned Florida State Road 25; however that route ends upon entering Georgia. Upon entering Georgia, US 41 / SR 7 briefly pass through the southwestern corner of Echols County. The highway enters Lowndes County while heading towards Valdosta, the county seat of Lowndes. The first municipality the highway meets in southern Georgia is Lake Park. In the city, US 41 shares a brief concurrency with SR 376. To the north-northeast of Lake Park is the next town US 41 / SR 7 passes through, Dasher. Approaching Valdosta from the southeast, the highway, turns onto a bypass of the city, while business routes travel directly through the center of Valdosta. Along the bypass, US 41 / SR 7 crosses SR 94, US 84, US 221, SR 38, SR 31, and SR 125 before meeting back up with their business routes on the northwestern side of the city. North of Valdosta US 41 and SR 7 are shifted from their originally routing onto I-75 at exit 22 where the routes runs concurrently with the Interstate Highway for just under seven miles until exit 29 to the city of Hahira. At the exit US 41 / SR 7 continues north along their original path. This was done so trucks couldn't use the former routing of US 41 to bypass the Georgia weigh station on I-75. The stretch of roadway that carried US 41 until 1982 is now marked as a "county maintained" road and has a weight limit of 56,000 pounds. After leaving the interstate, the routes run concurrently with SR 122 eastward to the center of Hahira. Upon reaching the old routing of US 41 (Church Street), US 41 / SR 7 and depart from SR 122, once again heading north.