Old Sunbury Road State
Historical Marker
Located on US 17 at Midway Church, Midway,
Ga.
(Text)
OLD SUNBURY
ROAD
The highway entering here
is the Sunbury Road which once served as an arterial vehicular
route from the interior of Georgia to the Town of Sunbury, a
former leading port and educational center, located 11 miles
to the eastward on the Midway River. The stretch from this area
to Sunbury was opened about 1760. In the early 1790's the thoroughfare
was extended to Greensboro via Swainsboro and Sparta. The route
declined in importance when Sunbury lost commercial significance.
089-8 GEORGIA
HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
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