Report Abstracts

The Oconee Ranger District of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests is considering trading away 137 acres in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. This is an isolated tract of land that is over five kilometers from the nearest Forest land, and it is therefore hard to manage.

Archeological and historical investigations of Battery Hamilton, a Civil War (Federal) gun emplacement, were undertaken in the early part of 2002.

This project was conducted under a transportation enhancement grant provided by the Jones County Commission and the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Archeologists with Coastal Heritage Society received a National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program Grant in July 2007 for a one year study.

The proposed project would widen and reconstruct US 341/SR 27 from the eastern city limits of Surrency to the western city limits of Odum in Appling and Wayne Counties. Existing right-of-way along US 341/SR 27 is approximately 100 feet.

Project STP-073-2(7) would consist of widening and reconstructing SR 15. The proposed project would begin at CR 531/Red Oak Road and would terminate at CR 417/Hokie Floyd Road. The total length of the project is 2.86 miles. The existing right-of-way is 100 feet.

This is the widening of S.R. 4 from just south of the U.S. 1/U.S. 341 intersection (Park Avenue) in Baxley to just north of Sambo Street, a distance of 1.14 miles. A 100 foot corridor center about the existing centerline was surveyed for the project length.

The survey boundary and methodology were established using GDOT/FHWA Cultural Resource Survey Guidelines.

The proposed project would widen and reconstruct U.S. 341 in Surrency beginning just west of the City limit of Surrency and proceeding easterly 1.0 mile to a point just east of the city limit. The existing 90 to 100 feet of right-of-way would be used with no additional right-of-way required.

The proposed project would widen and resurface SR 15 from Satilla Road to Fair Street in Baxley. It is proposed to uniformly widen this roadway between the project limits to a width sufficient to provide four eleven foot lanes.