Archeological Survey of Proposed Widening of Indian Trail Road, Gwinnett County, Georgia

On January 5 and 6, 1994 Southeastern Archeological Services conducted an intensive archeological survey of new right-of-way needed for the widening of Indian Trail Road (or Lilburn Road) from just south of US Highway 29 to Interstate Highway 85, in western Gwinnett County. The project is 5.5 km (3.4 mi) long and is variable in width, depending on the width of the existing highway, local topography and the proposed design. The existing road way is already five lanes wide and is very heavily developed, mostly commercially, but also residentially. On average, the project area consisted of no more than 3 mi of additional right-of-way on each side of the existing road; in a few instances the new right-of-way was as much as 10 m wide. The project also includes one 250-mi section of completely new right-of-way, to straighten a curve. A previous reconnaissance survey (Hamby and Reed 1993) located no historic houses and very little undisturbed land along the route. This intensive survey recorded one archeological site along the corridor, this being a sparse lithic and historic period artifact scatter on a ridge top that has been graded. The site is recommended not eligible to the National Register of Historic Places because it is not likely to contribute important information through additional archeological investigation. Two previously recorded sites that might have been in the project area could not be relocated, and it is likely that both have been destroyed by highway and commercial construction. In regard to archeological sites, the principal investigator recommends that no significant (National Register eligible) sites will be affected by the proposed project. No further work is recommended.