GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY REPORT: PHASE I ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EAST POINT RESURFACING PROJECT, FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA

Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. conducted a Phase I survey for a proposed project that

would mill and overlay (repave) approximately 4 miles of streets in East Point, Fulton County,

Georgia. In addition to the repaving, the project would include the construction of Americans

with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant wheelchair ramps at 12 intersections throughout the project

corridor. EPEI's survey covered the project's area of potential effect (APE), which corresponds

to existing right-of-way (ROW). Shovel testing and traditional pedestrian survey were utilized

to determine the presence of archaeological resources within the survey corridor. All shovel tests

were negative for historic or precontact materials. The project description and survey results are

described in the preceding Negative Findings Short Form.

As per the Programmatic Agreement (PA) between the Georgia Department of Transportation

(GDOT), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Georgia's State Historic Preservation

Office (SHPO), regarding Historic Streetcar Archaeological Sites in Georgia, background research

was conducted to determine whether the East Point Resurfacing Project's APE included historic

streetcar resources. A review of the streetcar database established by Sullivan et al. (2012) revealed

that former street car tracks are potentially present at the intersection of Willingham Drive

and Norman Berry Drive, and the intersection of Main Street and Irene Kidd Parkway. In order

to investigate this possibility, EPEI conducted a geophysical survey via ground penetrating radar

(GPR) investigation on September 15, 2015. The purpose of this survey was to identify former

streetcar features within the APE, if present, in order to further evaluate the project's potential

to affect cultural resources. An overlay of the streetcar GIS at the aforementioned intersections

appears in Figure 1. In order to refine the results of EPEI's GPR survey, on December 11, 2015,

GDOT archaeologists conducted a geophysical survey at the intersection of Willingham Drive and

Norman Berry Drive. GDOT provided the information regarding their findings to EPEI, and those

findings have been incorporated into this document.