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U.S. Highway 221)
U.S. Route 221 is a spur of U.S. Route 21. It runs for 734 miles (1,181 km) from Lynchburg, Virginia at U.S. Route 29 (Lynchburg Expressway) to Perry, Florida at US Routes 19/98/ALT 27. Its passes through the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. It goes through the cities of Lynchburg, Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Valdosta, Georgia.
Throughout western North Carolina from the Virginia border to the Blue Ridge Parkway, U.S. 221 is a challenging drive, and can be described as one climb after another. There are few places where the road builders attempted to skirt around large foothills.
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A US 221 shield used in Florida prior to 1993
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U.S Route 221 runs through the cities of Quitman, Valdosta, Lakeland, Pearson, and Douglas in southern Georgia. It continues north to Augusta, GA.
In Quitman it joins U.S. Route 84 (cosigned Georgia State Route 38) to Valdosta. From Valdosta to Douglas it joins with Georgia State Route 31. It also joins with Georgia State Route 135 and State Route 56. From Pearson to Douglas it joins with US Route 441 as a four-lane highway, which was completed in 2000.
In Douglas, U.S. Route 221 runs as the eastern part of Bowens Mill Rd. and will be widened in the future. It continues past Interstate 16 and Interstate 20 /Georgia State Route 402 . In Valdosta, it passes Interstate 75 /State Route 401.
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US 19 / US 27 Alt. / US 98 / SR 55 in Perry, FL
US 29 Bus. / US 460 Bus. / US 501 Bus. at Lynchburg, VA.svg)
US 220
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