Old S.R. 250, located in Tattnall and Evans Counties, is a 13 mile-long route running southeast of Claxton connecting U.S. 301/S.R. 73 north of Glennville to U.S. 280/S.R. 30 in Daisy. The border of Fort Stewart runs to the east of the highway along its entire length. The roadway is today Tattnall C.R. 509 and Evans C.R. 233.

HISTORY

S.R. 250 was first commissioned in 1947 as an unpaved route that was later crossed by another highway of the same number, today Old S.R. 250. At the time, modern Old S.R. 250 was part of S.R. 64, and S.R. 250 was located entirely in Tattnall County. The original S.R. 250 followed what is today Harmony Church Road (C.R. 369) from S.R. 73 (today also U.S. 301) east to C.R. 368, then along modern C.R. 368 to the former route of S.R. 129 in Fort Stewart. That route within Fort Stewart was later closed to the public east of Area Road (C.R. 364) to Old S.R. 129.

(Click on map to view larger image) S.R. 250 is shown here on its original alignment into Fort Stewart. This road today consists of Tattnall County Roads 368 and 369, though it no longer is open to the public all the way to the former S.R. 129. Note S.R. 64, because this later became S.R. 250 itself.

In 1956, S.R. 250 was moved off of this road and onto a new route along a previously constructed county road that paralleled U.S. 301 to the west. Unlike its predecessor, this road was fully paved and would become S.R. 169 the following year. However, this fluke of that year still became a short-lived reincarnation of S.R. 250 beginning at S.R. 23 west of Glennville and extending north seven miles to end near the Tattnall/Evans line. Like its former routing, it was located entirely within Tattnall County and matched the mileage of its former route into Fort Stewart, then known as Camp Stewart.

S.R. 250 was placed on its final route in 1957 when the northern portion of S.R. 64 was decommissioned and needed a new route number to remain a highway. As a result, S.R. 250 was chosen as a replacement. The original route was by then a county road, and the second route became part of S.R. 169, thus the number 250 was again available. The new routing not only became the longest of the three routes, but also lasted the longest as well. The third route of S.R. 250 also took the highway back to a dirt road, and paving did not begin for five more years. In 1962, the stretch from S.R. 129 north to U.S. 280 was the first to be completed. The remaining portion down to U.S. 301 was finished the following year.

(Click map to view larger image) S.R. 250 in 1956 was relocated within the same county as an odd and very short-lived spur of S.R. 23 that matched mile-for-mile with the former S.R. 250. By the following year, S.R. 169 quickly took over this route as well as the existing roads north and south of it.

(Click map to view larger image) In 1957, S.R. 250 was relocated again in place of what had been S.R. 64 while S.R. 169 took the place of the second route of S.R. 250. It was its most permanent route, lasting until 1982. Note that the route pictured here crossed the original S.R. 250 in the Midway community (shown on the 1981 map below).

When work was completed to pave the newest of the three routes of S.R. 250, the highway would remain a state route for nearly 20 more years. While it remains today an important local route, the highway did not withstand the Great Decommissioning of 1982. S.R. 250 was purged along with many other highways that year. Ironically, 25 year later S.R. 129 still ends into the highway even though it has long since been under local control.

ADDITIONAL MAPS

• S.R. 250 Map from 1981 shortly before it was decommissioned

PHOTO GALLERY

	This sign is seen looking northbound on U.S. 301, literally signed as nothing more than Old S.R. 250. Photo taken July 2003.
	A four-laning project on U.S. 301 resulted in the modernization of the junction assembly and guide sign approaching the highway on southbound Old S.R. 250. Note that the state overlap, S.R. 73, is used in lieu of U.S. 301. Photo taken July 2003.
	In Daisy at the northern end of Old S.R. 250, this DOT-standard guide sign was a rare county replacement of the sign originally installed there over two decades ago. Typically these are removed or ignored. Photo taken November 2003.
	Old S.R. 250 northbound junctions with S.R. 129, which ends into the route. It is very unique to see route signs like this posted along a county road. Photo taken July 2003.
	On Old S.R. 250 southbound at S.R. 129, this sign is found featuring a tab showing "County Maintained" on top for Old S.R. 250. Photo taken July 2003.

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