Located south of Chattanooga, James Avenue and Happy Valley Road make up what was GA 349. Extending southwest from McFarland Avenue (Old GA 2) in Rossville to Chattanooga Valley Road (Old GA 193) in the Flintstone community, Old GA 349 covers approximately 4 miles in Walker County. GA 349 originally served as the only state-maintained access over to GA 193 from U.S. 27 during its existance.

Old GA 349 is narrow and winding along its course as it was never really upgraded from when it was a county-maintained road. The highway spans the west side of Mission Ridge, ending near the foot of the eastern brow of Lookout Mountain. The area along the road changes from urban to semi-rural where the highway changes from James Avenue in Rossville into Happy Valley Road. Though still much remaining much how it was as a state route, work is planned on the road in the near future to replace two very old bridges over Chattanooga Creek on the western end.

GA 349 first appeared on the state highway system in 1963, extending from GA 2, which was also extended to Rossville that year. The use of GA 349 as a state route was eliminated when Battlefield Parkway, the new alignment and extension of GA 2, was completed west from U.S. 27 to GA 193. As a result, when Battlefield Parkway opened, the winding two-lane road was returned to Walker County.

GA 349 in 1984 shortly before it was decommissioned. Note GA 731 proposed that is today Battlefield Parkway (GA 2). That extension of GA 2 took the place of GA 349 as well as the older alignment of GA 2 that the highway ends into. The former highway is fully intact today, but is maintained by Walker County.

GA 349 was officially decommissioned on August 15, 1986. GA 349 is unique in that both ends of the former route are also decommissioned state routes. Both of those routes were decommissioned in the massive overhaul that included the relocation of GA 193 to the east as well as the Battlefield Parkway project.