GA 355 was one of several area routes including GA 137, 352 and 357 that were changed or created as an obvious compromise over the closing of a main highway through Fort Benning, GA 103. A small portion of GA 355 follows the historic alignment of GA 103 north of GA 137 Spur. The northernmost portion was also part of another highway originally, now decommissioned GA 267. The rest was newly commissioned highway, which went under state control in 1963.

Partially paved GA 355 and GA 355 Loop in the Juniper Community. Note that GA 137 west of Buena Vista is Old GA 26 and that GA 137 Spur was part of Old GA 103 (1964 GHD Map).

When originally commissioned, all of the route that was not originally part of GA 267 or 103 was unpaved. South of GA 137 (Old GA 26), the remainder of mileage to the new GA 26 was projected. Obviously noting the lack of need, another existing county road was chosen instead for that remainder of the route, creating an approximately one-mile overlap with GA 137. Paving of the new route went underway quickly, and the highway was paved to a point three miles south of GA 352 by 1964 and by 1966, the highway was fully paved and complete.

GA 355 had one banner route, GA 355 Loop. GA 355 Loop had been GA 267 Loop originally prior to the renumbering of that part of GA 267 as 355. GA 267 Loop came into existance by 1962, and was renumbered to GA 355 Loop the following year. The route lasted a little over ten years, and was finally decommissioned in 1973. The route of GA 355 Loop today is severed by the creation of Lake Juniper, but part of the highway still exists. Much like GA 355, the existance of the banner route is mysterious except that it may have been possibly planned for a development that failed to materialize.