Few highways have the amount of turns, directional changes and name changes that GA 361 did, and following the former route is extremely difficult, especially since very little physical evidence remains of the route. Perhaps the reason this 21-mile long route existed was to attempt to tie together all these roads with one number. Other than that, this Bibb County highway is pointless, mostly accomplishing the same purpose I-475 does, but without the restrictions of limited access.

When it existed, GA 361 had one overlap, a short 0.1 mile section shared with also-decommissioned GA 22 Connector (Columbus Road, Old U.S. 80), but this intersection has since been realigned. GA 361 in all extended from GA 87 (U.S. 23) north of Macon to GA 247 (U.S. 41/129/GA 11/GA 49) south of Macon.

The area around Old GA 361 is suburbanizing heavily, and tends to be the wealthier side of the city. As a result, a fair amount of congestion can be found along most of the route. Old GA 361 has interchanges with I-75 both north and south of Macon, but does not connect to I-475 even though it crosses it along the Tucker Road portion. The long list of roads that GA 361 traced are as follows: Allen Road, Houston Road (Old GA 11), Hartley Bridge Road, Mt. Pleasant Church Road, Fulton Mill Road, Columbus Road (see above), Heath Road, Tucker Road, Foster Road and Bass Road. Old GA 361 also intersects numerous highways, including three decommissioned highways.

GA 361 was first commissioned in 1967 and saw no major improvements while it was under state control. All of the highway was turned back to Bibb County only 15 years later in the Great Decommissioning of 1982. Improvements made since that time are limited to the intersection realignment at Columbus Road and the five-lane portion where it overlapped with Houston Road, which was widened in 2002.

GA 361 in 1981 shortly prior to decommissioning. Macon was severely affected by the "Great Decommissioning of 1982" when they lost GA 361, 22 Connector and the Houston Road and Houston Avenue portions of GA 11. The turnbacks overall accounted for 37 miles of roads.