the right side of the road to drive on.
the right side of the road to drive on.
which side of the road to drive on?
right
after leaving the athens perimeter, us 441/sr 15 runs along a bridge over sandy creek through the sandy creek nature center. north of the vicinity of the nature center, a second northbound lane starts, and then another southbound lane, as the road becomes a four-lane undivided highway with center-left-turn facilities. south of the intersection with bob holman road a railroad line flanks the west side of the routes, but north of a wide power line right-of-way, that line curves away from the road although it stays in close proximity to it. after the intersection with newtown bridge road, the road becomes a four-lane divided highway. roughly around richmar road (cr 369) and jarrett road (cr 429) us 441/sr 15 enters nicholson where a ceramics factory, a recycling plant and one other factory can be found. the tracks curve away again, just before the southwestern terminus of sr 334 across from old us 441. north of sr 334, new us 441 bisects a local street named wages bridge road with dead ends on both sides, and another one named ed bennett road with one dead end on the southwest side, and an intersection on the northeast one. from there, the road briefly curves west-northwest to approach a pair of bridges over the same railroad line and old us 441, then curves back to the northeast. after the north end of old us 441, the road runs along the east side of those tracks although it curves away from those tracks south of the first intersection with old athens drive and south of the intersection with old kings bridge road, which is also where the road becomes a four-lane undivided highway with center-left turn provisions. around downtown nicholson, the tracks move away from the road again before the intersection with birch street and the south end of broad street to follow the east side of broad street never to run along either side of us 441 again. the next intersection, however is the eastern terminus of sr 335 (jefferson drive), which is shared by a short local intersection named mulberry street. us 441 leaves downtown at the north end of broad street and the south end of memorial drive, which is at a small cemetery. a much larger cemetery can be found at the intersection with the north end of memorial drive. just after the intersection with berea drive, the road becomes a divided highway again, eventually entering commerce.
u.s. route 441 in georgia
past the us 211 interchange, skyline drive continues to the southeast past panorama, which is site of restrooms. the road passes through the marys rock tunnel under mary's rock and winds to the south. the roadway passes west of the meadow spring parking before coming to the south-facing pinnacles overlook, where it winds to the west. skyline drive reaches the jewell hollow overlook that faces to the west and heads southwest straddling the border of page and madison counties. the road passes pinnacles, where restrooms and picnic grounds are located, and runs through the hughes river gap. the drive continues to the south and passes the stony man overlook and the little stony man parking on the west side of the road, where a trail leads to stony man mountain. farther along, the roadway bends to the west along a winding stretch. skyline drive reaches its highest point at an elevation of and continues southwesterly. the road reaches skyland, where the skyland resort is located offering food, lodging, and restrooms. also located at this point is whiteoak canyon parking on the east side of the road. the drive continues to the south and passes limberlost parking on the east side and the west-facing timber hollow overlook. the roadway then winds south past bettys rock. farther to the south, skyline drive reaches hawksbill gap parking, where a trail leads to hawksbill mountain, the highest peak in shenandoah national park at . the road continues along and comes to the east-facing old rag view overlook, where it turns to the west and passes south of upper hawksbill parking. the drive comes to the west-facing spitler knoll overlook and curves south. the roadway bends to the southwest and passes northwest of dark hollow falls parking, where a trail leads to the high dark hollow falls, the closest waterfall to skyline drive. past here, the road reaches big meadows, where there is a ranger station, restrooms, a campground, picnic grounds, food, and lodging. big meadows is also site of the byrd visitor center and a wayside with a restaurant, gas station, gift shop, and camp store.
skyline drive