U.S. 64 West - Clay / Cherokee Counties

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U.S. 64 West
Descending from Black Gap, U.S. 64 runs alongside Black Branch and Hogan Ridge. 07/09/10
U.S. 64 encircles Riley Knob on Chunky Gal Mountain west to Glade Gap. 07/09/10
Curving southward, U.S. 64 crosses Chunky Gal Mountain through Glade Gap. 07/09/10
Descending 1,000 feet in elevation, U.S. 64 navigates through a series of S-curves southward from Chunky Gal Mountain to Jake Ridge. 07/09/10
The Shooting Creek Scenic Overlook precedes Old Highway 64 (SR 1349). 07/09/10
U.S. 64 follows a mid-1970s alignment from Chunky Gal Mountain southwest to Little Mountain. Old Highway 64 (SR 1349) follows a 3.50 mile long loop southwest from Bruce and Springhouse Ridge to U.S. 64 east of Shooting Creek. 07/09/10
U.S. 64 turns west through a sweeping curve along Jake Ridge to run along the north side of Little Mountain. 07/09/10
Separate sections of Old Highway 64 tie into U.S. 64 by a swath of farm land at Mountain Meadows Drive. 07/09/10
Westbound U.S. 64 continues from E Vineyard Road (SR 1168) by the community of Shooting Creek. 07/09/10
NC 175, a 4.11 mile long route along the eastern periphery of Chatuge Lake, concludes north of Elf at U.S. 64. 07/09/10
NC 175 becomes Georgia State Route 75 en route to Hiawassee and U.S. 76. SR 75 extends 33.5 miles south from the state line to U.S. 129 at Cleveland, providing part of a route to Atlanta. 07/09/10
U.S. 64 straddles Chambers Cove on the northern fringes of Chatuge Lake. 07/09/10
U.S. 64 expands into a five lane boulevard at Oak Forest Road (SR 1147), just ahead of the Hiwassee River outside Hayesville. 07/09/10
The first traffic light in 35 miles on U.S. 64 west operates at Myers Chapel Road (SR 1140). Myers Chapel Road leads north onto Anderson Street in Hayesville and loops 3.85 miles southwest to Clay County Park and NC 69. 07/09/10
A 2.07 mile long loop, U.S. 64 Business branches northwest from U.S. 64 toward Downtown Hayesville just ahead of NC 69. 07/09/10
NC 69 stretches 3.86 miles south from U.S. 64 Business in Hayesville to become Georgia State Route 17, a 293 mile long highway southeast to Bloomingdale outside Savannah. 07/09/10
U.S. 64 Business returns to U.S. 64, 0.59 miles west of NC 69. Old Highway 64 (SR 1100), the 1950s alignment for U.S. 64, loops south to Warne and west to Brasstown just to the west. 07/09/10
Westbound U.S. 64 enters Cherokee County at the second crossing over the Hiwassee River. This scene looks west at Mission Road (SR 1544), just beyond the county line. 07/09/10
Completed in December 2009, a realignment of U.S. 64 shifted the highway onto a more direct route to Murphy from a point just ahead of NC 141. NC 141 was also extended 0.65 miles south. NC 141 runs 8.76 miles northeast to U.S. 19-74-129 at Marble. 07/09/10
The realignment of U.S. 64 extends 4.07 miles west to U.S. 19/74/129 in the town of Murphy. 07/09/10
U.S. 64 crosses the Hiwassee River for a third time on the William J. Wells Bridge just west of NC 141. 07/09/10
U.S. 64 spans parallel Harshaw Road (SR 1558) west of the intersection with Harshaw Place (SR 1561). 07/09/10
U.S. 64 spans Harshaw Road a second time as it enters the city limits of Murphy adjacent to Martins Creek Road (SR 1556). 07/09/10
The previous alignment of U.S. 64, SR 1687 (US 64 Alt) ties into U.S. 64 just beyond the fourth crossing over the Hiwassee River. 07/09/10
U.S. 64 proceeds north to meet U.S. 19/74/129 across from Peachtree Street (SR 1326) southeast of Downtown Murphy. 07/09/10
U.S. 19-74-129 overlap 15.5 miles northeast to Andrews and 24 miles to Topton, where U.S. 129 turns northwest to Knoxville, Tennessee. U.S. 19/74 east continue to Nantahala Gorge and Bryson City. 07/09/10
U.S. 64 combines with U.S. 74 west to Cleveland, Tennessee. U.S. 19/129 follow U.S. 64/74 southwest for 5.5 miles before turning southeast to Blairsville, Georgia. 07/09/10
U.S. 19 U.S. 129 South U.S. 64 U.S. 74 West
U.S. 19-64-74-129 cross the Hiawassee River just ahead of U.S. 19 Business (Hiawasee Street) north to Downtown Murphy and SR 1556 south to Martins Creek. 07/09/10
U.S. 19/129 branch southeast from U.S. 64/74, 3.79 miles to the Georgia line at Bellview. U.S. 19/129 remain concurrent for another 35.7 miles to Turners Corner, where U.S. 129 heads east to Gainesville and U.S. 19 south to Dahlonega. 07/09/10
U.S. 64 U.S. 74 West
Continuing alongside Stockcade Mountain, U.S. 64/74 advance west with four lanes to the community of Ranger. 07/09/10
NC 60 angles 5.06 miles southwest from U.S. 64/74 to the Georgia state line near Culberson. The five lane boulevard transitions to Georgia Route 60 Spur en route to Mineral Bluff. 07/09/10
U.S. 64/74 curve west from NC 60 to cross the Notteley River. 07/09/10



Photo Credits:

07/09/10 by AARoads and Carter Buchanan

Connect with:
U.S. 19
U.S. 74
U.S. 129
Highway 60

Page Updated 05-17-2021.

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