When US 27 was upgraded and relocated in 1968 to the Rome Connector, SR 1E was truncated to end at the present-day interchange of Maple Avenue.

Essentially a business route for an unincorporated community south of Rome, the state no longer saw the value in retaining an old alignment and transferred control to Floyd County in 1985.

[8] By the end of 1926, the segment of the highway from the Mitchell–Dougherty county line to Albany had a "completed hard surface".

[8][9] By the end of 1926, almost all of the Alabama–Rome segment, and the southern half of the 1921 extension, had a "sand clay or top soil" surface.

The easternmost part of this segment, and nearly the entire SR 3 concurrency, had a "completed semi hard surface".

In 1926, its entire length consisted of a "sand clay or top soil" surface and was redesignated as a southern branch of SR 8.

[8] By the end of 1921, the Lawrenceville–Loganville segment was redesignated as a southern extension of SR 13, the western terminus was extended west-southwest to what was known as "Ingleside" (now known as Avondale Estates), and the eastern terminus was shifted to the northwest to end at SR 8 west-southwest of Athens.

The western half of the Dougherty County portion of the Dawson–Albany segment had a completed semi hard surface.

The western half of the Dougherty County portion of the Dawson–Albany segment had a completed semi hard surface.

[77][78] By the end of 1937, the segment of SR 70 from Lincolnton to the South Carolina state line had a "sand clay or top soil" surface.

[11][50] By the middle of 1933, the portion of the highway from south of Shiloh to Warm Springs had a "sand clay or top soil" surface.

[54][86] The next year, the segment of the highway just south-southwest of Warm Springs was shifted westward to a curve into the city.

[81][24] Near the end of the year, part of the Waverly Hall–Warm Springs segment had completed grading, but was not surfaced.

[24][22] By the end of 1939, the segment from south of Shiloh to Warm Springs had a completed hard surface.

The entire length of SR 85 from south of Shiloh to Chalybeate Springs had a completed hard surface.

In 1930, SR 86 was established from Blue Ridge northeast to the North Carolina state line west-northwest of Ivy Log.

[55][88] By mid-1933, the portion of SR 86 from northwest of Morganton to Mineral Bluff had a "sand clay or top soil" surface.

Also, the western terminus of the central segment was shifted south-southwest to connect with SR 32 at US 25/US 341/SR 27 north-northwest of Brunswick.

[87][81] This segment of highway remained virtually unchanged for over a decade, when it was given a "sand clay, top soil, or stabilized earth" surface.

[28][29] The next year, nearly the entire portion of SR 2 from just south-southeast of Trenton to just southeast of Cooper Heights had a completed hard surface.

[15][16] In 1977, all of the western segment from the Alabama state line to northwest of Sugar Valley was redesignated as part of SR 136.

[54][86] The next year, the segment of the highway just south-southwest of Warm Springs was shifted westward to a curve into the city.

[81][24] Near the end of the year, the segment form south of Shiloh to Warm Springs had completed grading, but was not surfaced.

[24][22] 1939 ended with the segment from south of Shiloh to Warm Springs having a completed hard surface.

A small portion between Guyton and Egypt had a "sand clay, top soil, or stabilized earth" surface.

[28][29] By the end of 1948, a portion of the highway from east-southeast of Barretts (at the Lowndes–Lanier county line) to west-northwest of the SR 31 intersection northwest of Naylor had completed grading, but was not surfaced.

From this point to the second crossing of the county line it had a "sand clay, top soil, or stabilized earth" surface.

A portion of the original segment just west of Lost Mountain had a "sand clay, top soil, or stabilized earth" surface.

Two small portions between Whigham and the Grady–Mitchell county line had a "sand clay, top soil, or stabilized earth" surface.

A portion south of the SR 262 intersection was shifted eastward and had a sand clay, topsoil, or stabilized earth surface.