It starts heading northwest and immediately curves to the north.

Farther to the north, it crosses Warrior Creek.

Finally, it turns northwest as it approaches Sylvester, and is co-designated East Martin Luther King Jr. Drive when it enters that city.

While SR 256 terminates, the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive designation continues as a Sylvester residential street for a further five blocks to the west.

[1] No section of SR 256 is part of the National Highway System.