In Georgia, the highway travels within portions of Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Gilmer, Fannin, Union, Towns, and Rabun counties.

It travels through North Georgia and connects Ringgold, Dalton, Chatsworth, Ellijay, Blue Ridge, Blairsville, and Clayton.

US 76 traverses the northern part of the state and passes through the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest and Georgia's most mountainous region.

US 76 passes through Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Gilmer, Fannin, Union, Towns, and Rabun counties.

The following portions of US 76 in Georgia are part of the National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense: The highway enters Georgia from Chattanooga while concurrent with US 41.

US 76/US 41/SR 3 enters Indian Springs where the highway encounters no major intersections aside from Graysville Road at a roundabout.

Before the highway crosses Hurricane Creek, SR 2 leaves the concurrency and continues alone as Catoosa Parkway.

Shortly after the intersection, before exiting Dalton US 76 leaves US 41/SR 3 and starts a concurrency with SR 52.

The highway passes near Southeastern Expeditions and then crosses the Chattooga River and enters South Carolina.

Also, the proposed section, east of Clayton, was removed from the map[6][7] By the beginning of 1932, SR 3 was paved from the Tennessee state line to Dalton.

[9][10] By August, SR 2 was built from Clayton to the South Carolina state line on its current alignment.

[18][19] By the middle of January 1938, a very small section, in the vicinity of Lake Burton, was paved.

[26][27] At the end of the year, US 76/SR 2 were paved from Hiawassee to the approximate location of where the Appalachian Trail crosses the highway today.

[29][30] By the middle of 1948, SR 2 was paved from Clayton to about halfway between there and the South Carolina state line.

SR 2 was moved to an alignment near the Tennessee state line, traveling through modern-day Varnell and Crandall.

[32][33] By the middle of 1954, the entire length of roadway, from Tennessee to South Carolina, was paved.

In Ramhurst, it turned east onto a slightly re-routed SR 282 and followed that route to Ellijay.