The highway travels to the northeast, and curves to a roughly northern direction, and crosses over Odom Creek and passes Confidence Cemetery.

It crosses over Nottely Dam before reaching its northern terminus, an intersection with US 19/US 129/SR 11 (Murphy Highway) south of the North Carolina state line, in Ivy Log.

Pat Colwell Road was part of this loop constructed around the lake, but it was never a state route.

Local business owners protested the move and petitioned the legislature and Georgia DOT to restore the route.

On April 13, 1989 the state restored most of the route except for the portion south of US 76/SR 515 (APD), which remains a county road.