The highways travel around the city to the south on a freeway bypass, cosigned with US 27/SR 1, where it has multiple exits such as with SR-97, US-84 BYP, and SR-253.

US 84/SR 38 continues east from Waycross, traveling through Blackshear before arriving in Jesup.

In Hinesville, the highway becomes concurrent with SR 196, and takes a drastic turn to the east.

[2][3][4] Formerly, US 84 met its eastern terminus at US 17/SR 25 west of Brunswick, while US 82 followed the present alignment of US 84 to Midway.

The entire length of SR 38 Conn. is part of the National Highway System.