The highway connects the Carrollton area with the Tennessee state line, via Villa Rica, Dallas, Cartersville, and Chatsworth.

At this intersection, SR 101 departs to the north, while US 78/SR 8/SR 61 head concurrent to the east.

In the main part of town, SR 61 splits off to continue its north-northeast routing.

The highway heads north on Nathan Dean Boulevard and meets SR 6 Business.

Just under 3,000 feet (910 m) later, they meet the southern terminus of SR 381 (East Memorial Drive).

US 411/SR 61 pass through the town of Ranger before meeting the eastern terminus of SR 156.

Just before entering Murray County, the concurrency meets an old segment of US 411/SR 61 and intersect SR 136 (Nicklesville Road).

This intersection also marks the eastern terminus of SR 52 Alternate (West Fort Street).

Also, an unnumbered road was established from Chatsworth to the Tennessee state line in Tennga.

The southern half of the segment of SR 4 from Cartersville to Fairmount had a sand clay or top soil surface.

The northern half of the segment of SR 2 from Fairmount to Chatsworth had a completed semi hard surface.

[2][3] Before the decade ended, US 78S was designated on the segment of SR 8 from northeast of Carrollton to Villa Rica.

The Rydal–Fairmount segment, as well as a small portion south-southeast of Chatsworth, had a completed semi hard surface.

[10][11] The next year, the segment of SR 8, from northeast of Carrollton to just southwest of Villa Rica, had a completed hard surface.

Also, a small portion north-northeast of Rydal had a completed semi hard surface.

[24][25] Late in 1936, the central portion of the segment from Cartersville to Rydal had completed grading, but was not surfaced.

[26][27] At the end of the year, a portion south-southwest of Rydal had a completed hard surface.

[29][30] Later that year, the highway was under construction from Villa Rica to the Paulding–Bartow county line.

[39][40] By the end of 1946, the Bartow County portion of the segment from Dallas to Cartersville had a completed hard surface.

[46][47] Two decades later, SR 2 east of Cisco was impassable due to rock slides.

[48][49] It wasn't until near the end of the 1980s that SR 2 was re-routed south-southwest along US 411/SR 61 from Cisco to Chatsworth, where it began a concurrency with US 76/SR 52.