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[[Image:{{GARoadMap}}]]The '''Georgia Road''', also called the Federal Road, was a toll road opened in 1805 from Savannah, Georgia across [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee Indian]] lands to Knoxville, Tennessee. Branches also extended to Nashville, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. After improvements in 1819 it was renamed the Federal Road.<ref name="GAFedRoad">Wikipedia contributors, "Federal Road (Cherokee lands)," ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Road_(Cherokee_lands) (accessed 31 July 2010).</ref> | [[Image:{{GARoadMap}}]]The '''Georgia Road''', also called the Federal Road, was a toll road opened in 1805 from Savannah, Georgia across [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee Indian]] lands to Knoxville, Tennessee. Branches also extended to Nashville, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. After improvements in 1819 it was renamed the Federal Road.<ref name="GAFedRoad">Wikipedia contributors, "Federal Road (Cherokee lands)," ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Road_(Cherokee_lands) (accessed 31 July 2010).</ref> | ||