State Route 243 (
SR 243) was a
state highway that existed on a path from southwest of
Gordon to
Milledgeville. It traversed portions of northwestern
Wilkinson and south-central
Baldwin counties. The southernmost was part of the
Fall Line Freeway, a highway that connects
Columbus and
Augusta. The former portion of SR 243 that was
concurrent with
U.S. Route 441 Business (US 441 Bus.) was redesignated as
SR 29 Bus. The portion from southwest of
Gordon to north-northeast of
Ivey, as well as the later roadway that was built from that point to southeast of
Milledgeville became concurrent with
SR 540, the state highway designation for the
Fall Line Freeway (FLF; a highway that connects
Columbus with
Augusta), and was replaced in 2019 by an extended SR 540. ;History SR 243 was established in 1946 along an alignment from Gordon to Scottsboro. The segment between the Scottsboro and Sandersville areas was completed and opened to traffic in October 2016. In 2016, the new portion of highway was extended to SR 24 southeast of Milledgeville, and SR 243 was shifted onto it. The entire portion that had been concurrent with US 441 Bus. in Milledgeville was redesignated as
SR 29 Bus. Between the beginning of 2017 and the beginning of 2019, SR 243 was
decommissioned, with its final routing being entirely replaced by SR 540. ;Major intersections ==State Route 244==