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State Route 40
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length	30.47 mi (49.04 km)
Existed	early 1920s–present
Major junctions
West end	U.S. 1/U.S. 23/U.S. 301 (S.R. 4/S.R. 15)
Major intersections	I-95/S.R. 405 east of Kingsland
East end	Church Street in St. Marys
Location
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Highway system
Georgia State Highway System Interstate US State Special
← SR 39 → SR 41

State Route 40 parallels the St. Marys River from U.S. Route 1/U.S. Route 23/U.S. Route 301 (State Route 4/State Route 15) in Folkston, Georgia east past U.S. Route 17 (State Route 25) and Interstate 95 (State Route 405) at Kingsland to end at Saint Marys. East of Kingsland it also parallels the St. Marys Railroad.

Route description

SR 40 begins at the intersection of Main Street and Second Street in the city of Folkston. Second Street carries US 1 and US 301 and their companion state highways, SR 4 and SR 15, respectively. Main Street continues west as an unnumbered street through the center of town. Two blocks west of SR 40's terminus, Main Street intersects CSX's Nahunta Subdivision, a very busy dual track rail line that attracts railfans to the Folkston Railfan Platform one block south of Main Street. One block west of the rail line, Main Street meets SR 23 and SR 121 (Okeefenokee Parkway). SR 40 heads east for one block to Main Street's eastern end at Third Street, an intersection that is adjacent to the Charlton County Courthouse. The state highway turns south onto Third Street for one block, then turns east onto Kingsland Road. SR 40 leaves Folkston as a two-lane road, but expands to a four-lane divided highway for about 2 miles (3.2 km), reverting back to two lanes shortly before crossing the Folkston–Camden county line and intersecting SR 110, which heads northeast to Woodbine, at the hamlet of Colerain. Between Folkston and Kingsland, the highway crosses several streams that feed into the parallel St. Marys River.

SR 40 enters Kingsland on King Avenue, which has a grade crossing of the First Coast Railroad and intersects US 17 (Lee Street) and its companion, SR 25. At US 17, the state highway expands to a four-lane undivided street. SR 40 expands again to a six-lane divided highway and begins to closely parallel the St. Marys Railroad through a commercial area just west of its partial cloverleaf interchange with I-95. Near the east end of the commercial area, the highway becomes a five-lane road with center turn lane. SR 40 gains a median again at its intersection with Kings Bay Road, one of several highways that lead to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. Another main highway to the naval base is St. Marys Road, which the highway meets at a partial cloverleaf interchange on the boundary between the cities of Kingsland and St. Marys. SR 40 crosses Dark Entry Creek before meeting the southern end of SR 40 Spur (Charlie Smith Sr. Highway), which heads north along the western edge of the naval base on its way to Crooked River State Park. The highway continues along Osborne Road, which is a five-lane road with center turn lane until after it passes to the south of St. Marys Airport. SR 40 reduces to four lanes and then two as it curves south onto Osborne Street in the center of St. Marys. The highway intersects the St. Marys Railroad near its eastern terminus before reaching its eastern terminus at the intersection of Osborne Street and Church Street. Osborne Street continues south past the historic home Orange Hall and into the St. Marys Historic District, at the southern end of which is the passenger ferry to Cumberland Island and its national seashore.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Charlton	Folkston	0.00	0.00	US 1 / SR 4 / US 301 / SR 15 (Second Street) – Waycross, Nahunta, Saint George, JacksonvilleModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Western terminus
Camden	Colerain			SR 110 north – Woodbine
	Kingsland			US 17 (Lee Street) – Woodbine, Jacksonville
				I-95 – Savannah, Jacksonville	I-95 Exit 3
	St. Marys			St. Marys Road – Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay	Partial cloverleaf interchange
				SR 40 Spur north (Charlie Smith, Sr., Highway) – Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Crooked River State Park
				Church Street / Osborne Street south	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

2. ^ "Georgia State Route 40" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
3. "Georgia State Route 40 Spur" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2012-05-11.

• State highways in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Transportation in Charlton County, Georgia
• Transportation in Camden County, Georgia