 In 1954, the southern half was hard surfaced.The next year, the unnumbered road south-southeast of Gainesville was extended to SR 124 east of Braselton.By 1957, SR 60 was extended south-southwest on US 19/SR 9 to Dahlonega, then south-southeast to Gainesville, replacing all of SR 249 and parts of SR 115 and SR 136.