OVERVIEW

The Augusta Chronicle looks at some of the people, places and communities in an ongoing series on important thoroughfares in the area.   This month we visit Washington Road. The road, which was a Cherokee trading path in the 1700s and once extended all the way to Wilkes County, has now become a bellwether of commercial and retail growth in Richmond and Columbia counties.

PART FIVE: BUSINESS

	Variety draws diners to road
	Web-posted 12/30/2001 > More than a dozen people shuffle idly outside the Olive Garden on Washington Road. It's a brisk Friday night - it could be any Friday - and the wait for a table is more than 45 minutes.

	Road remains popular location for businesses
	Web-posted 12/23/2001 > It's a major artery linking urban Augusta to its populous westside neighborhoods and the sprawling subdivisions of Columbia County.

PART FOUR: CHIMNEY HILL

• With development comes dissent   • Wal-Mart makes residents want to roll back

PART THREE: EVANS

• Leaps and bounds   • From 'Evens' to expansion

PART TWO: HISTORY

• Time masks history of road   • Lore abounds along old Washington Road

PART ONE: EVOLUTION

• Road's name points to abandoned route   • From beginning to end

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