Green Island Hills is an upscale residential neighborhood within the city of Columbus

Columbus, Georgia

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...

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Homes in Green Island Hills range from Georgian, Tudor and Spanish Revival to Craftsman, with new modern homes popping up every month. With its central location, developers are building homes in the $700,000 plus range and moving them quickly.

Transportation

The main north-south street is River Road, which extends south into the heart of the city as Veterans Parkway

U.S. Route 27 in Georgia

In the U.S. state of Georgia, U.S. Route 27 runs north–south near the western border . The whole route is Governor's Road Improvement Program corridor EDS-27, providing the bulk of the Tallahassee, Florida - Chattanooga, Tennessee corridor. All of US 27 in Georgia is designated State Route 1...

. River Road is a street that defines a border between Green Island Hills and other neighborhoods within the city. Major east-west streets include Cascade Road and Mountainbrook Drive. Besides River Road, other arterial road

Arterial road

An arterial road, or arterial thoroughfare, is a high-capacity urban road. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector roads to freeways, and between urban centres at the highest level of service possible. As such, many arteries are limited-access roads, or feature...

s include Standing Boy Road and Winding Ridge Road. METRA Transit System

METRA Transit System

The METRA Transit System is the primary provider of mass transportation in Muscogee County, Georgia. The agency was founded in 1978 after the bankruptcy of Howard Bus Lines, the private company that had previously provided public transportation to the area...

also has two stops in Green Island Hills.