State Route 56 (SR 56) is a 140.3-mile-long (225.8 km) state highway that travels south-to-north in an upside down question mark, with a western loop around Vidalia. It travels through portions of Tattnall, Toombs, Montgomery, Treutlen, Emanuel, Burke, and Richmond counties in the southeastern and east-central parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route connects the Reidsville and Augusta areas, via Swainsboro and Waynesboro.