Interstate 516

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Interstate 516
Auxillary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

6.48 mi (10.43 km)

Formed:

1967

East end:

GA 21 GA 204 in Savannah

Major
junctions:

I-16 in Savannah

West end:

GA 21 in Garden City

Interstate 516 (abbreviated I-516) is a 6.48 mile (10.43 km) long auxiliary interstate highway near the southeastern, coastal Georgia city of Savannah as a spur route of Interstate 16. I-516 was formerly signed State Route 21 and even early as State Route 26 Loop. It is still today S.R. 21 and State Route 421 was added as a hidden reference route numbering in 2000 to make sure that all interstates in Georgia had 400 series reference numbers. It spurs both northeast and southwest of I-16, extending from Abercorn Street/State Route 204 to the split of U.S. 80, S.R. 25 and S.R. 26 in Garden City.

[edit] Exit list

Contrary to normal practice for interstates, the following exits are listed east to west with the mile-log numbering used since 2000; the exit numbers originally used are also listed.

All exits are in Chatham County, Georgia.

#	Old	Destinations	Notes
Freeway begins. DeRenne Avenue becomes
2		Veterans Parkway - Savannah
3	1	US 17/US 80/SR 25/SR 26 (Ogeechee Road) - Savannah
4	2	Tremont Road - Savannah	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
5	3	Interstate 16 (Jim L. Gillis Highway) - Macon, Atlanta	Unsigned SR 404
6	4	Gwinnett Street - Savannah	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
7A	5	SR 25 Connector (Augusta Avenue) - Savannah	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
7B		Lathrop Avenue - Savannah	Westbound exit only
7	5	US 80 (Bay Street) - Downtown	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
8	6	SR 25 (Main Street/Atlantic Coastal Highway) - Garden City
Freeway ends. becomes Augusta Road

[edit] Future plans

I-516 forms the southern end of SR 21, part of a highway that will soon be redubbed as State Route 565, and will be part of the Savannah River Parkway, connecting Savannah to Augusta. A more recent proposal will upgrade the entire route as a new Interstate 3 with I-516 becoming the southern terminus of the new highway.