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'Interstate 16' (abbreviated 'I-16'), also known as 'Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway' or 'State Route 404', is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of Georgia, United States.[2] It goes from Macon, Georgia, at Interstate 75[3] to Savannah, Georgia at the Montgomery Street exit.[4]
The highway carries the unsigned designation of 'State Route 404', though the state route has a spur that ''is'' signed.
| Contents |
| Route description |
| History |
| Exit list |
| Auxiliary routes |
| See also |
| References |
| External links |
Route description
| Major cities 'Bolded cities' are officially-designated control cities for signs |
|---|
★ 'Macon, Georgia' ★ 'Savannah, Georgia' |
I-516 spurs off in two opposite directions, perpendicular to I-16.
I-16 serves as a hurricane evacuation route for Savannah and other coastal areas. The road is designed for contraflow travel with railroad-type gates to most block entrance and exit ramps for the normally eastbound lanes. Some ramps are ungated, apparently for entrance to and exit from the contraflow lanes. Just east of Exit 42 is a crossover to return all westbound traffic to the westbound travel lanes.
Southeast of Macon, I-16 passes through Ocmulgee National Monument but without direct access. Visitors need to first exit at the Colliseum Drive (U.S. Route 80) exit.
History
In 2003 the Georgia Legislature passed a resolution[5] to designate Interstate 16 in honor of James L. Gillis, Sr., a Democrat who served as a State Representative, State Senator and Director of the Georgia Department of Transportation.
Gillis' sons, Hugh and James, Jr., also served as Democratic State legislators. Hugh was a Representative from 1941 to 1953 and a State Senator from 1953 to 1955 and from 1963 to 2005. James, Jr. was a State Senator from 1945 to 1946.[6]
As with all Georgia interstate highways, exit numbers were replaced in 2000 with mile-log numbers.
Exit list
| # | Old | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 |  | Western terminus; unsigned  |
| 1A | 2 |   | Eastbound only |
| 1B | 3 |  | Westbound only |
| 2 | 4 |   | |
| 6 | 5 |  22.5px   | |
| 12 | 6 | Sgoda Road - Huber | |
| 18 | 7 | Bullard Road - Jeffersonville, Bullard | |
| 24 | 8 |  | |
| 27 | 9 |  | |
| 32 | 10 |  | |
| 39 | 11 |  | |
| 42 | 12 |  | |
| 49 | 13 |  | |
| 51 | 14 |    | |
| 54 | 15 |  | |
| 58 | 16 |  | |
| 67 | 17 |  | |
| 71 | 18 |   | |
| 78 | 19 |   | |
| 84 | 20 |  | |
| 90 | 21 |   | |
| 98 | 22 |  | |
| 104 | 23 |   | |
| 111 | 24 | Pulaski-Excelsior Road - Pulaski | |
| 116 | 25 |    | |
| 127 | 26 |  | |
| 132 | 27 | Ash Branch Church Road - Pembroke | |
| 137 | 28 |  | |
| 143 | 29 |   | |
| 148 | 30 | Old River Road to US 80 - Meldrim; Fort Stewart | |
| 152 | 31 |  | |
| 155 | Pooler Parkway - Pooler; Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport | ||
| 157A | 32A |  | Unsigned  |
| 157B | 32B | | |
| 160 | 33 |  | |
| 162 | 33A | Chatham Parkway - Savannah | |
| 164A | 34A |     | Unsigned  |
| 164B | 34B | | |
| 165 | 35 |  | |
| 166 | 36 | | |
| 167A | 37A | Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard | |
| 167B | 37B | Montgomery Street | Eastern terminus |
Auxiliary routes
See also
★ Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange
★ Interstate 516
References
1. Route Log - Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 1
2. Interstate Mileage Report (438 Report, Georgia Deartment of Transportation, 2003
3. map Google Map, Interstate 16 at Macon, Georgia
4. map Google Map, Interstate 16 at Savannah, Georgia
5. House Resolution 88 - Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway, Georgia General Assembly, March 27, 2003
6. Georgia General Assembly - Senator Hugh M. Gillis (D-SS 20), February 2003
External links
★ I-16 at Interstate-guide.com
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