INTERSTATE 516

'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.

Contents

Exit list

Future plans

References

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

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.

References

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★ Southeastroads.com (AARoads I-516)