Interstate 16

Interstate 16
I-16 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length:	166.81 mi[1] (268.45 km)
Existed:	1972 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I‑75 in Macon
	US 23 / US 129 Alt. / SR 87 southeast of Macon US 319 / US 441 near Dublin US 221 / SR 56 northeast of Soperton US 1 / SR 4 / SR 46 in Oak Park US 25 / US 301 / SR 73 near Register US 280 / SR 30 southwest of Blitchton I‑95 in Pooler I‑516 / US 17 / SR 21 / SR 25 in Savannah US 17 / SR 404 Spur in Savannah
East end:	Montgomery Street in Savannah
Location
Counties:	Bibb, Twiggs, Bleckley, Laurens, Treutlen, Emanuel, Candler, Bulloch, Bryan, Effingham, Chatham
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Georgia State Routes Interstate U.S. State Former ← SR 15 SR 16 → ← SR 403 SR 405 →

Interstate 16 (I-16), also known as Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway is an Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of Georgia.^[2] It carries the hidden designation of State Route 404 (SR 404) for its entire length. I-16 travels from downtown Macon, at I-75 to downtown Savannah at Montgomery Street (Exit 167B).^[3] I-16's unsigned designation of State Route 404 has a spur that is signed in Savannah.

Route description

Northbound I-95 at the interchange with I-16 near Savannah

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 block most 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 travels through Ocmulgee National Monument but without direct access. Visitors need to first exit at the US 80/SR 87 (Coliseum Drive) exit.

I-16's only two rest areas are between exits 42 and 49 near Dudley.^[4]

History

The last part of the highway opened up on September 22, 1978, placing it in Emanuel, Candler, and Bulloch counties and completing the connection between downtown Macon and Savannah.

Until 2000, the state of Georgia used the sequential interchange numbering system on all of its Interstate Highways. The first exit on each highway would begin with the number "1" and increase numerically with each exit. In 2000, the Georgia Department of Transportation switched to a mileage-based exit system, in which the exit number corresponded to the nearest milepost.

In 2001 the Georgia Legislature passed a resolution,^[5][6] to designate the Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange at the interchange with Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Savannah in honor of Earl Shinhoster, who was a Black civil rights activist. This interchange is located in the economic and cultural center for Black Savannah.^[7]

In 2003, the Georgia Legislature passed a resolution^[8] to designate I-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, as the Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway.^[9] 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.^[10]

Exit list

County	Location	mi[11]	km	Old exit	New exit	Destinations	Notes
Bibb	Macon	0.0	0.0	1	1	I‑75 (SR 401) – Atlanta, Valdosta	Exit 1 is for 75 south; western terminus; Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-75 exit 165.
		0.7	1.1	2	1A	US 23 / US 129 / SR 49 (Spring Street, SR 11/SR 19) – Milledgeville	Eastbound exit, eastbound and westbound entrance
		1.0	1.6	3	1B	SR 22 (Second Street) to US 129 / SR 49 – Macon	Westbound exit only
		1.3	2.1	4	2	US 80 / SR 87 (Coliseum Drive, ML King Jr. Boulevard)
		5.4	8.7	5	6	US 23 / US 129 Alt. (Ocmulgee East Boulevard, Golden Isles Highway, SR 87)
Twiggs		11.3	18.2	6	12	Sgoda Road – Huber
		17.4	28.0	7	18	Bullard Road – Jeffersonville
		23.1	37.2	8	24	SR 96 – Jeffersonville, Tarversville
		26.8	43.1	9	27	SR 358 – Danville
Bleckley		31.6	50.9	10	32	SR 112 – Allentown, Montrose
Laurens		38.4	61.8	11	39	SR 26 – Cochran, Montrose
	Dudley	40.9	65.8	12	42	SR 338 – Dexter, Dudley
				Rest area
		47.7	76.8	13	49	SR 257 – Dublin, Dexter
		50.3	81.0	14	51	US 319 / US 441 – Dublin, McRae
		52.6	84.7	15	54	SR 19 – East Dublin, Dublin
		57.4	92.4	16	58	SR 199 (Old River Road) – Lothair, East Dublin
Treutlen		65.9	106.1	17	67	SR 29 – Vidalia, Soperton
		70.1	112.8	18	71	SR 15 / SR 78 – Soperton, Adrian
		76.5	123.1	19	78	US 221 / SR 56 – Swainsboro, Soperton
Treutlen–Emanuel county line		83.0	133.6	20	84	SR 297 – Vidalia
Emanuel	Oak Park	88.1	141.8	21	90	US 1 – Swainsboro, Lyons
Candler		96.7	155.6	22	98	SR 57 – Reidsville, Swainsboro, Stillmore
	Metter	102.5	165.0	23	104	SR 23 / SR 121 – Metter, Reidsville
		109.7	176.5	24	111	Pulaski–Excelsior Road
Bulloch		114.9	184.9	25	116	US 25 / US 301 (SR 73) – Statesboro, Claxton
		125.0	201.2	26	127	SR 67 – Pembroke, Fort Stewart, Statesboro
				27	132	Ash Branch Church Road
				28	137	SR 119 – Springfield, Pembroke, Fort Stewart
Bryan	Ellabell			29	143	US 280 (SR 30) to US 80 (SR 26) – Pembroke
				Truck weigh stations
Effingham				30	148	To US 80 (SR 26) / Old River Road
Chatham	Bloomingdale			31	152	SR 17 (Bloomingdale Road) – Bloomingdale
	Pooler				155	Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Pooler
				32	157	I‑95 (SR 405) – Brunswick, Jacksonville, Florence, Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport	Signed as exits 157A (south) & 157B (north); I-95 exits 99A-B; cloverleaf interchange.
	Garden City			33	160	SR 307 (Dean Forest Road)
	Savannah			33A	162	Chatham Parkway
				34A	164A	I‑516 east / US 17 south / US 80 east / SR 21 south (Lynes Parkway, SR 25 south/SR 26 east/SR 421 east)	West end of US 17 overlap; I-516 exit 5.
				34B	164B	I‑516 west / US 80 / SR 21 west / SR 25 north (Lynes Parkway, SR 26 west/SR 421 west) – Garden City	I-516 exit 5.
				35	165	SR 204 (37th Street, Abercorn Street)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				36	166	US 17 north / SR 404 Spur / Gwinnett Street, Louisville Road - Charleston	East end of US 17 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; old US 17 Alt.
				37A	167A	M. L. King Jr. Boulevard, Gaston Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange; old US 17S
		167	269	37B	167B	Montgomery Street – Savannah Civic Center, Downtown Savannah	Eastern Terminus; Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; old US 17N
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Auxiliary routes

Auxiliary route of SR 404

State Route 404 Spur
Location:	Savannah – South Carolina state line
Length:	3.07 mi (4.94 km)

State Route 404 Spur (SR 404 Spur) is a 3.07-mile-long (4.94 km) spur route that travels from I-16 exit 166 northward along US 17 to the South Carolina state line. As its number suggests, it is a spur from SR 404, the unsigned route that is designated along the full length of I-16. At the northern end is the Talmadge Memorial Bridge.

Auxiliary route of Interstate 16

Interstate 516
Location:	Garden City-Savannah, Georgia

Interstate 516 (I-516) is a 6.49-mile-long (10.44 km) auxiliary route from Garden City to DeRenne Avenue in Savannah, Georgia.

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Georgia (U.S. state) portal

References

1. Staff (October 31, 2002). "Tabele 1: Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
2. Staff (December 31, 2003). Interstate Mileage Report (PDF) (Report). Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
3. Google (February 15, 2008). "Overview map of I-16" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
4. "Rest Areas". Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
5. House of Representatives (April 19, 2001). "House Resolution 182". Atlanta, GA: Georgia General Assembly. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
6. State Senate (April 19, 2001). "Senate Resolution 6". Atlanta, GA: Georgia General Assembly. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
7. Elmore, Charles J. (April 26, 2004). "The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum". The New Georgia Encyclopedia. Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
8. House of Representatives (March 27, 2003). "House Resolution 88". Atlanta, GA: Georgia General Assembly. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
9. "Interstate 16". Interstate Guide. December 6, 2006. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
10. Staff (February 2003). "Senator Hugh M. Gillis (D-SS 20)". Georgia General Assembly. Archived from the original on September 19, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
11. Google (March 23, 2015). "Overview map of I-16" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• I-16 at the Interstate Guide