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Interstate 16 (Georgia)
Interstate 16 (I-16), also known as Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway, is an east–west Interstate Highway located entirely within the US state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It carries the Unsigned highway, hidden designation of State Route 404 (SR 404) for its entire length. I-16 travels from Downtown Macon, Georgia, downtown Macon, at an interchange with Interstate 75 in Georgia, I-75 and Georgia State Route 540, SR 540 to Downtown Savannah, Georgia, downtown Savannah at Montgomery Street (exit 167B). It also passes through or near the communities of Dublin, Georgia, Dublin, Metter, Georgia, Metter, and Pooler, Georgia, Pooler. I-16's unsigned designation of SR 404 has a #Spur route, spur that is signed in Savannah. The westernmost segment in Macon is part of the Fall Line Freeway, a highway that connects Columbus, Georgia, Columbus and Augusta, Georgia, Augusta. This segment may also be incorporated into the proposed eastern extension of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two programs, the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program. Its role had previously been performed by the Office of Road Inquiry, Office of Public Roads and the Bureau of Public Roads. History Background The organization has several predecessor organizations and complicated history. The Office of Road Inquiry (ORI) was founded in 1893. In 1905, that organization's name was changed to the Office of Public Roads (OPR) which became a division of the United States Department of Agriculture. The name was changed again to the Bureau of Public Roads in 1915 and to the Public Roads Administration (PRA) in 1939. It was then shifted to the Federal Works Agency which was abolished in 1949 when its name reverted to Bureau of Public Roads under the Department of Commerce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
