The Savannah River Parkway is a four-lane divided highway that roughly parallels the
Savannah River
The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. Two tributaries of the Savannah, the Tugaloo River and the Chattooga River, form the norther ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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, that exists in two distinct segments. The roadway is being considered for inclusion as part of
Interstate 3 (I-3), which ultimately is planned to travel from Savannah to
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Di ...
.
Route description
Western branch
The western branch follows
US 25/
US 301/
SR 73 from
I-16 I16 may refer to:
* Interstate 16, an interstate highway in the U.S. state of Georgia
* Polikarpov I-16, a Soviet fighter aircraft introduced in the 1930s
* Halland Regiment
* , a Japanese Type C submarine
* i16, a name for the 16-bit signed integ ...
south-southwest of
Statesboro into the southern parts of the city. It then follows
US 25 Byp./
SR 67 Byp. around the western edge of the city, then US 25/
US 80/
SR 26/
SR 67 northwest to
Hopeulikit, where US 80/SR 26 leave the roadway. The highway travels to the north-northwest to
Millen, picking up
SR 121 and
SR 23 along the way.
Eastern branch
The eastern branch begins at an as-yet undetermined point in downtown
Savannah
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the Canopy (forest), canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to rea ...
. It follows
SR 21 out of the city. It has an
interchange with
I-95
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the Canadia ...
in
Port Wentworth
Port Wentworth is a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. The 2020 population was 10,878, more than double the population of 5,359 at the 2010 census. Port Wentworth is part of the Savannah metropolitan area.
History
The Georgia Genera ...
and follows SR 21 northwest to Millen.
Combined segment
In Millen, both branches merge and follow US 25/SR 121 northward to an interchange with
I-520
Interstate 520 (I-520) is a auxiliary Interstate Highway that encircles most of Augusta, Georgia, and North Augusta, South Carolina, as a three-quarter beltway around the western, southern, and eastern parts of the main part of the Augus ...
in
Augusta. They continue on to the point where US 25/SR 121 begin a concurrency with
US 1/
US 78/
US 278/
SR 10 (
Gordon Highway
Gordon Highway is a major highway in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia, traveling through the southern part of Columbia County and the northeastern part of Richmond County. It is named after Confederate general John Brown Gordon ...
).
Future
The Savannah River Parkway is proposed to be included in the future
I-3, which has been planned to connect the
Savannah
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the Canopy (forest), canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to rea ...
and
Knoxville
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's ...
metropolitan areas.
See also
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Interstate 14
Interstate 14 (I-14), also known as the "14th Amendment Highway", the Gulf Coast Strategic Highway, and the Central Texas Corridor, is an Interstate Highway that is located entirely in Central Texas, following U.S. Route 190 (US& ...
*
Fall Line Freeway
The Fall Line Freeway (FLF; also signed as State Route 540 (SR 540)) is a highway designed to span the width of the U.S. state of Georgia from Columbus at the Alabama state line to Augusta, travelling through several cities includi ...
References
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External links
Savannah River Parkway Fact Sheet on Georgia Department of Transportation website2005 SAFETEA-LU legislation from the Library of Congress
Roads in Georgia (U.S. state)
Savannah metropolitan area
Streets and parkways in the Augusta metropolitan area
Proposed state highways in the United States
Parkways in the United States
Freeways in the United States