Interstate 516

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Interstate 516
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

6.48 mi (10.43 km)

Formed:

1980s [1]

East end:

GA 21 at Montgomery Street in Savannah

Major
junctions:

I-16 in Savannah

West end:

GA 21/GA 25 in Garden City

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 the West Derene Avenue/Montgomery Street intersection in Savannah to the split of U.S. 80, S.R. 25 and S.R. 26 in Garden City.

[edit] Exit list

All exits are in Chatham County. Contrary to normal practice for Interstates, exits are numbered from east to west.

#		Destinations	Notes
Old		Destinations	Notes
	2	Veterans Parkway
1	3	US 17 south (SR 25 south) / US 80 east (SR 26 east) – Savannah, Brunswick	East end of US 17/US 80/SR 25/SR 26 overlap
2	4	Tremont Avenue - Amtrak station	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
3	5	I-16 / US 17 north (SR 404) – Macon, Savannah
4	6	Gwinnett Street - Amtrak station	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
5	7A	US 80 west (Augusta Avenue, SR 26 west) / SR 25 Conn. (Bay Street)	West end of US 80/SR 26 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	7B	West Lathrop Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	7	SR 25 Conn. (Bay Street) – Downtown Savannah	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
6	8	SR 25 to US 80 (Bay Street, SR 26) – Garden City	West end of SR 25 overlap