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57-464: (Redirected 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 Japanese submarine  I-16 , a Japanese Type C submarine i16 , a name for the 16-bit signed integer , especially in Rust VEF I-16 ,

114-591: A Latvian fighter prototype built in 1940 See also [ edit ] I-16 -class submarine [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I16&oldid=1121800331 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

171-487: A bridge that carries SR 86 . Then, it begins to curve to the southeast. It has an interchange with US 221 / SR 56 . It crosses over Reedy Creek and curves to the east-southeast. It has an interchange with SR 297 . At the overpass for SR 297, the highway enters Emanuel County . After the SR ;297 interchange, I-16 heads more to the southeast. It curves to a nearly due east direction and crosses over

228-500: A result, the eastbound I-16 lanes from Savannah to US 1 (exit 90) were opened to westbound traffic . This marked the first time I-16 was turned into a one-way Interstate. This contraflow traffic method has been used since, including in 2016 in evacuation efforts from Hurricane Matthew and 2017 for Hurricane Irma . 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

285-453: Is also known as W.F. Lynes Parkway and has an unsigned designation of State Route 421 ( SR 421 ). Ocmulgee River The Ocmulgee River and its tributaries provide drainage for some 6,180 square miles in parts of 33 Georgia counties , a large section of the Piedmont and coastal plain of central Georgia. The Ocmulgee River basin has three river subbasins designated by

342-411: Is also undergoing construction as part of $ 500 million project, split into six phases, with the first three phases being worked on simultaneously. These phases were set to be completed by the end of 2021, but as of February 2023, only Phase 1 has been completed: Construction on Phase 1 was completed by C.W. Matthews at a cost of $ 63 million, while construction on Phase 2 and Phase 3

399-497: Is being completed by E.R. Snell Company for $ 156 million. Three additional phases are included in the project, which ultimately are intended to help improve access to and from downtown Macon and Gray Highway via the currently-underutilized Second Street bridge, reducing congestion on Spring Street and North Avenue: Also as a part of this project, GDOT spent $ 12 million in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood to help mitigate

456-622: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Interstate 16 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 . It carries the hidden designation of State Route 404 ( SR 404 ) for its entire length. I-16 travels from downtown Macon , at an interchange with I-75 and SR 540 to downtown Savannah at Montgomery Street (exit 167B). It also passes through or near

513-545: Is followed by Centrarchidae (sunfish), which has 22 species. The Ocmulgee basin contains ten species in the family Ictaluridae (catfish) and eight species of in the family Catostomidae (suckers). The river basin is also inhabited by one State of Georgia-designated endangered fish species, the Altamaha shiner ( Cyprinella xaenura ) and two designated rare species, the goldstripe darter ( Etheostoma parvipinne ) and redeye chub ( Notropis harperi ). The Ocmulgee River

570-549: Is included as part of the National Highway System , a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense. I-16 begins at an interchange with I-75 / SR 540 , just northwest of downtown Macon, in Bibb County . Here, it begins a concurrency with SR 540. The Interstate and SR 540 proceed southeast, traveling just east of the downtown area. They cross over

627-462: Is only accessible from the eastbound lanes. I-16/US 17 curves to the northeast. At the next interchange, US 17 splits off, where State Route 404 Spur (SR 404 Spur) begins. This interchange also provides access to Gwinnett Street. The highway has an interchange with Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard . The westbound access for this highway is at the eastern terminus. I-16 curves to

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684-702: Is popular with anglers for its excellent fishing, particularly for redbreast sunfish , bluegill , redear sunfish , largemouth bass , black crappie , channel catfish , and flathead catfish . The world record for largest recorded catch of a largemouth bass was achieved in 1932 in Montgomery Lake, an oxbow lake off the Ocmulgee River in Telfair County . The record-setting fish, caught by farmer George Washington Perry, weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces. The International Game Fish Association officially declared

741-540: The Georgia Power Company . Plant Scherer is the seventh-largest power plant in the United States by capacity (based on 2016 data) , and the largest to be fueled exclusively by coal. A diverse array of fish—105 species in twenty-one families —inhabit the Ocmulgee River basin. The family with the largest representation in the river basin is Cyprinidae (carp and true minnows), with 27 species. It

798-638: The Ocmulgee National Monument , a National Park Service -administered protected area established in 1936. Europeans first explored the Ocmulgee basin in 1540, during the expedition of the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his party, who visited the late Mississippian chiefdom of Ichisi , now identified by archeologists as the floodplain south of Macon . The Ichisi served corncakes, wild onion , and roasted venison to De Soto and his party. Over

855-465: The Ocmulgee River and then have an interchange with US 23 / US 129 / SR 49 (Spring Street/North Avenue). Then, they have a partial interchange with SR 22 (2nd Street) that is only accessible from the westbound lanes. Almost immediately is an interchange with US 80 / SR 87 (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard/Coliseum Drive). At this intersection, SR 540 departs

912-554: The Ohoopee River . Just after crossing over some railroad tracks of Norfolk Southern Railway, it enters the city limits of Oak Park . It curves to the southeast and has an interchange with US 1 / SR 4 / SR 46 . After this interchange, the highway begins to parallel SR 46. It curves to the east-southeast and crosses over Jacks Creek. Then, it enters Candler County . I-16 has an interchange with SR 57 (Aline Road). It crosses over Wolfe Creek and then heads to

969-754: 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. However, SR 404 Spur is actually a signed highway. Near the northern end is the Talmadge Memorial Bridge . The entire route is in Savannah , Chatham County . All exits are unnumbered. Interstate 516 ( I-516 ) is a 6.49-mile-long (10.44 km) auxiliary route from SR 21 (Augusta Road) in Garden City to DeRenne Avenue in Savannah . It

1026-652: The U.S. Geological Survey : the Upper Ocmulgee River subbasin ( hydrologic unit code 03070103); the Lower Ocmulgee River Subbasin (03070104); and the Little Ocmulgee River Subbasin (03070105). The name of the river may have come from a Hitchiti words oki ("water") plus molki ("bubbling" or "boiling"), possibly meaning "where the water boils up." The river rises at a point in north central Georgia southeast of Atlanta , at

1083-549: The "Ochese Creek Indians" (which the Spanish called "Uchese"), with a population of 2,406. Early 18th century maps show a total of twelve towns in the vicinity of Ochese Creek, many with names corresponding to towns that had been on the Chattahoochee River. The Muscogee -speaking towns of Coweta , Kasihta , Tuskegee, and Koloni were located on the north side of the cluster. Several of the Hitchiti -speaking towns were located to

1140-562: The 16@95 Improvement Projects, includes: The project, upon completion, is expected to result in a 32% decrease in I-16 congestion by 2030. Despite concerns from residents, no new noise barriers will be built along I-16 during the construction. A noise study concluded that barriers would not be necessary since traffic noise were not predicted to be over 66  dB(A) . The project is expected to cost around $ 295 million. Construction, which will be completed by Savannah Mobility Contractors JV,

1197-678: The Metropolitan Planning Commission, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), and the Federal Highway Administration . In March 2024, Georgia U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock announced that $ 1.8 million in federal funding had been allocated toward the planning of the project. 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

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1254-653: The Ochese Creek towns moved west, mostly returning to the Chattahoochee River, where they evolved into the Lower Towns of the Muscogee Confederacy (referred to by the English as the "Lower Creeks"). Eli Whitney 's invention of the cotton gin stimulated development of short-staple cotton plantations in the uplands, where it grew well. The gin mechanized processing of the cotton and made it profitable. Demand for land in

1311-593: The Ocmulgee basin about 10,000 to 15,000 years ago (see settlement of the Americas ). Scraping tools and flint spearpoints from nomadic Paleoindians hunters have been discovered in the Ocmulgee floodplain. In the Archaic period (c. 8000-1000 BCE) which followed, hunter-gatherers in Ocmulgee basin used fiber- tempered pottery and stone tools . During the Woodland period (c. 1000 BCE-900 CE), there were various villages in

1368-839: The Southeast increased, as well as demand for slave labor in the Deep South. In 1806, the U.S. acquired the area between the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers from the Creek Indians by the First Treaty of Washington . That same year United States Army established Fort Benjamin Hawkins overlooking the Ocmulgee Fields. In 1819 the Creek held their last meeting at Ocmulgee Fields. they ceded this territory in 1821. In

1425-611: The area, evidenced by earthen mounds and pottery sherds . There is evidence that the Mississippian culture reached the Ocmulgee basin by 900 CE; according to the New Georgia Encyclopedia , "on the Macon plateau and in the nearby Ocmulgee bottomlands, stretches of farmsteads and gardens constructed around elaborate ceremonial mounds are the most prominent evidence of this early Mississippian influence." These areas are now part of

1482-605: The communities of Dublin , Metter , and Pooler . I-16's unsigned designation of SR 404 has a spur that is signed in Savannah. The westernmost segment in Macon is part of the Fall Line Freeway , a highway that connects Columbus and Augusta . This segment may also be incorporated into the proposed eastern extension of I-14 , which is currently entirely within Central Texas and may be extended to Augusta. All of I-16

1539-455: The concurrency to the north-northeast. Within the eastern part of this interchange, the highway travels under a railroad bridge that carries railroad tracks of Norfolk Southern Railway . In the east-central part of Macon, I-16 travels through Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park but without direct access. Visitors need to first exit at the US ;80/SR 87 exit. On the southern edge of

1596-671: The confluence of the Yellow , South , and Alcovy rivers. Since the construction of the Lloyd Shoals Dam in the early 20th century, these rivers join as arms of the Jackson Lake reservoir . The river's source is formed at an elevation of around 530 feet above sea level . The Ocmulgee River flows from the dam southeast past Macon , which was founded on the Fall Line . It joins the Oconee from

1653-647: The county that I-16 enters is Bloomingdale . There, it has an interchange with the southern terminus of SR 17 Conn. ( Jimmy DeLoach Parkway ). It crosses over the Little Ogeechee River . It very briefly travels along the Bloomingdale– Pooler city line before entering Pooler proper. It has an interchange with Pooler Parkway. It crosses over the Savannah–Ogeechee Canal just before an interchange with I-95 . Here, I-16 begins traveling along

1710-487: The damaged bridge was being demolished. Both directions of I-16 were reopened within 48 hours of the incident. The reconstructed overpass was opened to traffic in late July 2022. Due to high congestion during rush hour in Savannah and many deadly car accidents, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has undertaken a new construction project at the interchange of I-95 and I-16 (exit 157 on I-16), along with other I-16 improvements. The project, dubbed as

1767-562: The east-northeast. It crosses over the Canoochee River and curves to a nearly due east direction. It crosses over Sams Creek before entering Metter . As soon as it enters Metter, it passes the Metter Municipal Airport. Right after the airport is an interchange with SR 23 / SR 121 . On the southeastern edge of Metter, I-16 travels under a bridge that carries SR 129 . It crosses over 15 Mile Creek and then curves to

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1824-402: The east-southeast and enters Bleckley County just before it has an interchange with SR 112 just south of Allentown . It then crosses over Rocky Creek just before entering Laurens County . The Interstate curves back to the southeast and crosses under SR 278 before it travels south of Montrose . It crosses over Bay Branch just before an interchange with SR 26 . It then enters

1881-498: The east-southeast, where it has an interchange with SR 67 , and then curves back to the southeast. It crosses over DeLoach Branch and then curves to the east-southeast. It crosses over Luke Branch and then Boggy Branch before curving to a nearly due east direction. It has an interchange with Ash Branch Church Road. After a crossing of Ash Branch, the highway curves to the east-southeast. It has an interchange with SR 119 just before entering Bryan County . Almost immediately,

1938-465: The east-southeast. It crosses over some railroad tracks of CSX just before an interchange with I-516 / US 17 / US 80 / SR 21 / SR 25 / SR 26 (W.F. Lynes Parkway). Here, US 17 begins a concurrency with I-16. It crosses over the Springfield Canal just before a partial interchange with the former eastern terminus of SR 204 (West 37th Street). This interchange

1995-452: The eastern edge of the creek, it enters Treutlen County . I-16 curves to the east-northeast and crosses over some railroad tracks of CSX before an interchange with SR 29 . It immediately curves back to the east-southeast. It crosses over Red Bluff Creek. Then is an interchange with SR 15 / SR 78 . The highway travels south of Sand Hill Lake before curving to the east-northeast. It crosses over Pendleton Creek and travels under

2052-671: The eastern terminus of I-16. The construction of the I-16 flyover ramps into Savannah in the 1960s led to the removal of Union Station , as well as two full city blocks, which had severe negative impacts on the African American community. A study about possibly removing the ramps was approved and funded by the Savannah City Council in December 2023. The study, which is listed as the I-16 Ramp Removal Study, will be managed by

2109-423: The effect of the construction and new highway ramps. The construction, which was completed in the summer of 2018, included the creation of two new parks and the transformation of Penniman House, the childhood home of the late musician Little Richard , into a community resource center. This project was labeled as Phase 1B. According to GDOT, with the expansion of I-16 at its interchanges with I-75, I-95, and I-516,

2166-476: The estimated increase in gross state product (GSP) would be $ 9.1 million at a cost of $ 1.95 million. In addition, employment would increase annually by 2,426, and the return on investment (ROI) would be 4.7. In Savannah, city and state officials are currently considering removing the Earl T. Shinhoster Bridge, which carries eastbound traffic over Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and onto Montgomery Street at

2223-528: The highway crosses over Black Creek . It then curves to the southeast and has an interchange with US 280 / SR 30 southwest of Blitchton . It crosses over some railroad tracks of Georgia Central Railway and then crosses over the Ogeechee River , which marks the Effingham County line. It has an interchange with Old River Road south of Meldrim and then enters Chatham County . The first city in

2280-463: The national monument, it crosses over Walnut Creek . It then travels on a bridge over some railroad tracks of CSX and Boggy Branch. After leaving Macon, I-16 curves to the south-southeast and has an interchange with US 23/ U.S. Route 129 Alternate (US 129 Alt.)/SR 87 (Ocmulgee East Boulevard). In the interchange, the highway crosses over Swift Creek . It crosses over Stone Creek before entering Twiggs County . I-16 curves back to

2337-596: The next hundred years, however, the Native Americans in the area were devastated from disease and chaos following European contact . Between 1689 and 1692, a number of towns of the Apalachicola Province located on the Chattahoochee River moved to central Georgia, settling in the area of the Ocmulgee River, which the English at the time called Ochese Creek. In 1715, the English recorded ten towns among

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2394-467: The normally eastbound lanes. During hurricane evacuation, I-16 is converted into westbound traffic from Savannah to west of US 441 in Dublin (exit 51), a total of 125 miles (201 km). The first part of I-16 opened October 11, 1966, to traffic between US 319 (exit 51) in Dublin to SR 29 (exit 67) near Rockledge. In 1968, the segment between US 280 to downtown Savannah

2451-432: The north-northeast and reaches its eastern terminus, an interchange with Montgomery Street in downtown Savannah. The construction of this interrupted sections of Berrien Street, West Jones Street , and West Charlton Street. 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

2508-502: The northwest (241 miles downstream from Jackson Lake) to form the Altamaha near Lumber City . The Ocmulgee River Water Trail begins from Macon's Amerson River Park to the confluence near Lumber city and Hazelhurst, encompassing approximately 200 miles. Four power plants in the Ocmulgee basin that use the river's water, including the coal-fired Plant Scherer in Juliette , operated by

2565-601: 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 General Assembly passed a resolution to designate the Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange at the interchange with Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Savannah in honor of Earl Shinhoster , who

2622-486: The same year, the McCall brother established a barge-building operation at Macon. The first steamboat arrived on the river in 1829. During the 19th century, the river provided the principal water navigation route for Macon, allowing the development of the cotton industry in the surrounding region. In 1842 the river was connected by railroad to Savannah . The river froze from bank to bank in 1886. In 1994 devastating floods on

2679-426: The southeast and has an interchange with Sgoda Road. It crosses over Flat Creek and then has an interchange with Jeffersonville and Bullard roads. It curves to the east-southeast and crosses over Savage and Turvin creeks. It then curves back to the southeast. The highway has an interchange with SR 96 . Almost immediately, it crosses over Richland Creek. It then has an interchange with SR 358 . I-16 curves to

2736-406: The southeast. It crosses over Tenmile Creek and has an interchange with Pulaski–Excelsior Road just before entering Bulloch County . The Interstate curves to the east-southeast and has an interchange with US 25 / US 301 / SR 73 and SR 555 ( Savannah River Parkway ). Then, it crosses over Lotts and Little Lotts creeks. It then travels northeast of Nevils. It briefly curves to

2793-454: The southern edge of the city are interchanges with US 319 / US 441 / SR 31 and SR 19 (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive). It then crosses over the Oconee River . It has an interchange with SR 199 (Old River Road) just before a crossing of Pughes Creek. Southeast of that is a crossing of Red Hill Creek. Just south of Rockledge , the highway crosses over Mercer Creek. On

2850-661: The southern edge of the city limits of Pooler. Right after the I-95 interchange, the highway crosses over the Hardin Canal. At an interchange with SR 307 (Dean Forest Road), I-16 begins traveling along the Savannah – Garden City line. It briefly enters the city limits of Savannah before traveling along the Savannah–Garden City line again. It has an interchange with the Chatham Parkway. It then reenters Savannah and curves to

2907-642: The southern part of the Ochese Creek cluster, including Ocmulgee, Hitchiti, and Osuchi. Two Muskogee-speaking towns from the Tallapoosa River in Alabama, Atasi and Kealedji, joined the cluster of towns around Ochese Creek, as did the Hitchiti-speaking town of Chiaha from western North Carolina. The Ochese Creek cluster also included Westo and Yuchi towns. Following the outbreak of the Yamassee War in 1715,

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2964-448: The southwestern part of Dudley . There, it has an interchange with SR 338 . I-16 curves back to the east-southeast and crosses over Little Rocky Creek just before a rest area . Just to the west-northwest of a crossing of Turkey Creek , the westbound lanes have a rest area. These two rest areas are the only ones along the entire length of I-16. On the southwestern edge of Dublin , the highway has an interchange with SR 257 . On

3021-1189: The world record for largemouth bass tied in 2010, following Manabu Kurita's catch (in July 2009) of a 22 pound, 4 ounce largemouth taken from Lake Biwa in Japan . There are some fifteen invasive species of fish which inhabit the river basin. According to a Georgia Department of Natural Resources report, "many of these species are well-established and are detrimental to native fish populations. The fifteen invasives are threadfin shad ( Dorosoma petenense ), goldfish ( Carassius auratus ), grass carp ( Ctenopharyngodon idella ), blacktail shiner ( Cyprinella venusta ); common carp ( Cyprinus carpio ); flathead catfish ( Pylodictis olivaris ); white bass ( Morone chrysops ); morone hybrids ( Morone sp.); green sunfish ( Lepomis cyanellus ); longear sunfish ( Lepomis megalotis ); Lepomis hybrids ( Lepomis sp.); shoal bass ( Micropterus cataractae ); spotted bass ( Micropterus punctulatus ); white crappie ( Pomoxis annularis ); and yellow perch ( Perca flavescens ). Archeological evidence shows that Native Americans first inhabited

3078-583: Was a black civil rights activist. This interchange is located in the economic and cultural center for Black Savannah. In 2003, the Georgia General Assembly passed a resolution 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. Gillis's sons, Hugh and James Jr. , also served as Democratic state legislators. Hugh

3135-480: Was a state 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. On July 15, 2021, a truck, with its dump trailer raised, struck the overpass bridge of SR 86 near exit 78, causing the bridge deck to shift 6 feet (2 m). While no injuries were reported, the resulting damage prompted GDOT to close both directions of I-16 from exit 71 to exit 78 while

3192-533: Was completed and opened. By the early 1970s, I-16 was completed from downtown Macon at I-75 to Jeffersonville Road near Danville . It was also extended from Dublin to Allentown . In 1973, the connection between Macon to Dublin was completed. The last part of the I-16 opened on September 22, 1978, placing it in Emanuel, Candler, and Bulloch counties and completing the connection between downtown Macon and Savannah. In 1999, Hurricane Floyd hit Georgia's coast. As

3249-471: Was set to begin in the second half of 2019 and be completed by the end of 2022. However, construction did not start until 2020, has been delayed multiple times, and is now expected to cost $ 317.4 million. The ramp from I-16 west to I-95 south was opened on March 23, 2023, with the ramp from I-95 south to I-16 east opened on June 2, 2023. Construction is ongoing as of January 29, 2024, with long-term detour routes in place. The interchange of I-75 and I-16

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