Georgia State Route 316
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| State Route 316 |
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| University Parkway | |||||||||
| Length: | 39.08 mi (62.89 km) | ||||||||
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| West end: |  Interstate 85 in Gwinnett County |
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| Major junctions: |
 SR 120 in Lawrenceville  SR 20/SR 124 in Lawrenceville US 29 in Lawrenceville SR 81 in Winder SR 11 in Winder SR 53 in Winder SR 211 in Statham US 78 in Bogart |
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| East end: |  S.R. 10 Loop near Athens |
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State Route 316 (also known as University Parkway, Georgia 316 or 316) links metro Atlanta with Athens, Georgia, home of the University of Georgia. The state route is 39.08 miles in length. Georgia 316 begins at I-85 exit 106, near Lawrenceville, passing through Bethlehem, Georgia and Statham, Georgia and ending at SR 10 Loop near Athens. Sections of Georgia 316 overlap sections of US 29, US 78, and SR 8. The first five miles of the state highway is a freeway, but the rest of the route is at-grade with traffic signals.
Despite the fact that SR 316 is cosigned with US 29 for most of its route, the road is nearly always referred to by its state route designation, while US 29 is usually associated with its original route.
The first portion of the highway was completed as a freeway into Lawrenceville in 1960, after the Gwinnett County city was bypassed by Interstate 85. With the subsequent expansion of Atlanta into its eastern suburbs, travel between the capital city and Athens became increasingly difficult as Highways 78 and 29 were both routed through multiple business districts. Over the next several decades, the state completed SR 316 in sections, weaving through the original route of US 29 in order to bypass all communities and business districts, including the congested Atlanta Highway in Athens.
Currently, the Georgia Department of Transportation is upgrading the I-85 and SR 316 interchange. HOV lanes will be added from Pleasant Hill Road on I-85 to Buford Drive (SR 20).
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[edit] University Parkway (Georgia 316) Interchanges and Major Intersections
| County | Location | Mile | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Gwinnett |   Interstate 85 - Atlanta, Greenville |
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| Boggs Road - Duluth, Lawrenceville | |||||
| Sugarloaf Parkway - Discover Mills, Sugarloaf Country Club | |||||
| Riverside Parkway | |||||
| West Pike Street/Duluth Highway - SR 120, Gwinnett Medical Center | |||||
| Walther Road/Walther Boulevard |
- At-grade Section (Not all intersections have traffic lights)
- University Center Lane (Westbound only)
- Collins Hill Road
- Buford Drive (SR 20/124)
- Hosea Road (Eastbound only)
- Reynolds Road (Westbound only)
- Hi-Hope Road/Gwinnett County Airport at Briscoe Field
- Progress Center Avenue
- Cedars Road
- Hurricane Trail
- Fence Road
- Winder Highway (US 29 South/SR 8/US 29 Bus North)--Photo enforced
- Harbins Road
[edit] Barrow County
- Kilcrease Road
- Patrick Mill Road
- Carl-Bethlehem Road
- Loganville Highway (SR 81)
- Winder-Monroe Highway (SR 11)
- Hog Mountain Road (SR 53)
- Bethlehem Road (SR 211)
[edit] Oconee County
- Moina Michael Highway (US 78/78 Bus)
- Jimmy Daniel Road
- Oconee Connector
- Paul Broun Parkway (SR 10 Loop)/University of Georgia (Eastern Terminus)
[edit] See also
| v · d · eMajor Roads in Metro Atlanta | |||||
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Interstate 75 | Northwest Expressway | Southeast Expressway | |
Downtown Connector |  |
Interstate 20 | R.D. Abernathy Freeway | West Expressway | East Expressway |
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Interstate 85 | Northeast Expressway | Southwest Expressway |  |
The Perimeter |  |
Stone Mountain Freeway |
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Interstate 575 |   |
Georgia 400 |  |
University Parkway |
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Interstate 675 |  |
Freedom Parkway |  |
Buford Highway | Old 85 |
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Lanier Parkway |   |
Langford Parkway | Ronald Reagan Parkway | |
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South Fulton Parkway |  |
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard | ||
| Major Throughfares | |||||
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Peachtree Street | Peachtree Road | Peachtree Industrial Boulevard | Roswell Road |   |
Ponce de Leon Avenue | North Avenue | D.L. Hollowell Parkway |  |
Cobb Parkway | Northside Drive | Metropolitan Parkway | Tara Boulevard |
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Memorial Drive |  |
Piedmont Avenue | Piedmont Road | West Paces Ferry Road | |
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Buford Highway | |
Lawrenceville Highway | ||
| Unbuilt expressways | |||||
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Interstate 485 |  |
Outer Perimeter | Northern Arc |  |
Interstate 420 |
