Editing Interstate 516 (section)

{{short description|Auxiliary Interstate Highway in Chatham County, Georgia, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox road
|state=GA
|type=I
|route=516
|alternate_name=W.F. Lynes Parkway
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|frame-lat=32.065|frame-long=-81.130|zoom=12|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Interstate 516}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=I-516 highlighted in red
|length_mi=6.49
|length_round=2
|length_ref=<ref name="FHWA Route Log">{{cite web |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/?redirect |title=Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002 |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |access-date=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>
|established=1985<ref name="GDOT 1984-1985"/><ref name="GDOT 1986-1987"/>
|decommissioned=
|history=
|restrictions=
|spur_type=I
|spur_of=16
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=GA|SR|21}} in [[Garden City, Georgia|Garden City]]
|junction={{Plainlist|
* {{jct|state=GA|US|80|SR|25|SR-Conn|25|dab3=Savannah|SR|26}} in [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]]
* {{jct|state=GA|I|16|US|17}} in Savannah
* {{jct|state=GA|US|17|US|80|SR|25|SR|26}} in Savannah
* [[Veterans Parkway (Savannah, Georgia)|Veterans Parkway]] in Savannah}}
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=GA|SR|21|road|Montgomery Street}} in Savannah
|counties=[[Chatham County, Georgia|Chatham]]
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=515
|next_type=I
|next_route=520
|browse={{ga browse|previous_type=I|previous_route=420|route=[[Image:Georgia 421.svg|25px]]|next_type=SR|next_route=422}}
}}

'''Interstate&nbsp;516''' ('''I-516''', also known as the '''W.F. Lynes Parkway''') is a {{convert|6.49|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[auxiliary Interstate Highway]] mostly in the coastal city of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. It is the only auxiliary route of [[Interstate 16|I-16]]. For its entire length, I-516 is [[concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with [[Georgia State Route 21|State Route&nbsp;21]] (SR&nbsp;21), which I-516 superseded in 1985. It was formerly also signed as [[Georgia State Route 26 Loop (Savannah)|State Route&nbsp;26 Loop]] (SR&nbsp;26 Loop).<ref name="GDOT 1966"/><ref name="GDOT 1967"/> The highway also carries [[unsigned highway|unsigned]] '''State Route&nbsp;421''' ('''SR&nbsp;421''') to ensure that all Interstates in Georgia had 400-series reference numbers.<ref name="GDOT 2001-2002"/><ref name="GDOT 2002-2003"/><!--This is the first map that displayed the SR&nbsp;421 designation-->