Editing Interstate 520 (section)

==Route description==
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|GA
|{{convert|15.62|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|SC
|{{convert|7.72|mi|km|disp=table}}
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|Total
|{{convert|23.34|mi|km|disp=table}}
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The entire length of I-520 is part of the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]], a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense.<ref name="NHS Augusta">{{cite map |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/augusta-richmond_county_ga.pdf |title=National Highway System: Augusta-Richmond County, GA--SC |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=August 10, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="NHS North Augusta">{{cite map |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/south_carolina/augusta-richmond_county_sc.pdf |title=National Highway System: Augusta-Richmond County, GA--SC |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=August 10, 2019 }}</ref><!-- Yes, both references have same title. They just cover the different state's portion of the Augusta area. -->

===Georgia===
I-520 begins at an [[Interchange (road)|interchange]] with [[Interstate 20 in Georgia|I-20]] (Carl Sanders Highway) and the [[Unsigned highway|internal designation]] of [[Georgia State Route 402|SR&nbsp;402]] in the northern part of [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]]. At this interchange, the roadway continues as [[Georgia State Route 232|SR&nbsp;232]], which takes on the Bobby Jones Expressway name. The Interstate travels to the south-southeast. After passing the Augusta Exchange [[Retail park|shopping complex]], east of [[Doctors Hospital (Augusta, Georgia)|Doctors Hospital]], it has an interchange with [[Wheeler Road]] and Marks Church Road. After a slight western jog, I-520 continues to the south-southeast and meets [[Wrightsboro Road]], which leads to [[Augusta Mall]]. About {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} later is an interchange with [[U.S. Route 78 in Georgia|U.S. Route&nbsp;78]] (US&nbsp;78)/[[U.S. Route 278 in Georgia|US&nbsp;278]]/[[Georgia State Route 10|SR&nbsp;10]] ([[Gordon Highway]]). The freeway curves to the southeast, passing by Glenn Hills Middle School and [[Glenn Hills High School]], to an interchange with [[U.S. Route 1 in Georgia|US&nbsp;1]]/[[Georgia State Route 4|SR&nbsp;4]] (Deans Bridge Road) and [[Georgia State Route 540|SR&nbsp;540]] ([[Fall Line Freeway]]). It passes by a campus of [[Augusta Technical College]] and the [[Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School]], before curving to the east-southeast and meeting an interchange with [[Transportation in Augusta, Georgia#Windsor Spring Road|Windsor Spring Road]] also with [[U.S. Route 25 in Georgia|US&nbsp;25]]/[[Georgia State Route 121|SR&nbsp;121]] (Peach Orchard Road) and [[Georgia State Route 555|SR&nbsp;555]]/[[Georgia State Route 565|SR&nbsp;565]] ([[Savannah River Parkway]]). After a curve to the east is an interchange with [[Georgia State Route 56|SR&nbsp;56]] (Mike Padgett Highway), which is east of Southside Elementary School and northeast of East-Central Regional Hospital. I-520 curves to the east-northeast and has an interchange with [[Doug Barnard Parkway]] (former [[Georgia State Route 56 Spur (Augusta)|State Route&nbsp;56 Spur]] (SR&nbsp;56 Spur)). The Interstate gradually curves to the northeast and has an interchange with [[Transportation in Augusta, Georgia#Laney Walker Boulevard|Laney Walker Boulevard]] and [[Georgia State Route 28|SR&nbsp;28]] (Sand Bar Ferry Road). Just over {{convert|1000|ft|m}} later, it crosses the [[Savannah River]] into [[South Carolina]] and the [[city limits]] of [[North Augusta, South Carolina|North Augusta]].

===South Carolina===
I-520 curves to the north-northwest, to an interchange with [[U.S. Route 1 in South Carolina|US&nbsp;1]]/[[U.S. Route 78 in South Carolina|US&nbsp;78]]/[[U.S. Route 278 in South Carolina|US&nbsp;278]] (only signed as "US&nbsp;1"). The highway curves back to the north-northeast and has an interchange with [[South Carolina Highway 126]] (SC&nbsp;126; Clearwater Road). During a slight westward shift is an interchange with [[U.S. Route 25 in South Carolina|US&nbsp;25]]/[[South Carolina Highway 121|SC&nbsp;121]] (Edgefield Road). Just north-northeast of there, I-520 meets its eastern terminus, another interchange with I-20.

[[File:Augsky2.JPG|thumb|left|[[Downtown Augusta, Georgia|Downtown Augusta]] skyline as seen from the US&nbsp;1 exit in North Augusta (exit&nbsp;17)]]

===Named portions===
In Georgia, I-520 is known as Bobby Jones Expressway for [[golfer]] [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones]].<ref>{{cite book |url = http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/b.pdf |title = Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins |publisher = Winship Press |last = Krakow |first = Kenneth K. |year = 1975 |location = Macon, GA |page = 21 |isbn = 0-915430-00-2 }}</ref> In South Carolina, it is known as Palmetto Parkway for the [[sabal palmetto]], the [[state tree]]. Between exits&nbsp;2 and 3, the highway is known as the Deputy James D. Paugh Memorial Highway after a Richmond County sheriff's deputy who was killed at exit&nbsp;3 when responding to reports of a gunman who was shooting at passing cars.<ref name="Namesake">{{cite web |url = http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/display/20112012/HR/1103 |title = 2011-2012 Regular Session - HR 1103: Deputy James D. Paugh Memorial Highway; Richmond County; dedicate |publisher = [[Georgia State Senate]] |location = Atlanta |format = PDF |access-date = April 5, 2014 }}</ref> I-520 loses its state route designation in South Carolina, as that state does not co-number its Interstates with state highway numbers.