Tennessee State Route 317

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Secondary Tennessee 317.svg

State Route 317

Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length21.3 mi (34.3 km)
ExistedJuly 1, 1983 [1] –present
Major junctions
West endSecondary Tennessee 17.svg SR 17 in Chattanooga
Major intersections
East endTennessee 60.svg SR 60 near Red Clay State Park
Location
Country United States
State Tennessee
Counties Hamilton, Bradley
Highway system
Secondary Tennessee 316.svg SR 316 Secondary Tennessee 318.svg SR 318

State Route 317 (SR 317) a state highway extending from Chattanooga, Tennessee, through Ooltewah, Collegedale, Apison, and ending in Bradley County. State Route 317 is also known as Bonny Oaks Drive, Volkswagen Drive, Apison Pike, Wesleyan Road, and Weatherley Switch Road SE; It was formerly known as Old Lee Highway. It dead ends into State Route 60 in Bradley County. In Chattanooga, this road crosses State Route 58. [2]

Contents

History

In between Chattanooga and Collegedale SR 317 formerly went along Old Lee Highway to Apison Pike. It has been since rerouted with the completion of the Volkswagen Drive exit on I-75. It now joins I-75 at exits 7 A and B and runs concurrently with I-75 to exit 9, where SR 317 turns along Volkswagen Drive to Apison Pike.

TDOT is working to widen and improve the 6.2 miles (10.0 km) Apison Pike section of SR 317, located between I-75 and SR 320 (East Brainerd Road) in four separate phases. [3] Phase 1 consisted of constructing a new five-lane (including two-way left turn lane) road between I-75 and Old Lee Highway, part of the relocated section of SR 317. Phase 2, which took place between January 2015 and September 13, 2017, widened the segment between Old Lee Highway and SR 321 (Ooltewah-Ringgold Road) from two to five lanes at a cost of $24.2 million. [4] Phase 3, which began on March 13, 2020 and is expected to be completed by June 2025, is the most complex and expensive phase, at a cost of $93.1 million. It involves widening the route from two to five lanes between SR 321 and Layton Lane, and will consist of an entirely new alignment in some places. [5] Phase 4, the final phase, will widen SR 317 between Layton Lane and SR 320. [3]

Places of interest along route

Counties traversed (west to east)

Junction list

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Hamilton Chattanooga 0.00.0Secondary Tennessee 17.svgTo plate.svg
Tennessee 58.svg
To plate.svg
Tennessee 153.svg
SR 17 (Bonny Oaks Drive) to SR 58  / SR 153  Chattanooga, Harrison
Western terminus
Tennessee 153.svg SR 153  Soddy Daisy, Lakesite, Chattanooga SR 153 exits 4A (East) and 4B (West); Interchange
Tyner South plate.svg
US 11.svg
West plate.svg
US 64.svg
US 11 south / US 64 west (Lee Highway/SR 2 west) Chattanooga
Western end of US 11/US 64/SR 2 concurrency
South plate blue.svg
I-75.svg
West plate.svg
US 74.svg
I-75 south / US 74 west Chattanooga, Atlanta
Western end of I-75/US 74 concurrency; I-75/US 74 exit 7 A/B; Interchange
Ooltewah North plate blue.svg
I-75.svg
North plate.svg
US 11.svg
East plate.svg
US 64.svg
East plate.svg
US 74.svg
I-75 north / US 11 north / US 64 east / US 74 east (SR 2 east) Cleveland, Knoxville
Eastern end of I-75/US 11/US 64/US 74/SR 2 concurrency; I-75/US 11/US 64/SR 2 exit 9
Collegedale Secondary Tennessee 321.svg SR 321 (Ooltewah Ringgold Road) Ringgold, Ooltewah
Bradley Red Clay Park Road Southwest – Red Clay State Park
21.334.3Tennessee 60.svg SR 60 (Dalton Pike) Cleveland, Dalton Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. "The Road To 100 Years" (PDF). Tennessee Road Builder. Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  2. "TN-317 · Tennessee".
  3. 1 2 "State Route 317 (Apison Pike)". tn.gov. Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  4. "TDOT Holds Ribbon Cutting on SR-317 (Apison Pike) Project in Collegedale" (Press release). Chattanooga, Tennessee: Tennessee Department of Transportation. September 13, 2017. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  5. "Tennessee Breaks Ground on $93M Highway Project". AASHTO Journal. March 20, 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-20.