Before 1985 516 used to be known as loop 26 Savannah is my home but I was born in Nashville,Tn and lived there til I was 9 on sharondale drive.i remember all of the construction of 440 practically in my backyard going on before we moved in 1973.

I Can Never Stop Watching This Video!!

I've traveled I-16 many times going to Savannah. Enjoyed the tidbits of interstate history.

I live here! I-16 and I-516 need to be repaved and widened..The congestion is usually bad on a typical workday. Thanks for the film!

Great video! Savannah is definitely a gem of Georgia. Hooray, you survived Devil's Highway (I-16)! Well if anyone wants a taste of Louisiana highways, just go on I-16 or I-516.

I've been waiting on this one! I appreciate the videos! Love to watch you drive!

Nice vid, Jim. Glad to see that the weather cleared up for you. Thanks for posting.

Visited with my Mom in 2013(we drove from Chicago) and my wife and I will be celebrating our one year wedding anniversary there in November!

Thank you so much, I learned many things I missed on my own trip in 2016.

Thanks for the ride. Love that Talmadge Bridge!! My dad said that he listened to R.E.M. a lot in High School (maybe college, too), when I asked him what music he listened to the most when he was my age. However, to my surprise, he doesn't own any R.E.M. CD's (if he does, he never listens to them or told me about them), so basically I hadn't heard much of their music before. I'm sure I've heard a song or two in the past, but this is the first time I've been vividly introduced to R.E.M., so thank you Jim. It is good music for sure.

My hometown! Great video!

I miss the days as a kid having road trips from ATL to SAV. The state of GA changed the exit numbers somewhere in early 2000 because I remember the I-516 was Exit 34 and the Talmadge Bridge was Exit 36 And its true about how mundane I-16 looks between Macon and Savannah.

I live an hour from Savannah and enjoyed this one, I've been a subscriber for several years and it's neat to see your great work practically in my backyard.

Loved the soundtrack! Very enjoyable ride Jim.

Excellent looking video and great rides around Savannah and roads. The music was great too in REM. Athens has some great bands, WSP. Thanx for posting this.

Everyone needs a little R.E.M. in their lives, loved the ride! The Talmadge Bridge looked neat too, but we all know what's in store for next week!!

Finally checked it out- very cool bridge! I always did like tall bridges, highway bridges- seeing the various different types there- and thanks for giving me an idea of what Savannah, GA looks like from the freeways- looking forward to seeing the city as I know you will do it justice as you have over the years with many cities around the US!

good video, riding through the country side is always a pleasant ride..

Driving through there right now! Thought this would be kind of cool

Your videos are great. Normally, in these type of videos I have to fastforward it, but in your case not. You manage to keep it interesting. Subscribed!

i m watchin your clips from izmir turkey ,thank you and take care jim

1:07 | 10:44 they are upgrading this interchange and widening interstate 16 (deadline 2022)

So true about I-16. Mostly rural and very boring. Not very scenic. However, you forget all that when it ends in Savannah. I love Savannah. And can't wait to visit it again soon.

I agree. I live in Dublin ( I-16, exits 58 thru 49 ). As many times as I've been to Savannah, their roads are just as rough as Macon. And the scent you pick up the minute you get to Savannah.

I'm probably taking a trip down to Saint Simons Island next weekend, and the trip options are a U.S. highway or I-16 to I-95. I might honestly take the first option to avoid the endless purgatory that is I-16.

Thanks for another great ride, Jim. Loved the R.E.M. soundtrack. And, congratulations on clinching I-516. Not the same as clinching, say I-10, or even I-16 but, congratulations anyway.

Nice job Jim and for the contra flow direction gates on I-16 they can also be found on I-64 in Williamsburg-Norfolk,VA area since both Savannah,GA and Norfolk,VA on US-17 corridor can be hit by strong storms

I remember driving over the Talmadge Memorial bridge when we went from savannah to Hilton head island back in 2010.

Thank you for posting your videos! I enjoy going on mini trips and this is a good way for me to do so. My son told me about your clips. He loves roads and going for rides. Take care.

beautiful scenery

I love Savannah!

I'm in Orlando right now and so far love the roads in southern US!

awesome video

+Freewayjim Well I love the music and the video and also you're in your home state and then back out. Have a blessed day Freewayjim

Very nice drive through. I-516 just makes no sense than "Savannah just wants another interstate." But good chilled-back selection of R.E.M. I keep forgetting that there's so many layers to their music.

I was hoping you would have filmed the Truman Parkway aka East Savannah Bypass, maybe next time?? I LOVE the music of R.E.M. though!

2:29 that forest on your left is now all cut down

Watching these videos and your live streams, I-95 is starting to look like an old, familiar friend (and I haven't driven it since the late '80s!). I guess I *will* be using an REM tune later, too. The "Glenwood incident" took day #3 and all of Northern Colorado away from us... "Can't get there from here". REALLY looking forward to Charleston!!!

This lamb took a break from the midnight shift at Dunkin Donuts in wonderful Wellsboro PA, and grazing on boring grass to watch this video. This lamb was not disappointed, and would love to graze on the wonderful vegetation that Savanah offers.

This is when trees existed on the sides of 516

man i miss savannah

Still remember that same song from your previous Savannah video from 2008!

This Nor Cal kid (OK 61) loves his REM.

WENT FROM SAVANNAH TO MACON...TO ATL BACK TO SC...LETS YOU KNOW HOW EXTENSIVE GA IS

As a graduate of UGA, I dig the REM soundtrack. I like how I-16 ties in to the Talmadge Mem. Bridge, but that's about the only interesting thing about that road. The new bridge from SC to the main span looks great too. Maybe things will improve in Macon along I-16 in coming years... I just realized that I-516 is the only interstate I haven't drove in its entirety, I'm missing the mile or two north of I-16. Oh well.

Can you please give a complete tour on the south Cobb drive area(Ga Hwy 280)

good drive

I live In Bryan County and I agree it’s pretty boring the only good thing about it is having the Pooler Georgia Exit the rest is basically Trees cell towers and exits that have no gas stations or restaurants except Pembroke if you get off at 280 Statesboro if you get of at SR 67 or US 301 Metter and some other exits

I can't remember if you've done a trip to Athens, but if not REM and the B52s would be a great soundtrack to play.

I would not be nervous crossing that bridge and I seen where IH 16 and IH 516 ends

Me and my dad drove all of the 16 a few weeks back it was so boring... 150 miles of trees and asphalt.

I-16 is a pretty boring ride. Once you get a few miles past I-95, and a couple of miles past freeway ends, isnt the Savannah bus station on the right basicly in downtown Savannah? I remember taking a Greyhound to Jacksonville from Atlanta and had to transfer at the Savannah station to finish the route to Jacksonville down 95. I remember seeing a big bridge closeby, now I look at the map I see it was US 17 right on the SC border. For some reason I always thought it was the bridge that went to Tybee. They don't play around on those Greyhound buses. I remember we made a pit stop in Macon at the Macon Greyhound bus station (at the beginning of I-16 I believe), and there were 4 Bibb county police cars waiting. They had drug dogs come in and sniff around all over the bus and arrested some guy for having some pot in a mason jar. 3 deputies dragged him off the bus, I was like damn dude.

One of my favorite cities. Thanks for the great footage of the Talmadge Bridge in both directions and for all the END signs. I hope you will come back to Savannah and take in the Veterans Parkway, US 80 east to its end in Tybee Island (bring change for parking!), and the President's Way. Can't wait until Charleston! I-26 is a far cry from I-16.

Freewayjim+ I drive on 195 almost everyday

Did anyone notice that very non-MUTCD sign advertising Georgia peaches at 1:33? Also with the amount of coin the Georgia Department of Transportation is dropping in the Atlanta metro area, you think they can spare some change to get some new I-516 shields for those gantry signs. Perhaps it's time somebody from the Guerilla Sign Company paid them a visit.

At 5:50 what do you mean by saying you "get a kick out of seeing END highway signs"?

Is it possible to also show the speed limit in km per hour??? I'm from Holland and that might be easier for me and other European subscribers!! Great vid btw!

Freewayjim+ the should widen I 16 to 6 or 8 lanes

Ah man; this brings back VERY (increasingly) vague memories of my family's summer trip from Virginia Beach to about here back almost 15 years ago... Hopefully the way to Tybee Island's beaches is more exciting than I remembered it (two lane roads as an 8 y/o aspy roadgeek... BORING!!!)

Okay

Like the Bridge Scene and the Bonus Scene and was that music dedicated to the late John Lennon?

What camera are you using to film these?

Evidently I-516 is supposed to connect to the Jimmy DeLoach Parkway.

New Tundra Jim?

Can you do Interstate 59

I wont be getting idea's from this video to put in city skylines. I-16 looks like It's in the middle of nowhere super close to a huge port city.

For me, personally, I-80 between Cheyenne and Omaha; now THAT'S boring. 7+ hrs of nothingness. Drove it too many times on leave and such when I was in the USAF.

Do you do face cam or talking in vids

Have you ever driven Route 66?

I-10 in the Florida panhandle is the most boring interstate to drive on lol

Wow and thought this video was too good I like it. 😃😀😃😀😄😁😆. But Savannah is a small city

What a coincidence! I just was in Savannah this past weekend. And yes I-16 is boring and dangerous. That's where the worst car wrecks in the state takes place.

Won’t get me across it

I'd rank both I-16 and I-30 in that list, but it has to be I-30 when going through Arkansas...I hate that drive.

Texa

Way too many trees. cut about 3 for every 4 i see

Add I-22 in Alabama to that boring list.

Oh and yes I-16 easily one of the most boring roads between Macon and Savannah it's dead

That was a boring ride

You may not be happy to hear this, but Savannah is the second-worst place in Georgia.