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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 301 

To require a study and report regarding the construction and designation 

of a new interstate highway from Savanah, Georgia, to Knoxville, Tennessee. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2005 

Mr. NORWOOD (for himself and Mr. KINGSTON) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To require a study and report regarding the construction 

and designation of a new interstate highway from 

Savanah, Georgia, to Knoxville, Tennessee. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Interstate 3/3rd Infan5 try Division Highway Initiation Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDING. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Consistent with the original purposes of the 

9 Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Inter10 state and Defense Highways there is a need for a di-
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1 rect interstate highway link between Fort Gordon, 

2 Eisenhower Army Regional Medical Center, the Au3 gusta Veterans Administration Hospitals, Fort 

4 Stewart, Hunter Army Airfield, and the Port of Sa5 vannah which is in the strategic defense interest of 

6 the Nation. 

7 (2) East Georgia, Western North Carolina, and 

8 the Great Smoky Mountains region of Tennessee are 

9 underserved by north-south interstate highways, and 

10 would benefit economically and through increased 

11 public safety by establishment of an interstate high12 way extending from Savannah, Georgia, to Knox13 ville, Tennessee, following a route generally defined 

14 through Sylvania, Waynesboro, Augusta, Lincolnton, 

15 Elberton, Hartwell, Toccoa, and Young Harris, 

16 Georgia; and Maryville, Tennessee. 

17 (3) The United States Army 3rd Infantry Divi18 sion of Fort Stewart, Georgia provided the ‘‘Tip of 

19 the Spear’’ in the War on Terror in Iraq. This Divi20 sion sacrificed their blood and lives so that their fel21 low Americans can live in peace and freedom. These 

22 soldiers conquered Najaf, seized Saddam Inter23 national Airport and Saddam Hussein’s palaces, and 

24 led the fighting on the day of Baghdad’s historic lib25 eration. 
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1 (4) A new interstate highway designated 

2 ‘‘United States Interstate Route 3’’ should be con3 structed on the route described in this section be4 tween Savannah, Georgia and Knoxville, Tennessee. 

5 (5) This interstate highway should be named 

6 the ‘‘3rd Infantry Division Highway’’, in honor of 

7 the professionalism, heroism, and sacrifice of the 

8 men and women of the United States Army 3rd In9 fantry Division in defending their Nation’s freedom. 

10 SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT. 

11 Not later than December 31, 2005, the Secretary of 

12 Transportation shall study and report to the appropriate 

13 committees of Congress regarding the steps and estimated 

14 funding necessary to designate and construct a new inter15 state highway (Interstate Route I–3) for the 3rd Infantry 

16 Division 6 Highway, from Savannah, Georgia to Knoxville, 

17 Tennessee 7 (formerly the Savannah River Parkway). 

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