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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4926 

To require a study and report regarding the construction and designation 

of a new interstate from Savannah, Georgia to Knoxville, Tennessee. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2004 

Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP

of Georgia, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 

BONNER, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, and Ms. 

MAJETTE) 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 from Savannah, 

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 2004’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDING. 

7 Congress finds the following: 
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1 (1) Consistent with the original purposes of the 

2 Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Inter3 state and Defense Highways there is a need for a di4 rect interstate highway link between Fort Gordon, 

5 Eisenhower Army Regional Medical Center, the Au6 gusta Veterans Administration Hospitals, Fort 

7 Stewart, Hunter Army Airfield, and the Port of Sa8 vannah which is in the strategic defense interest of 

9 the Nation. 

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

11 the Great Smoky Mountains region of Tennessee are 

12 underserved by north-south interstate highways, and 

13 would benefit economically and through increased 

14 public safety by establishment of an interstate high15 way extending from Savannah, Georgia, to Knox16 ville, Tennessee, following a route generally defined 

17 through Sylvania, Waynesboro, Augusta, Lincolnton, 

18 Elberton, Hartwell, Toccoa, and Young Harris, 

19 Georgia; and Maryville, Tennessee. 

20 (3) The United States Army 3rd Infantry Divi21 sion of Fort Stewart, Georgia provided the ‘‘Tip of 

22 the Spear’’ in the War on Terror in Iraq. This Divi23 sion sacrificed their blood and lives so that their fel24 low Americans can live in peace and freedom. These 

25 soldiers conquered Najaf, seized Saddam Inter-
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1 national Airport and Saddam Hussein’s palaces, and 

2 led the fighting on the day of Baghdad’s historic lib3 eration. 

4 (4) A new interstate highway designated 

5 ‘‘United States Interstate Route 3’’ should be con6 structed on the route described in this section be7 tween Savannah, Georgia and Knoxville, Tennessee. 

8 (5) This interstate highway should be named 

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

10 the professionalism, heroism, and sacrifice of the 

11 men and women of the United States Army 3rd In12 fantry Division in defending their Nation’s freedom. 

13 SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT. 

14 Not later than December 31, 2004, the Secretary of 

15 Transportation shall study and report to the appropriate 

16 committees of Congress regarding the steps and estimated 

17 funding necessary to designate and construct a new inter18 state (Interstate Route I–3) for the 3rd Infantry Division 

19 6 Highway, from Savannah, Georgia to Knoxville, Ten20 nessee 7 (formerly the Savannah River Parkway). 

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