 state route 316 (also known as sr&nbsp;316, university parkway, georgia 316 or 316) is a state highway in the north-central part of the u.s. state of georgia. it links the atlanta metropolitan area with athens, georgia, home of the university of georgia. the state route is  in length. the first  of the state highway is a freeway, but the rest of the route is at-grade with traffic signals. despite sr&nbsp;316 being concurrent with us&nbsp;29 for most of its route, the road is nearly always referred to by its state route designation, while us&nbsp;29 is usually associated with its original route. ga 316 could possibly be extended as a freeway from its buford drive/collins hill exit to athens on its current route, hitting roads like winder hwy (u.s. route 29, ga 8), sugarloaf parkway (current intersection), sr 81/ loganville hwy, sr 53/ hog mountain road, and us 78/ ga 10 (current intersection) to the perimeter. this almost happened as a toll road in 2004, but was denied. "http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/507"  ==route description== ===gwinnett county=== sr&nbsp;316 begins at an interchange with interstate 85 (i-85) exit 106, west of lawrenceville. the route heads east, and then northeast, to an intersection with [[georgia state route 120|sr&nbsp;1
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