Jimmy DeLoach Parkway

The parkway starts after Little Neck Road at the exit 152 roundabout interchange on I-16 in the western part of Bloomingdale where SR 17 Conn. begins. It then intersects US 80 / SR 26 / SR 17 with a diamond interchange where SR 17 Conn. ends and SR 17 joins the highway. The parkway then heads to the northeast, and then curves to the north-northeast. It makes a gradual curve to the east-northeast. Just west of Towler Road, it begins a curve to the northeast and then leaves Bloomingdale and enters the northern part of Pooler. After curving back to the east-northeast, the parkway leaves Pooler just east of an intersection with the southern terminus of Triple B Trail and enters the far northwestern part of Savannah. It curves to the northeast and then to the southeast just before an interchange with exit 106 on Interstate 95 (I-95). The parkway then begins a curve back to the east-northeast just before an intersection with Crossroads Parkway. It travels on a bridge over some railroad tracks of Norfolk Southern Railway and then on another bridge over some railroad tracks of CSX. Just east of an intersection with the northern terminus of Portside Court and the southern terminus of Logistics Way, the parkway curves to the southeast. A short distance later, it curves back to the east-northeast. On the Savannah–Port Wentworth line, it travels on a bridge over some railroad tracks of CSX and SR 21/SR 30. The parkway then enters Port Wentworth proper and has an interchange with SR 21 Alt. (Sonny Dixon Interchange / Jimmy DeLoach Connector). Here, SR 17 and the parkway's mainline ends, and the roadway continues as the connector.{{cite web|url=https://www.aaroads.com/guides/ga-021-alt/|title=Jimmy Deloach Parkway - SR 17 / SR 21 ALT}}

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Between the beginning of 1986 and the beginning of 1990, the roadway that would eventually become part of the parkway was established as Godley Road between US 80/SR 26 in the northern part of Bloomingdale to SR 21/SR 30 in the central part of Port Wentworth.{{cite map |author=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map: Chatham County, Georgia |year=1986 |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |location=Atlanta |via=GDOT Maps }}{{cite map |author=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map: Chatham County, Georgia |year=1990 |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |location=Atlanta |via=GDOT Maps }} By the beginning of 1993, a revamping of this road was proposed from SR 17 in the southwestern part of Bloomingdale to SR 21/SR 30 just north of its eastern terminus.{{cite map |author=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map: Chatham County, Georgia |year=1993 |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |location=Atlanta |via=GDOT Maps }} However, by the beginning of 1997, this plan was canceled.{{cite map |author=Georgia Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map: Chatham County, Georgia |year=1997 |publisher=Georgia Department of Transportation |location=Atlanta |via=GDOT Maps }} In 2017, it was planned to extended Jimmy DeLoach Parkway from its current southern terminus at US 80/SR 17/SR 26, partially along the path of Bloomingdale Road (from SR 17's current southern terminus at I-16 to just south of its intersection with the northern terminus of Pine Barren Road). Construction on the extension began in 2018 and finished in late 2022.

James "Jimmy" DeLoach was a Democrat. He served three terms as Mayor of Garden City from 1973 to 1979. In 1980, he was elected to a four-year term as Chatham County commissioner for District 7.{{cite news |url=https://www.savannahnow.com/news/20180703/former-garden-city-mayor-jimmy-deloach-dies |title=Former Garden City Mayor Jimmy DeLoach dies |first=Eric |last=Curl |work=Savannah Morning News |date=July 3, 2018 |access-date=October 28, 2019 }} He was re-elected in 1984{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} and 1988.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} He did not run for re-election in 1992. His son Eddie, who is a Republican, succeeded him; and went on to become the 66th Mayor of Savannah.{{cite news |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/change-sweeps-into-savannah-toppling-democratic-stronghold/YSt0mh218f4wuJ0tWbQ8CK/ |title=Change sweeps into Savannah, toppling Democratic stronghold |first=Greg |last=Bluestein |date=December 30, 2015 |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=October 28, 2019 }}

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• {{cite news |first=Mary |last=Carr Mayle |date=October 17, 2013 |url=http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2013-10-17/governor-breaks-ground-73-million-port-connector |title=Governor Breaks Ground for $73 Million Port Connector |work=Savannah Morning News |access-date=April 9, 2015 }}
• {{cite web |url=http://wjcl.com/2014/09/02/jimmy-deloach-connector-project-on-schedule/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022011147/http://wjcl.com/2014/09/02/jimmy-deloach-connector-project-on-schedule/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2014 |title=Jimmy Deloach Connector Project on Schedule |publisher=WJCL |access-date=April 9, 2015 }}
• {{cite news |first=Clark |last=Byron |date=June 17, 2012 |url=http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2012-06-17/exit-307-jimmy-deloach-parkway |title=Exit 307 Jimmy Deloach Parkway |work=Savannah Morning News |access-date=April 9, 2015 }}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qfk0AQAAMAAJ |title=Cypress Pipeline Project and Phase VII Expansion Project: Environmental Impact Statement |author=United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |year=2006 |publisher=United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |via=Google Books }}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.wsav.com/story/24527309/new-interchange-proposed-for-jimmy-deloach-parkway |title=New interchange proposed for Jimmy DeLoach Parkway |first=Liz |last=Buckthorpe |date=January 23, 2014 |publisher=WSAV-TV |access-date=April 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415030006/http://www.wsav.com/story/24527309/new-interchange-proposed-for-jimmy-deloach-parkway |archive-date=April 15, 2015 }}

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