{{short description|Highway in Tennessee}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox road |state=TN |type=Sec |route=317 |alternate_name= |maint=[[Tennessee Department of Transportation|TDOT]] |map= |length_mi=21.3 |length_round= |length_ref= |established=July 1, 1983<ref name="TRB">{{cite magazine |date = September 2014 |title = The Road To 100 Years |url = https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/documents/100years/TRBA-TDOT-TURNS100.pdf |magazine = Tennessee Road Builder |volume = 17 |issue = 5 |page = 22 |access-date = April 6, 2019 }}</ref> |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{Jct|state=TN|Sec|17}} in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] |junction= *{{Jct|state=TN|SR|153}} in Chattanooga *{{Jct|state=TN|US|11|US|64}} in [[Tyner, Tennessee|Tyner]] *{{Jct|state=TN|I|75|US|74}} near [[Collegedale, Tennessee|Colledgedale]] |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{Jct|state=TN|TN|60}} near [[Red Clay State Park]] |counties=[[Hamilton County, Tennessee|Hamilton]], [[Bradley County, Tennessee|Bradley]] |previous_type=Sec |previous_route=316 |next_type=Sec |next_route=318 }}
'''State Route 317''' ('''SR 317''') a state highway extending from [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], through [[Ooltewah, Tennessee|Ooltewah]], [[Collegedale, Tennessee|Collegedale]], [[Apison, Tennessee|Apison]], and ending in [[Bradley County, Tennessee|Bradley County]]. SR 317 is also known as Bonny Oaks Drive, Volkswagen Drive, Apison Pike, Wesleyan Road, and Weatherley Switch Road SE; it was formerly known as [[Lee Highway|Old Lee Highway]]. It dead ends into [[Tennessee State Route 60|SR 60]] in Bradley County. In Chattanooga, this road crosses [[Tennessee State Route 58|SR 58]].<ref name=Google>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/TN-317,+Tennessee/@35.054226,-85.0543302,13z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88607c61f1b98fc9:0xd417d62283405472?gl=us |title = TN-317 }}</ref>
==History== The section between SR 17 and US 11/64 was originally numbered as SR 2A around 1934. This route was renumbered to SR 317 during the [[1983 Tennessee state highway renumbering]].<ref name="TRB"/>
In between Chattanooga and Collegedale SR 317 formerly went along Old Lee Highway to Apison Pike. It has been since rerouted with the completion of the Volkswagen Drive exit on I-75. It now joins I-75 at exit 7 and [[concurrency (road)|runs concurrently]] with I-75 to exit 9, where SR 317 turns along Volkswagen Drive to Apison Pike.
The [[Tennessee Department of Transportation]] (TDOT) is working to widen and improve the {{convert|6.2|mi|km|adj=on}} Apison Pike section of SR 317, located between I-75 and SR 320 (East Brainerd Road) in four separate phases.<ref name=tdot>{{cite web |url = https://www.tn.gov/tdot/projects/region-2/apison-pike.html |title = State Route 317 (Apison Pike) |author = <!--Not stated--> |publisher = Tennessee Department of Transportation |access-date = August 20, 2020 }}</ref> Phase 1 consisted of constructing a new five-lane (including two-way left turn lane) road between I-75 and Old Lee Highway, part of the relocated section of SR 317. Phase 2, which took place between January 2015 and September 13, 2017, widened the segment between Old Lee Highway and SR 321 (Ooltewah-Ringgold Road) from two to five lanes at a cost of $24.2 million.<ref>{{cite press release |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title = TDOT Holds Ribbon Cutting on SR-317 (Apison Pike) Project in Collegedale |url = https://preprod.tn.gov/tdot/news/2017/9/13/tdot-holds-ribbon-cutting-on-sr-317-apison-pike-project-in-collegedale.html |publisher = Tennessee Department of Transportation |date = September 13, 2017 |access-date = August 20, 2020 }}</ref> Phase 3, which began on March 13, 2020, was the most complex and expensive phase. It was initially bid at a cost of $93.1 million, but ballooned to $98 million. It involved widening the route from two to five lanes between SR 321 and Layton Lane, including an entirely new alignment in some places.<ref>{{cite news |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title = Tennessee Breaks Ground on $93M Highway Project |url = https://aashtojournal.org/2020/03/20/tennessee-breaks-ground-on-93m-highway-project/ |work = AASHTO Journal |date = March 20, 2020 |access-date = August 20, 2020 }}</ref> The new alignment opened on June 25, 2025,<ref>{{cite news |title=Apison Pike bridge opens, expanding Chattanooga's connection to nearby suburbs |url=https://newschannel9.com/news/local/apison-pike-bridge-opens-expanding-chattanoogas-connection-to-nearby-suburbs |access-date=May 31, 2026 |work=WTVC |date=June 25, 2025 |location=Chattanooga}}</ref> and a dedication ceremony for substantial completion of the project was held on July 15, 2025. Final work was completed over the next few months.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Benton |first1=Ben |title=State road projects in Collegedale and Cleveland officially opened; Orange barrels remain where last details wrapping up |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/jul/15/state-road-projects-in-apison-cleveland/ |url-access=limited |access-date=November 30, 2025 |work=Chattanooga Times Free Press |date=July 15, 2025}}</ref> Phase 4, the final phase, will widen SR 317 between Layton Lane and SR 320.<ref name=tdot/>
==Junction list== {{mileposts}} {{jcttop|length_ref=}} {{TNint |county=Hamilton |cspan=6 |location=Chattanooga |lspan=2 |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=TN|Sec|17|to2=TO|TN|58|TN|153|name1=Bonny Oaks Drive|city1=Chattanooga|city2=Harrison}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{TNint |mile= |road={{jct|state=TN|TN|153|city1=Soddy Daisy|city2=Lakesite|city3=Chattanooga}} |notes=SR 153 exit 4 }} {{TNint |location=Tyner |lspan=2 |mile= |type=concur |road={{jct|state=TN|US|11|dir1=south|US|64|dir2=west|name2=[[Lee Highway]]/[[Tennessee State Route 2|SR 2]] west|city1=Chattanooga}} |notes=Western end of US 11/US 64/SR 2 concurrency }} {{TNint |mile= |type=concur |road={{jct|state=TN|I|75|US|74|dir1=south|dir2=west|city1=Chattanooga|location2=[[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]}} |notes=Western end of I-75/US 74 concurrency; I-75/US 74 exit 7 }} {{TNint |location=Ooltewah |mile= |type=concur |road={{jct|state=TN|I|75|dir1=north|US|11|dir2=north|US|64|dir3=east|US|74|dir4=east|name4=[[Tennessee State Route 2|SR 2]] east|city1=Cleveland|city2=Knoxville}} |notes=Eastern end of I-75/US 11/US 64/US 74/SR 2 concurrency; I-75/US 11/US 64/SR 2 exit 9 }} {{TNint |location=Collegedale |mile= |road={{jct|state=TN|Sec|321|name1=Ooltewah Ringgold Road|location1=[[Ringgold, Georgia|Ringgold]]|city2=Ooltewah}} |notes= }} {{TNint |county=Bradley |cspan=2 |location=none |mile= |road=Red Clay Park Road Southwest – [[Red Clay State Park]] |notes= }} {{TNint |location=none |mile=21.3 |road={{jct|state=TN|TN|60|name1=Dalton Pike|city1=Cleveland|location2=[[Dalton, Georgia|Dalton]]}} |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:State highways in Tennessee|317]]