# Tennessee State Route 317

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Highway in Tennessee

State Route 317 Route information Maintained by TDOT Length 21.3 mi (34.3 km) Existed July 1, 1983[1]–present Major junctions West end SR 17 in Chattanooga Major intersections SR 153 in Chattanooga US 11 / US 64 in Tyner I-75 / US 74 near Colledgedale East end SR 60 near Red Clay State Park Location Country United States State Tennessee Counties Hamilton, Bradley Highway system Tennessee State Routes Interstate US State ← SR 316 → SR 318

**State Route 317** (**SR 317**) a state highway extending from [Chattanooga, Tennessee](/source/Chattanooga%2C_Tennessee), through [Ooltewah](/source/Ooltewah%2C_Tennessee), [Collegedale](/source/Collegedale%2C_Tennessee), [Apison](/source/Apison%2C_Tennessee), and ending in [Bradley County](/source/Bradley_County%2C_Tennessee). 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 [Old Lee Highway](/source/Lee_Highway). It dead ends into [SR 60](/source/Tennessee_State_Route_60) in Bradley County. In Chattanooga, this road crosses [SR 58](/source/Tennessee_State_Route_58).[2]

## 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](/source/1983_Tennessee_state_highway_renumbering).[1]

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 [runs concurrently](/source/Concurrency_(road)) with I-75 to exit 9, where SR 317 turns along Volkswagen Drive to Apison Pike.

The [Tennessee Department of Transportation](/source/Tennessee_Department_of_Transportation) (TDOT) is working to widen and improve the 6.2-mile (10.0 km) Apison Pike section of SR 317, located between I-75 and SR 320 (East Brainerd Road) in four separate phases.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] The new alignment opened on June 25, 2025,[6] 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.[7] Phase 4, the final phase, will widen SR 317 between Layton Lane and SR 320.[3]

## Junction list

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County Location mi km Destinations Notes Hamilton Chattanooga 0.0 0.0 SR 17 (Bonny Oaks Drive) to SR 58 / SR 153 – Chattanooga, Harrison Western terminus SR 153 – Soddy Daisy, Lakesite, Chattanooga SR 153 exit 4 Tyner US 11 south / US 64 west (Lee Highway/SR 2 west) – Chattanooga Western end of US 11/US 64/SR 2 concurrency I-75 south / US 74 west – Chattanooga, Atlanta Western end of I-75/US 74 concurrency; I-75/US 74 exit 7 Ooltewah I-75 north / US 11 north / US 64 east / US 74 east (SR 2 east) – Cleveland, Knoxville Eastern end of I-75/US 11/US 64/US 74/SR 2 concurrency; I-75/US 11/US 64/SR 2 exit 9 Collegedale SR 321 (Ooltewah Ringgold Road) – Ringgold, Ooltewah Bradley ​ Red Clay Park Road Southwest – Red Clay State Park ​ 21.3 34.3 SR 60 (Dalton Pike) – Cleveland, Dalton Eastern terminus 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TRB_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TRB_1-1) ["The Road To 100 Years"](https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/documents/100years/TRBA-TDOT-TURNS100.pdf) (PDF). *Tennessee Road Builder*. Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22. Retrieved April 6, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Google_2-0)** ["TN-317"](https://www.google.com/maps/place/TN-317,+Tennessee/@35.054226,-85.0543302,13z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88607c61f1b98fc9:0xd417d62283405472?gl=us) (Map). *[Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps)*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tdot_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tdot_3-1) ["State Route 317 (Apison Pike)"](https://www.tn.gov/tdot/projects/region-2/apison-pike.html). Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["TDOT Holds Ribbon Cutting on SR-317 (Apison Pike) Project in Collegedale"](https://preprod.tn.gov/tdot/news/2017/9/13/tdot-holds-ribbon-cutting-on-sr-317-apison-pike-project-in-collegedale.html) (Press release). Tennessee Department of Transportation. September 13, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Tennessee Breaks Ground on $93M Highway Project"](https://aashtojournal.org/2020/03/20/tennessee-breaks-ground-on-93m-highway-project/). *AASHTO Journal*. March 20, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Apison Pike bridge opens, expanding Chattanooga's connection to nearby suburbs"](https://newschannel9.com/news/local/apison-pike-bridge-opens-expanding-chattanoogas-connection-to-nearby-suburbs). *WTVC*. Chattanooga. June 25, 2025. Retrieved May 31, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Benton, Ben (July 15, 2025). ["State road projects in Collegedale and Cleveland officially opened; Orange barrels remain where last details wrapping up"](https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/jul/15/state-road-projects-in-apison-cleveland/). *Chattanooga Times Free Press*. Retrieved November 30, 2025.

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