State Route 317 (SR 317) a state highway extending from Chattanooga, Tennessee, through Ooltewah, Collegedale, Apison, and ending in 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 Old Lee Highway. It dead ends into SR 60 in Bradley County. In Chattanooga, this road crosses SR 58.
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. 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. 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. The new alignment opened on June 25, 2025, 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. Phase 4, the final phase, will widen SR 317 between Layton Lane and SR 320.