The fifth and final phase of the Harry S. Truman Parkway opened to traffic 20 minutes early around 9:40 a.m. Friday.
Drivers now are able to use the Truman Parkway to travel between Abercorn and President streets between southside Savannah and downtown.
Savannah-Chatham police and Georgia State Patrol troopers were on hand to usher the first vehicles onto the newest section of the parkway.
Transportation planners expect the 10.8-mile parkway to ease traffic congestion on the city’s southside with the opening of the 2.08-mile extension.
The new stretch of roadway encompasses three sets of two parallel bridges, and more than 1,700 bridge pilings were driven into the wetlands.