Bay Street (Savannah, Georgia)

Bay Street

Buildings on the southern side of West Bay Street
Former name(s)	North Broad Street
Length	3.65 mi (5.87 km)
Location	Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
West end	Main Street
East end	General McIntosh Boulevard

Bay Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States.^[1] It runs for about 3.65 miles (5.87 km) from Main Street in the west to General McIntosh Boulevard in the east. The section passing through Savannah's downtown, between the Bay Street Viaduct in the west and General McIntosh Boulevard in the east, is around 1.2 miles (1.9 km) long.

Formerly known as "Bay Street" singular (and originally North Broad Street),^[2] it is now denoted as "West Bay Street" and "East Bay Street", the split occurring at Savannah City Hall at the head of Bull Street.

West Bay Street begins in the industrial western side of the city, where it is part of Georgia State Route 25 (before turning south onto Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard), then continues along the northern end of Savannah's downtown, where it is lined with historic buildings on its southern side and hotels and a park on its northern side, which is at the edge of the bluff.

East of City Hall, the northern side of the street is known as The Strand, punctuated by Emmet Park a few yards west of where East River Street merges with East Bay Street.