 Nearly one-third of the overall length of SR 3 is overlapped by U.S. Route 1.SR 3 begins at Civic Center Drive (SR 8 / SR 11 / SR 27) in the northwest corner of Augusta.SR 3 heads east using the Augusta Bypass, a controlled-access road completed in 2004 to alleviate congestion in the city center caused by traffic headed to and from I-95.