[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.
This led to the closure of Bay Street to traffic around 11:15 pm out of concern for public safety.
Named for Josiah Penfield, it is believed to have stood in the Reynolds Ward section of Bay Street.
In January 1842, the church, "a splendid building", was described as being "cold and silent, with its closed-up doors unhallowed and untenanted".