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Like all other Interstate, U.S., and state highways in Alabama, I-59 is a part of the National Highway System for its entire length in the state. Annual average daily traffic along the Interstate varied, with the busiest stretch of the Interstate being the concurrency with I-20 at the SR 79 interchange east of Birmingham, carrying a total of 150,954 vehicles in 2023. [6]
There are 19 U.S. Highways that travels through Alabama, totaling 3,852.85 miles (6,200.56 km). U.S. Route 31 (US 31) is the highway with the longest segment in Alabama, with 386.449 miles (621.929 km). The shortest is US 72 Alternate, crossing 68.3 miles (109.9 km) of North Alabama. [1] One former U.S. Highway existed in Alabama: US 241. It ...
The Interstate with the longest segment in Alabama is Interstate 65, covering 367.00 miles (590.63 km); the shortest is Interstate 359, covering 2.30 miles (3.70 km). [1] There are six Interstate primary routes and five Interstate auxiliary routes serving the six largest cities in the state, and 22 of the 25 largest.
Planning map for the Tuscaloosa area freeways from 1955. In the early 1960s, local planners and elected officials stated the need for direct access to I-59 from the city of Tuscaloosa. [9] As annexation had not yet brought the city limits to the I-59 corridor, I-359 was originally to be the only access provided to I-59 directly from Tuscaloosa.
Along with the existing I-459, the Northern Beltline would complete the bypass loop of central Birmingham for all Interstate traffic. The project's budget is $5.445 billion; upon completion, the Northern Beltline will be the most expensive road in Alabama's history, and among the most expensive per mile ever built in the United States. [2]
Appears on 2017–2018 state map. [6] SR 303 — — US 43 south of Linden: SR 69 at Providence: proposed — Proposed Linden Bypass being built as part of the West Alabama Highway 4-laning program to construct a 4-lane divided highway between Thomasville and Tuscaloosa SR 378: 2.320: 3.734 US 78/SR 5 at Birmingham: US 31 at Birmingham 2016 ...
[citation needed] The first section of Interstate in Alabama opened to traffic was the eight-mile (13 km) stretch of I-65 between northern Jefferson County and Warrior on December 10, 1959. [7] A 26-mile (42 km) segment between Clanton and Calera opened to traffic on March 23, 1961. [8]
State Route 48 (SR 48) is a 34.321-mile-long (55.234 km) state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. The western terminus of the highway is at its intersection with SR 9 at Lineville. The highway continues eastward to the Georgia state line, where it continues as Georgia State Route 5 (SR 5).