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I-65 under construction in Escambia County in 1963. While most of I-65 in Alabama was completed in the 1960s, the last segments to be completed were some of the last segments to be completed on the entire Interstate Highway System. The 11.7-mile (18.8 km) section between Alabaster and Hoover opened on May 20, 1981. [12]
The construction of Interstate 65 (I-65) and I-85 in Montgomery, Alabama, on the edge of the downtown area, took place in 1961.Built after what was called "the golden era of highway construction" in the United States, its planning and actual construction fit into an ongoing pattern of local and state governments "building elevated expressways through black districts" in many major American ...
The first section of interstate highway in Tennessee constructed under the authorization of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 was a short section of I-65 which opened on November 15, 1958. [6] [7] The first section of interstate highway to be completed in Alabama was also a section of I-65, which opened on December 10, 1959. [8]
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.
Nov. 16—A traffic study recommends improvements to the Alabama 36 and 67 interchanges at Interstate 65, but a Bethel Road-interstate interchange and connection to U.S. 31 is probably a long-term ...
The General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge, more commonly known locally as the "Dolly Parton Bridge", consists of dual parallel tied through arches of weathering steel and beam viaducts of concrete that form one continuous span carrying four lanes of Interstate 65 across the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta northeast of the U.S. city of Mobile, Alabama.
Oct. 19—Transportation officials and motorists agree traffic congestion along the Interstate 65 corridor in north Alabama has increased significantly, but state officials say funding for ...
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