Interstate 59
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Interstate 59 (abbreviated I-59) is an interstate highway in the southern United States. Its southern terminus is near Slidell, Louisiana at an intersection with Interstate 10 and Interstate 12 ([Map]); its northern terminus is at Lookout Mountain, Georgia at an intersection with Interstate 24 ([Map]).
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Length
| Miles | km | ||
| 11 | 18 | Louisiana | |
| 171.716 | 276.350 | Mississippi | |
| 241 | 388 | Alabama | |
| 20.67 | 33.27 | Georgia | |
| 444 | 715 | Total | |
Major cities
Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.- New Orleans, Louisiana (via Interstate 10)
- Slidell, Louisiana
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Laurel, Mississippi
- Meridian, Mississippi
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Gadsden, Alabama
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
Intersections with other interstates
- Interstate 10 and Interstate 12 at Slidell, Louisiana ([Map])
- Interstate 20 at Meridian, Mississippi ([Map]). They stay joined until Birmingham, Alabama.
- Interstate 65 at Birmingham, Alabama
- *The interchange of I-20/59 and I-65 is commonly referred to as "Malfunction Junction"
- Interstate 24 at Lookout Mountain, Georgia ([Map])
Spur routes
| [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Auxiliary routes of Interstate 59
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Notes
- The road's major purpose was to connect Birmingham, Alabama to Chattanooga, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana, parallel with U.S. 11.
- A 145-mile stretch of I-59, between Meridian, Mississippi and Birmingham, is joined with Interstate 20
- Many wrecks and accidents occur near the interchange of I-20/59 and I-65 in Birmingham. On two occasions, 18-wheelers crashed and burned fiercely enough to melt the support beams of overpasses. Because of the frequent and severe wrecks, this interchange is nicknamed "Malfunction Junction".
- The stretch of I-59 through Laurel, Mississippi features two very sharp curves with posted speed limits of 40 miles per hour, one of the slowest on the interstate system. After more than 20 years of trying, the Mississippi Department of Transportation has begun work on a $36 million project to straighten out the dreaded curve. [link]
- I-59 in Georgia is designated - but not signed - as State Route 406.
- At 4:00 p.m. on August 27 2005, for the first time in its history, the southbound lanes of Interstate 59 were temporarily redirected north to accommodate evacuation for Hurricane Katrina. This was a previously agreed to joint plan by the state of Mississippi and Louisiana called Contraflow lane reversal. The program began at the Mississippi-Louisiana state border and continued 21 miles north to the town of Poplarville, Mississippi.
References
- 2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005" - newest feature- interstate mileage by state
| Main Interstate Highways |
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| 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 |
| 30 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 68 |
| 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 (W) | 76 (E) | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | ||
| 82 | 83 | 84 (W) | 84 (E) | 85 | 86 (W) | 86 (E) | 87 | 88 (W) | 88 (E) | ||||||
| 89 | 90 | 91 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 99 | (238) | H-1 | H-2 | H-3 | |||
| Unsigned | A-1 | A-2 | A-3 | A-4 | PRI-1 | PRI-2 | PRI-3 | ||||||||
| Lists | Main - Auxiliary - Suffixed - Business - Proposed - Unsigned Gaps - Intrastate - Interstate standards - Replaced | ||||||||||||||
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