U.S. Route 78

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U.S. Route 78

Length:

715 mi^[1] (1151 km)

Formed:

1926^[1]

West end:

I-240 at Memphis, TN

Major
junctions:

US 45 at Tupelo, MS

I-20/I-59 at Birmingham, AL
I-65 at Birmingham
I-75/I-85 at Atlanta, GA
I-95 at St. George, SC

East end:

US 17 at Charleston, SC

United States Numbered Highways
U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Highway 78 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 715 miles (1,151 km) from Memphis, Tennessee to Charleston, South Carolina. Between Memphis and Birmingham, Alabama, it is being upgraded to become Interstate 22.

1 Termini
2 Legal Definition
3 States traversed
4 Notable cities on the route
5 Major highway junctions
6 Freeway sections
7 Names
8 Related U.S. routes
9 Source and external links

[edit] Termini

The highway's western terminus is at Second Street (southbound State Route 14) in Memphis, Tennessee. Its eastern terminus is at U.S. Highway 17 in Charleston, South Carolina.

[edit] Legal Definition

The Mississippi section of U.S. 78 is defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 65-3-3.

[edit] States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama. U.S. 78 is paired throughout the state with State Route 4. Except for completed sections of Corridor X (Future I-22), State Route 4 is an unmarked route.
Mississippi - has a portion of controlled-access freeway which is not part of the mainline national freeway network, but is on its way of becoming Interstate 22 in the future.
Tennessee

[edit] Notable cities on the route

Map showing the west end of US 78 in downtown Memphis, TN

[edit] Major highway junctions

The eastern termminus with U.S. Highway 17 in Charleston, South Carolina
U.S. Highway 52 in Charleston
Interstate 26 in Charleston
U.S. Highway 178 at Dorchester, South Carolina
U.S. Highway 15 at St. George, South Carolina
Interstate 95 at St. George
U.S. Highway 21 at Branchville, South Carolina
U.S. Route 301 and U.S. Route 601 at Bamberg, South Carolina
U.S. Highway 321 at Denmark, South Carolina
U.S. Route 1 at Aiken, South Carolina. The two routes overlap until they split in Augusta, Georgia
U.S. Highway 278 at Augusta. The two routes overlap until they split at Thomson
U.S. Highway 25 at Augusta
U.S. Highway 221 at Harlem, Georgia
Interstate 20 at Thomson, Georgia
U.S. Highway 378 at Washington, Georgia
U.S. Highway 29, U.S. Highway 129 and U.S. Highway 441 at Athens, Georgia
Interstate 285 at Clarkston, Georgia
U.S. Highway 29 at Decatur, Georgia. The two routes overlap until they split in Atlanta
U.S. Highway 278 in Atlanta, Georgia. The two routes overlap until they split at Lithia Springs
U.S. Highway 23 in Atlanta. The two routes overlap through portions of the city
Interstate 75/Interstate 85 (the Downtown Connector in Atlanta
U.S. Highway 19 and U.S. Highway 41 in Atlanta
Interstate 285 at Atlanta
U.S. Highway 27 at Bremen, Georgia
U.S. Highway 431 west of Heflin, Alabama. The two routes overlap until they split at Oxford
Interstate 20 at Riverside, Alabama
U.S. Highway 231 at Pell City, Alabama
Interstate 20 at Eden, Alabama. I-20 and U.S. 78 are multiplexed between Exit 156 and 153 Chula Vista, Alabama
U.S. Highway 411 at Leeds, Alabama
U.S. Highway 31 and U.S. Highway 280 at Birmingham, Alabama
U.S. Highway 11 at Birmingham. The two routes are mutliplexed for four miles, from the intersection of 1st Avenue North and 24th Street until the intersection of 3rd Avenue West and Princeton Parkway (8th Street)
Interstate 65 in Birmingham
Interstate 20/Interstate 59 in Birmingham near Birmingham-Southern College
U.S. Highway 43 and U.S. Highway 278 at Hamilton, Alabama
U.S. Highway 45 at Tupelo, Mississippi
Interstate 240 at Memphis, Tennessee

[edit] Freeway sections

There is a freeway portion of US 78 that begins from the Tennessee / Mississippi border near southeast Memphis and continues through Mississippi to Winfield, Alabama. A bypass of Jasper, Alabama has already been completed, and the freeway is under construction all the way to Birmingham, Alabama, where it will junction with Interstate 65 and U.S. Highway 31. Although there are major Interstate highways near this freeway's endpoints, it is a discrete segment of controlled-access freeway. This will change over the next few years as it is upgraded to become the new Interstate 22.

There is another short freeway portion east of Atlanta, leading from just inside (west of) I-285 (the Perimeter) eastward to the suburb of Stone Mountain, Georgia. This portion is named the Stone Mountain Freeway, and has an excellent view of Stone Mountain while traveling eastbound.

[edit] Names

U.S. Highway 78 runs along Linden Avenue, Somerville Street, E. H. Crump Boulevard, and Lamar Avenue through Memphis, Tennessee. Between Memphis and Tupelo, Mississippi, the highway is designated Elvis Presley Memorial Highway. In Tennessee, US 78 is also known as Pigeon Roost Road, and some aborted sections of the highway in Mississippi also claim this name.

In western Alabama, the historical name of U.S. 78 is the Bankhead Highway. It is also known by this name in portions of Atlanta, and the Bankhead neighborhood takes its name from that stretch of road. Also, the old section of U.S. 78 (now MS-178) that runs through downtown New Albany, Mississippi is named as Bankhead Street.

[edit] Related U.S. routes

[edit] Source and external links

^ ^a ^b US Highways from US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz

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Heroes Highway	(future) Interstate 22	Interstate 59
Interstate 20	American Veterans Highway / Decatur Highway	US Route 280
Elton B. Stephens Expressway	Interstate 459	Montgomery Highway
Bessemer Superhighway	Crestwood Boulevard	Lakeshore Parkway