Corridor V

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Corridor V
West end:	I-55 near Batesville, MS
Major junctions:	US 78/Corr. X near Fulton, MS I-65 Decatur, AL
East end:	I-24 near Chattanooga, TN
Appalachian Development Highway System < Corridor U Corridor W >

Corridor V is part of the Appalachian Development Highway System. It is located in the U.S. states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. Its termini are I-55 in Batesville, Mississippi, and I-24 west of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

As of 2005, the following portions of Corridor V are not completed:

• Between Red Bay, Alabama and Fulton, Mississippi (designated MS 76).
• Relocated US 278/MS 6 between Tupelo and Pontotoc, Mississippi.

Both sections of highway are currently under design by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, with the portion that will overlap MS 25 already under construction near Fulton, Mississippi.

Sections of Alabama State Route 24 in Red Bay, Alabama and just west of Russellville, Alabama are under construction, with completion dates for the Red Bay bypass set near the end of 2007.

Corridor V between Tupelo and Batesville has not been designated as a Future Interstate Corridor, and would require extensive upgrades to be considered for such designation. U.S. Hwy. 78, between Memphis and Birmingham, was designated as such by Congress in 2004. A portion of Corridor V will piggyback Hwy. 78 between Tupelo and Fulton before veering off and heading northeast toward Red Bay about three miles east of Fulton.

[edit] References

• Appalachian Regional Commission (September 30, 2004). "ARC|ADHS Approved Corridors and Termini". Retrieved 28 July 2005.

[edit] External links

• ADHS Approved Corridors and Termini
• Map of the Appalachian Development Highway System
• AARoads - Appalachian Regional Commission Development Corridors