Interstate 59

Interstate 59
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

444 mi (715 km)

South end:

Major
junctions:

North end:

Interstate 59 (abbreviated I-59) is an interstate highway in the southern United States. Its southern terminus is near Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans, 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).

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 59
	Current and Future (F)	Former
	Alabama
	Alabama
	Alabama

A 145-mile (230 km) stretch of I-59, between Meridian, Mississippi and Birmingham, is joined with Interstate 20

The Mississippi section of I-59 is defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 65-3-3.

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 (60 km/h), 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. [1]

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 northward to accommodate evacuation for Hurricane Katrina. This was a previously agreed to joint plan by the states of Mississippi and Louisiana called Contraflow lane reversal. The program began at the Mississippi-Louisiana state border and continued 21 miles (33 km) north to the town of Poplarville, Mississippi.

2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005" - newest feature- interstate mileage by state
Georgia Deartment of Transportation, Office of Transportation Data (2003). "Interstate Mileage Report (438 Report)".

edit Main Interstate Highways (multiples of 5 in pink)
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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
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Lists		Main - Auxiliary - Suffixed - Business - Proposed - Unsigned Gaps - Intrastate - Interstate standards - Replaced


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