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'Interstate 65' (abbreviated 'I-65') is an Interstate Highway in the United States. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with Interstate 10 in Mobile, Alabama; its northern terminus is at a traffic light with U.S. Route 12 and U.S. Route 20 (Dunes Highway) in Gary, Indiana, southeast of Chicago, Illinois. Interstate 65
| Contents |
| Route description |
| Alabama |
| Tennessee |
| Kentucky |
| Indiana |
| Major intersections |
| Auxiliary routes |
| Miscellanea |
| References |
| Further reading |
| See also |
| External links |
Route description
| Major cities 'Bolded cities' are officially-designated control cities for signs |
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★ 'Mobile, Alabama' ★ 'Montgomery, Alabama' ★ Hoover, Alabama ★ 'Birmingham, Alabama' ★ Decatur, Alabama ★ 'Huntsville, Alabama' (via Interstate 565) ★ 'Nashville, Tennessee' ★ Bowling Green, Kentucky ★ Elizabethtown, Kentucky ★ 'Louisville, Kentucky' ★ 'Indianapolis, Indiana' ★ Lafayette, Indiana ★ 'Gary, Indiana' ★ 'Chicago, Illinois' (via Interstate 90 or Interstate 94) |
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|AL
|367.00
|595
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|TN
|121.71
|196
|-
|KY
|137.32
|222
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|IN
|261.27
|423
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|Total
|887.3
|1,436
|}
Alabama
Main articles: Interstate 65 in Alabama
Interstate 65 begins its journey in Mobile at its junction with Interstate 10. From I-10, I-65 goes west of downtown Mobile and through its suburbs before turning northeast toward Montgomery. From the state's capital, I-65 heads north, bypassing Prattville and Clanton before going through Greater Birmingham.
From Birmingham, I-65 continues north toward Cullman and Decatur. At Decatur, motorists can take Interstate 565 eastward toward Huntsville.
From Decatur, the interstate continues northward through Athens to the Tennessee state line.
In 2004, following the death of President Ronald Reagan, a lengthy segment of I-65 from Jefferson County to Limestone County was designated "The Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway". The sign designating the north end of the segment includes a statement from Reagan's speech at Point Mallard Aquatic Center in nearby Decatur on July 4, 1984.
Tennessee
Main articles: Interstate 65 in Tennessee
I-65 enters Tennessee from the south near the town of Ardmore, and passes through mostly rural territory for 65 miles. Its first city in Tennessee is Franklin. Then the route travels through Brentwood, Tennessee, downtown Nashville, Madison, Goodlettsville, White House, and exits near Portland into Kentucky to the North.
I-65 overlaps Interstates 40 and 24 at separate points in Nashville.
I-65 was the first interstate opened to traffic in Tennessee. A 1.8 mile section near the Alabama-Tennessee state line opened on November 15, 1958 with an opening ceremony at 10:30 AM. McDowell and McDowell Construction started work on the interchange in May, 1957. [1]
Kentucky
Main articles: Interstate 65 in Kentucky
Interstate 65 enters the state five miles south of Franklin. It passes by the major cities of Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, and Louisville before exiting the state.
Throughout its length, it passes near Mammoth Cave National Park, Crystal Onyx Cave, Diamond Caverns, Bernheim Forest, the National Corvette Museum, and the Fort Knox Military Reservation.
It junctions with the four parkways. The first major junction is with the William H. Natcher Parkway at Bowling Green, followed by the Cumberland Parkway north of the city between Smiths Grove and Park City. At Elizabethtown, it has two more parkway interchanges with the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway and the Martha Layne Collins Bluegrass Parkway. Interstate 65 also has interchanges with I-265, I-264, I-64 and I-71.
The widest stretch of Interstate 65 in its entirety is in Louisville at the Kentucky Route 1065 (Outer Loop), where the mainline is 14 lanes wide. It crosses the Ohio River into Indiana on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge.
At one time, the portion from Louisville to Elizabethtown was a toll road bearing the Kentucky Turnpike name. The bonds that financed the road have been retired, and tolls are no longer collected. All signs of the former turnpike have been removed.
On November 15, 2006, the stretch of I-65 from Bowling Green to Louisville was renamed the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Highway.
On February 12, 2007 a bill passed the Kentucky Senate to rename I-65 in Jefferson County the "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway".[2] Signage was posted July 25, 2007.[3]
On July 15, 2007 Kentucky officially raised its speed limits on Interstate and State Parkway Highways to 70 miles per hour. Until that date, Kentucky was the only state along I-65's path that had a speed limit of 65 MPH.
Indiana
Main articles: Interstate 65 in Indiana
Interstate 65 enters the Hoosier state at Jeffersonville and Clarksville.
The section of Interstate 65 in downtown Indianapolis overlaps Interstate 70. The junctions are often referred to as the "North Split" and the "South Split", forming a section of interstate locally known as the "Inner Loop" or "Spaghetti Bowl" due to the visual complexity of the overlapping freeways.
In mid-March 2007, a six mile section of Interstate 70 from the North Split to Interstate 465 east of downtown was restricted to automobiles only for the "Super 70" project, a massive rebuild and expansion of that freeway. Trucks over 13 tons are forced to divert through Interstate 65 if coming from the north and use the circular Interstate 465 to the south to reconnect to Interstate 70 East. Westbound traffic from Interstate 70 must loop north or south along Interstate 465 to get to Interstates 65 or 70. This early part of the project is scheduled for completion in November 2007.
In the summer of 2003, the portion of Interstate 65 that runs concurrently with Interstate 70 was closed to all traffic due to the "HyperFix" project. During that time, a new asphalt surface was installed and the overpasses were upgraded.
Both the Super 70 and HyperFix projects were contracted to Walsh Construction of Chicago, Illinois.
In 1999, the 25 mile (40 km) segment of Interstate 65 between the two Interstate 465 interchanges was renamed the Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Highway.
The northern terminus of Interstate 65 is only 1/8 mile (0.2 km) north of Interstate 90 (Indiana Toll Road). Prior to 2004, the interchange from Interstate 90 to Interstate 65 required making a physical left turn onto Interstate 65 via a traffic signal; traffic from Interstate 65 to Interstate 90 bypassed the traffic signal via an isolated right-turn lane. It has since been grade-separated.
Major intersections
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The future Interstate 22 will scale I-65 before terminating at US 31. The target date for the completion of the new route is 2012. However, ALDOT officials have pushed as of lately for a 2010 completion date.
Auxiliary routes
★ Prichard, Alabama -
★ Spur beginning in Decatur, Alabama terminating in Huntsville, Alabama -
★ Louisville, Kentucky -
★ Indianapolis, Indiana -
★ Indianapolis, Indiana -
★ New Albany, Indiana -
Miscellanea
★ Interstate 65 combines with Interstates 40 and 24 near downtown Nashville, Tennessee to form a loop around the center city. Until 2000, the two-mile northern leg of this loop was designated I-265. In 2000, I-265 was decommissioned, and I-65 was rerouted from the south and east loop (where it overlapped I-40 and I-24) to the north and west loop (where it overlaps I-40 only on the west side and has the north side to itself). Nashville's government successfully petitioned to have the designation changed in order to help alleviate traffic caused by motorists following I-65 through the city.
★ Known as "Auto Alley" due to the large number of automotive OEM and supplier firms that have facilities within an hour's drive of the highway. Interstate 65 leads to automotive assembly plants located in the Midwest and South. The most famous plant is the GM plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, which makes the Chevrolet Corvette sports car, as well as the Cadillac XLR luxury roadster. Another GM plant, which builds Saturn vehicles, is also within a short driving distance from I-65 in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Both of the Ford Motor Company truck plants in Louisville, Kentucky are accessible—The Explorer SUV plant directly accessible from I-65 and the Kentucky Truck Plant, makers of the F-350 and Excursion SUV, from I-265. In Lafayette, Indiana, the Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. plant is located at the junction of I-65 and SR-38. Supplier ArvinMeritor has several facilities near the highway in Columbus, Indiana. Finally, Hyundai's new automotive plant in Montgomery, Alabama is located just off I-65.
★ As the combined interstates of I-20/59 converge on Interstate 65 in Birmingham, Alabama, many wrecks, and accidents that have occurred that include the melting of support beams of overpasses after 18-wheelers crashed and burned on two separate occasions, and the numerous collisions that happen every year, has led this interchange to be nicknamed, "Malfunction Junction".
★ The country music group SouthSixtyFive takes its name from I-65.
★ Interstate 65 is referenced in the songs "Awnaw" by Nappy Roots and "Ellsworth" by Rascal Flatts.
★ Super Bowl XLI, between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears, has been called the "I-65 Bowl" due to the fact that the interstate connects the two cities, although it stops short of Chicago.
★ The Guns 'n Roses song "Dust 'n Bones" from the "Use Your Illusion I" album mentions I-65. Axl Rose, lead singer of the band, was born in Lafayette, Indiana.
References
1. Facts About Tennessee’s Interstate System 50th Anniversary, 1956-2006
2. Senate OKs renaming I-65 for King Joseph Gerth
3. I-65 named for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sheldon S. Shafer
Further reading
★ 2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005".
See also
★ Ohio River Bridges Project
External links
★ KentuckyRoads.com: I-65
★ Indiana Highway Ends: I-65
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