Thu 12 Nov 2009
KY-IN-MI-OH Trip Day 1
Posted by Alex under Alabama , Indiana , Interstate Highways , Kentucky , Tennessee1 Comment
Some notes from a recent five-day road trip from the Gulf Coast northward to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
Widening is currently underway along Interstate 65 in Montgomery, Alabama. This project totals 4.613 miles in length and focuses on replacing the original concrete surface with asphalt while expanding the previous four-lane freeway into six lanes overall. Work exists between U.S. 80 (Exit 167) and the Alabama River bridge. Overhead highway signs along the stretch were replaced during the project. See Progress65 for more details.
New diagrammatical overhead for the split of Interstate 85 north from Interstate 65 north in Montgomery.
Continuing north along Interstate 65, widening is also underway between Exits 262A and 264 in north Birmingham, with additional work slated for next year from Exit 265 to 267. Construction focuses on the building of new collector/distributor roadways that will eventually serve the eastern terminus of Interstate 22 (Corridor X). No work has commenced on the interchange itself, but some land clearing of for the eventual path of the new highway has already occurred.
A look at the ongoing road work along Interstate 65 through northern reaches of Birmingham.

















