Interstate 759 - Gadsden Spur

A loop ramp from a distributor roadway along I-59 southbound forms the eastbound beginning of Interstate 759. Traffic merges onto a roadway adjacent to a roadway stub onto a bridge slated for two lanes, but striped for one.

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A westbound roadway stub is present beyond the separation with the ramps connecting I-759 to Interstate 59.

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Traffic from I-59 north joins I-759 east ahead of this reassurance marker preceding the bridge across Brooke Avenue and Big Wills Creek.

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Continuing east from Big Wills Creek, I-759 advances one mile to Exit 2 with Black Creek Parkway.

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Black Creek Parkway comprises a four lane arterial between 11th Street to the north and Sutton Bridge Road to the south.

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Black Creek Parkway ended just south of the diamond interchange (Exit 2) with Interstate 759 at Wills Creek Road originally. An extension of the roadway southward to Sutton Bridge Road opened on August 2, 2011. Construction on the $9.4 million project commenced in March 2010 (WBRC, 2011) (The Gadsden Times, 2011).

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Sutton Bridge Road extends south from Black Creek parkway to Rainbow City. Steele Station Road stems southwest from the arterial to SR 77 (Grand Avenue). 11th Street connects I-759 with the South Gadsden community.

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Interstate 759 eastbound shield posted ahead of the Eastside Drive overpass.

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U.S. 411 leads north from forthcoming Exit 4 B to Downtown Gadsden.

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U.S. 411 enters Gadsden from Ashville and Rainbow City to the southwest and meets I-759 on the north shore of the lake by Gadsden Mall.

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Interstate 759 crosses H. Neely Henry Lake along a causeway between Eastside Drive and U.S. 411 (Rainbow Drive).

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Exit 4 A joins I-759 with U.S. 411 (Rainbow Drive) southbound into Rainbow City. Like Interstate 759, Rainbow Drive travels a causeway across H. Neely Henry Lake. Downtown Rainbow City lies 3.3 miles to the southwest.

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Exit 4 B loops onto U.S. 411 (Rainbow Drive) northbound where Interstate 759 transitions to SR 759 east. U.S. 411 follows Albert Rains Boulevard along the Coosa River into Downtown Gadsden.
The previous overheads here did not omit the exit tab for 4 B.

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SR 759 extends 0.866 miles east from I-759 along a four lane expressway.

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SR 759 connects I-759 with SR 291 (George Wallace Drive) 0.9 miles south of U.S. 278/431 (Meighan Boulevard) at Hood Avenue in east Gadsden.

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A truck shield for SR 291 precedes the intersection with George Wallace Drive.

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A 0.890 mile long route, SR 291 (George Wallace Drive) links SR 759 with Broad Street and U.S. 278/431 (Meighan Boulevard) via Hood Avenue.

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George Wallace Drive continues south from the end of SR 759 as a local road to Gadsden Community College and Padenreich Avenue.

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SR 759 stems west from SR 291 (George Wallace Drive) along a four lane expressway to Interstate 759 at U.S. 411 (Rainbow Drive). SR 759 arcs southwest by a retail plaza and an arm of H. Neely Henry Lake on this stretch.

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A six-ramp parclo interchange joins SR 759/I-759 with U.S. 411 (Rainbow Drive) at Exits 4 A/B. U.S. 411 follows Albert Rains Boulevard south from Downtown Gadsden along the Coosa River to Rainbow Drive and H. Neely Henry Lake.

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SR 759 spans the Coosa River ahead of Exit 4 B for U.S. 411 northbound.

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Downtown Gadsden lies along the west side of the Coosa River.

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Exit 4 B leaves Interstate 759 west for U.S. 411 (Rainbow Drive) north to Downtown Gadsden. I-759 carries traffic from Gadsden and Rainbow City to Interstate 59 and the nearby city of Attalla.

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A begin shield for Interstate 759 stands within the exchange at U.S. 411.

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Exit 4 A loops onto U.S. 411 (Rainbow Drive) southbound. Rainbow Drive straddles H. Neely Henry Lake on a narrow causeway between Gadsden and Rainbow City. The US highway meets SR 77 (Grand Avenue) 3.7 miles to the south.

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Removed after 2008, the first westbound reassurance shield for Interstate 759 previously appeared along the causeway across Black Creek Lake.

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One mile east of the diamond interchange (Exit 2) with Black Creek Parkway.

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Eastside Drive passes over the freeway a half mile ahead of Exit 2. Black Creek Parkway leads north to 11th Street in south Gadsden and south to Sutton Bridge Road for Rainbow City.

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Westbound I-759 at Exit 2 to Black Creek Parkway. An extension of Black Creek Road opened on August 2, 2011 between Wills Creek Road, just south of I-759, and Steele Station Road at Sutton Bridge Road (WBRC, 2011) (The Gadsden Times, 2011).

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Interstate 759 continues west two miles from Black Creek Parkway to I-59.

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A directional cloverleaf interchange joins I-759 with I-59 west of Gadsden. Since the extension west to Attalla was never built, motorists must navigate along I-59 north to Exit 183 for U.S. 278/431 westbound to reach the city.

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Spanning a relief channel east of Wills Creek, Interstate 759 advances to within one half mile of I-59.

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Traffic shifts from the Interstate 759 mainline onto the ramps for I-59 at the bridge over Brooke Avenue and Big Wills Creek.

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An Interstate 59 gore point sign stands next to the stub end of I-759 west.

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Traffic separates for Interstate 59 north to Fort Payne and Chattanooga, Tennessee and I-59 south for Trussville and Birmingham.

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Interstate 59 ends 79 miles to the north at I-24. Southward the freeway meets Interstate 459 in 45 miles.

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SR 291 (George Wallace Drive) concludes at SR 759 west to Interstate 759.

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George Wallace Drive continues south from SR 291/759 to Padenreich Avenue and a grid of residential streets. SR 759 arcs southwest across the Coosa River to become Interstate 759 at U.S. 411.

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George Wallace Drive heads north from the Gadsden State Community College - Wallace Drive Campus to intersect SR 759 west and SR 291 north.

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SR 759 connects George Wallace Drive with Interstate 759 at U.S. 411. SR 291 links the expressway end with U.S. 278/431 across from Downtown Gadsden.

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Freeway style guide sign posted along SR 291 (George Wallace Drive) northbound beyond SR 759 west. SR 291 arcs northeast to U.S. 278/431 by the Meighan Bridge crossing of the Coosa River into Downtown Gadsden.

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