Interstate 59

Interstate 59
Interstate 59
	I-59 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	445.23 mi (716.53 km)
Existed	1960–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	I-10 / I-12 in Slidell, LA
	US 49 / US 98 in Hattiesburg, MS; US 84 in Laurel, MS; I-20 from Meridian, MS to Birmingham, AL; US 80 near Cuba, AL; US 82 in Tuscaloosa, AL; I-459 near Bessemer, AL; I-65 in Birmingham, AL; I-459 at Birmingham, AL and Trussville, AL line; US 278 / US 431 in Gadsden, AL;
North end	I-24 near Wildwood, GA
Location
Country	United States
States	Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
Counties	LA: St. Tammany Parish; MS: Pearl River, Lamar, Forrest, Jones, Jasper, Clarke, Lauderdale; AL: Sumter, Greene, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, St. Clair, Etowah, DeKalb; GA: Dade;
Highway system
	Interstate Highway System; Main; Auxiliary; Suffixed; Business; Future;

Interstate 59 (I-59) is an Interstate Highway located in the southeastern United States. It is a north–south route that spans 445.23 miles (716.53 km) from a junction with I-10 and I-12 at Slidell, Louisiana, to a junction with I-24 near Wildwood, Georgia.

The highway connects the metropolitan areas of New Orleans, Louisiana; Birmingham, Alabama; and Chattanooga, Tennessee, running closely parallel to the older U.S. Route 11 (US 11) corridor for the entire distance. Approximately one-third of the route, spanning 153 miles (246 km) from Meridian, Mississippi, to Birmingham, Alabama, overlaps that of the east–west I-20.

I-59 is a four-lane freeway along its entire route, other than a short stretch from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to the southern terminus of I-459 and in Birmingham, where it widens to six lanes or more. Aside from the metropolitan areas it passes through, the I-59 corridor is mainly rural in nature, especially in Georgia.

^ "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2016". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. February 22, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

[FHWA-1] "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2016". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. February 22, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

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