Hurricane evacuation route

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A hurricane evacuation route is a highway in the United States that is a specified route for hurricane evacuation.

Evacuees using Interstate 45 to evacuate from Hurricane Rita. Interstate 45 is an official evacuation route.

Located primarily along the Gulf Coast, hurricane evacuation routes lead north for up to hundreds of miles to the safest major city. They are marked with blue signs that point in the correct direction. During mass evacuation, these freeways can be modified to carry extra traffic, but in some cases may still be backed up.

[edit] States

These states primarily use evacuation routes:

• Texas
• Florida
• Louisiana
• Georgia
• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• Virginia
• Mississippi
• Alabama

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• Florida Evacuation Routes
• South Carolina Evacuation Routes
• Louisiana Evacuation Routes
• South Carolina Evacuation Routes
• Virginia Evacuation Routes
• Mississippi Evacuation Routes
• Texas Evacuation Routes