Interstate 359

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Interstate 359 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	2 mi (3 km)
Formed:	1984
South end:	I-20/59
North end:	U.S. 11/U.S. 43/S.R. 69

Interstate 359 (abbreviated I-359) is a spur from Interstate 20 and Interstate 59 that provides access to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It runs for 2.3 miles (3.7 km) from Interstate 59 north to 15th Street in downtown Tuscaloosa. The highway also serves as the route for U.S. Highway 11 and Alabama State Route 69. The highway continues through Tuscaloosa as a surface street as the route for U.S. Highway 43 and State Route 69.

[edit] History

The Interstate 359 freeway first opened to 35th Street sometime in the late 1970s, and later opened the rest of the way to downtown Tuscaloosa by 1981. Once completed, I-359 provided an alternate route for traffic heading to downtown as well as the University of Alabama.

[edit] List of exits

Exit Number	Intersecting Road	Direction(s)
none	Interstate 20/Interstate 59	Southbound
1	35th St.	Northbound, Southbound
2	15th St. (NB only)/U.S. Highway 11 South/U.S. Highway 43 South	Northbound

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 59
	Current and Future (F)	Former
	Alabama
	Alabama
	Alabama

Browse numbered routes
< US 331	AL		US 411 >

[edit] External links

• Kurumi - I-359 Alabama

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