Interstate 22

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Interstate 22 Future route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	213 mi[1] (343 km) Projected Length
West end:	I-269 near Memphis, Tennessee
East end:	I-65 / US-31 in Birmingham, Alabama
< Corridor W X Corridor X-1 >

Interstate 22 (abbreviated I-22), when completed, will follow the U.S. Highway 78 corridor along a 213-mile (343-km) route from Memphis, Tennessee, to Birmingham, Alabama.^[2] Future I-22 will connect Interstate 55 and Interstate 40 in the northwest to Interstate 65 and Interstate 20 in the southeast, passing through or close to the towns of Holly Springs, Mississippi; New Albany, Mississippi; Tupelo, Mississippi; Hamilton, Alabama; Winfield, Alabama; and Jasper, Alabama.

The part of I-22 east of Fulton, Mississippi, was approved in 1978 as Corridor X, part of the Appalachian Development Highway System. Parts of the highway have been under construction ever since. Two stretches of the interstate remain to be completed. One stretch is in Alabama and totals approximately 6 miles in length from Cherry Avenue in Forestdale to U.S. Highway 31 in Birmingham. This section includes the interchange with Interstate 65. The other stretch is from the Mississippi/Tennessee state line to its terminus in Memphis. The exact location of the western terminus has not been decided as of yet, but Interstate 269 (when completed) and Interstate 240 have been discussed as possible termini. Funding for the remaining sections has been a priority for U.S. Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), who served as Chairman of Senate Transportation Subcommittee. In 2004 Corridor X was designated as Future Interstate 22 by Public Law No: 108-199, and the designation was made official on April 18, 2005. In Alabama, blue signs reading "FUTURE/I-22/CORRIDOR" at left and an I-22 shield with "FUTURE" instead of "INTERSTATE" at right were unveiled April 18, 2005.

Approximately 91 miles of Interstate 22 is open to traffic in Alabama. The section of the route between the Mississippi state line and Jasper was completed in 2005. A 13-mile section of I-22 between Dora and Forestdale was opened to local traffic only (no thru trucks) in June 2007. Another 12-mile segment between Jasper and Dora was opened on November 14, 2007. Interstate 22 now travels the full length between suburban Birmingham and suburban Memphis, stopping short of the proposed major interstate connections: I-240 and I-65. Exits on the Jasper Bypass portion of I-22 were originally numbered using a kilometer-based sequence in anticipation of U.S. metrification, but have since been renumbered to a mileage-based sequence.

Current plans call for Interstate 22 to be completed to I-65 in 2010, with the 14-bridge stack interchange in Birmingham being completed in 2010. Construction is well underway for the segment between Cherry Avenue in Forestdale to a spot about .5 mile shy of I-65 near Fultondale. This segment includes an interchange with Coalburg Road. A project to widen I-65 to four lanes in either direction has begun from just south of the upcoming I-22/I-65 interchange southward to the 16th Street interchange. Under the present design, I-22 will terminate at I-65, but the mainline highway will continue east beyond I-65 as a long pair of ramps to US-31. After I-22 signs do go up on the US-78 freeway, the US-78 designation will revert back to its original pre-interstate alignment.

At the western end of the route, the connection between Interstate 22 and the other interstates in the vicinity of Memphis is most likely to make use of the Interstate 269 Outer Memphis Beltway, which is currently in various stages of planning and construction. One possible routing takes I-22 westward along I-269 to the existing I-55/I-69 interchange near Hernando, Mississippi.

Corridor X was also designated as High Priority Corridor 10 in the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 and High Priority Corridor 45 in subsequent legislation.^[1]

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
DeSoto	Olive Branch	1	Craft Road - Mineral Wells
		2	MS 302 west – Olive Branch, Southaven
		4	MS 305 – Olive Branch, Independence
		6	Bethel Road, Hacks Cross Road - Fairhaven
		10	Ingrams Mill, West Byhalia
Marshall	Byhalia	14	MS 309 – Byhalia
		18	Victoria, East Byhalia
		21	Red Banks
	Holly Springs	26	West Holly Springs
		30	MS 4 / MS 7 – Holly Springs, Oxford
		37	Lake Center
	Potts Camp	41	MS 349 – Potts Camp
Benton	Hickory Flat	48	MS 178 – Hickory Flat
Union	Myrtle	55	Myrtle
	New Albany	60	Glenfield
		61	MS 30 west – West New Albany, Oxford	West end of MS 30 overlap
		63	Downtown New Albany
		64	MS 15 / MS 30 east – Pontotoc, Ripley	East end of MS 30 overlap
		73	MS 9 north – Blue Springs	West end of MS 9 overlap
Pontotoc	Sherman	76	MS 9 south (MS 778) – Sherman, Pontotoc	East end of MS 9 overlap
Lee	Tupelo	81	MS 178 (McCullough Boulevard) – West Tupelo
		85	Natchez Trace Parkway
		86	US 45 (Corridor V west) – Tupelo, Corinth	West end of Corridor V overlap; signed as exits 86A (south) and 86B (north)
		87	Veterans Boulevard
		90	Auburn Road
		94	MS 371 – Mantachie, Mooreville
Itawamba		97	Fawn Grove, Dorsey
		101	MS 363 (MS 178) – Peppertown
	Fulton	104	MS 25 south – Fulton, Amory	West end of MS 25 overlap
		108	MS 25 north (Corridor V east) – Belmont, Iuka	East end of MS 25/Corridor V overlap; west end of Corridor X overlap
	Tremont	113	MS 23 – Tremont, Smithville
Mississippi-Alabama state line
Marion		3	CR-33
	Hamilton	7	Weston, Hamilton (SR 74)
		11	SR-17 – Hamilton, Sulligent
		14	CR-35 – Hamilton
		16	US-43 / US-278 (SR-171) – Hamilton, Guin
		22	CR-45
		26	SR-44 – Brilliant, Guin
		30	SR-129 – Brilliant, Winfield
		34	SR-233 – Glen Allen, Natural Bridge
Walker		39	SR-13 – Natural Bridge, Eldridge
	Carbon Hill	46	CR-11 – Carbon Hill, Nauvoo
		52	SR-118 – Carbon Hill
		53	SR-102 – Townley	bridge sign denotes road as Al 102 which would be extended south to Townley to connect to existing AL 102
	Jasper	57	SR-118 east – Jasper
		61	SR-69 – Jasper, Tuscaloosa	Old exit 96
		63	SR-269 – Jasper, Parrish	Old exit 101
		65	Industrial Parkway Road	Old exit 104
		70	Walker County Road 22 - Cordova/Parrish
		72	Walker County Road 61 - Cordova
		78	Walker County Road 81 - Dora/Sumiton
Jefferson		81	Jefferson County Road 45 - West Jefferson
	Graysville	85	U.S. 78 East - Graysville/Adamsville	Eastbound thru traffic must exit to continue on U.S. 78
		87	Jefferson County Road 112 - Graysville
	Forestdale	89	Jefferson County Road 65 - Graysville/Adamsville
		91	Jefferson County Road 105 - Brookside	Highway ends; eastbound traffic must turn south to rejoin U.S. 78 at Forestdale

[edit] External links

• Interstate Guide Profile for Interstate 22

[edit] References

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