Benutzer:Stefan Tollkühn/Übersetzung/Interstate 65

Die I-65 beginnt in Mobile (Alabama) bei der Interstate 10, nahe dem Golf von Mexiko. Sie kreuzt nördlich mit der Interstate-165 und führt über den Alabama River, bevor Sie nordöstlich weiterführt. In Richtung Montgomery (Alabama) führt sie durch Evergreen (Alabama) und Greenville (Alabama). Bei Montgomery trifft sie auf das südliche Ende der Interstate 85 und überquert den Alabama River erneut.

Im Chilton County erreicht die Interstate 65 At Chilton County, I-65 enters the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area. Approximately halfway between Montgomery and Birmingham, it passes Clanton (Chilton County seat), where the water-tower, visible from the road, is shaped and painted to resemble a huge peach.

I-65 intersects I-459 near Pelham, then passes through the cities of Hoover, Vestavia Hills and Homewood, which often generate heavy traffic. As the interstate passes by downtown Birmingham, south-bound travelers have a view of the Vulcan statue atop Red Mountain. At the north edge of downtown, I-65 intersects I-20/I-59 with a cross-over interchange, often called Malfunction Junction.

North of Birmingham, I-65 performs a unique scrape-intersection with US 31. The incomplete I-22 from Memphis, Tennessee is expected to intersect there with the most expensive interchange in Alabama history, consisting of approx. 14 bridges. The interstate then continues 98 miles to Huntsville, passing the city of Cullman on the way. The interstate later passes Decatur before crossing the Tennessee River on a 2.6 mile bridge. The interstate emerges again into the fringes of Decatur, in an open area of seemingly "endless" cotton fields where it intersects, inside Decatur, with Alabama 20, Alternate 72, and the spur-route, I-565 to Huntsville. The interstate then continues towards the state line, passing Athens and intersecting with U.S. Route 72. At the state line, the southbound lanes receive a welcome center, complete with a replica Saturn 1 rocket.

Tennessee

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Die Interstate 65 erreicht Tennessee südlich von Ardmore (Tennessee)), führt durch Nashville und verläßt den Bundesstaat nordwestlich von Portland (Tennessee).

Kentucky

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Interstate 65 enters the state five miles south of Franklin. It passes by the major cities of Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, and Louisville before exiting the state.

Throughout its length, it passes near Mammoth Cave National Park, Crystal Onyx Cave, Diamond Caverns, Bernheim Forest, the National Corvette Museum, and the Fort Knox Military Reservation.

Vorlage:ImageStackRight It junctions with the four parkways. The first major junction is with the William H. Natcher Parkway at Bowling Green, followed by the Cumberland Parkway north of the city between Smiths Grove and Park City. At Elizabethtown, it has two more parkway interchanges with the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway and the Martha Layne Collins Bluegrass Parkway. Interstate 65 also has interchanges with Interstate 265, Interstate 264, Interstate 64, and Interstate 71.

The widest stretch of Interstate 65 in its entirety is in Louisville at the Kentucky Route 1065 (Outer Loop), where the mainline is 14 lanes wide. It crosses the Ohio River into Indiana on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge.

Interstate 65 enters the Hooiser state at Jeffersonvile and Clarksville.

The section of Interstate 65 in downtown Indianapolis multiplexes with Interstate 70. The junctions are often referred to as the "North Split" and the "South Split", forming a section of interstate locally known as the "Inner Loop."

In 1999, the 25 mile (40 km) segment of Interstate 65 between the two Interstate 465 interchanges was renamed the Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Highway.

The northern terminus of Interstate 65 is only 1/8 mile (0.2 km) north of Interstate 90 (Indiana Toll Road). Prior to 2004, the interchange from Interstate 90 to Interstate 65 required making a physical left turn onto Interstate 65 via a traffic signal; traffic from Interstate 65 to Interstate 90 bypassed the traffic signal via an isolated right-turn lane. It has since been grade-separated.

In the summer of 2003, the portion of Interstate 65 that runs concurrently with Interstate 70 was closed to all traffic due to the "HyperFix" project. During that time, a new asphalt surface was installed and the overpasses were upgraded.


Major intersections

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The future Interstate 22 will scale I-65 before terminating at US 31. The target date for the completion of the new route is 2012. However, ALDOT officials have pushed as of lately for a 2010 completion date.

Exit List

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County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
Mobile Mobile 1 1A   US 90 eastbound
1B   US 90 westbound
3 3 Airport Boulevard
4 4 Dauphin Street
5 5A Springhill Avenue
5B   US 98/Moffett Road
Prichard 8 8A   US 45 southbound/Prichard
8B   US 45 northbound/Citronelle
9 9   I-165 southbound/Prichard & Downtown Mobile
Chickasaw 10 10 West Lee Street
Saraland 13 13     AL-158 & AL-213/Citronelle/Saraland
15 15 Celeste Road/Citronelle/Saraland
Creola 19 19   US 43/Satsuma/Creola
22 22 Sailor Road
Baldwin Bay Minette 31 31   AL-255/Stockton/Spanish Fort
34 34   AL-59/Bay Minette/Stockton
37 37   AL-287/Gulf Shores Parkway/Bay Minette/Rabun
Perdido 45 45 Rabun/Perdido
Escambia Atmore 54 54 County Highway 1
57 57   AL-21/Atmore/Uriah
69 69   AL-113/Flomaton/Wallace
Brewton 77 77   AL-41/Brewton/Repton
Conecuh 83 83 Castleberry/Lenox
Evergreen 93 93   AL-84/Evergreen/Monroeville
96 96   AL-83/Evergreen/Midway
101 101 County Highway 29/Owassa
Butler 107 107 Grace/Garland
Georgiana 114 114
Greenville 128 128   AL-10/Greenville/Pine Apple
130 130  AL-10 Truck Bypass/AL-158/Greenville Access to Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
Lowndes Fort Deposit 142 142
Letohatchee 151 151   AL-97/Letohatchee/Davenport
Hayneville 158 158 County Highway 6/To   US 31/Pintlala/Tyson
Montgomery Hope Hull 164 164   US 31/Pintlala/Hope Hull
Montgomery 167 167   US 80 westbound/Selma
168 168  /  US 80/US 82 eastbound/To   US 231/To   US 331/South Boulevard
169 169 Edgemont Avenue (southbound only)
170 170 Fairview Avenue
171 171   I-85/Atlanta Southern terminus of I-85
172 172 Herron Street Downtown Montgomery/Maxwell Air Force Base
Elmore Prattville 173 173   US 82 eastbound/North Boulevard/To US 231
176 176   AL-143 northbound (no southbound access)
179 179   US 82 westbound/Millbrook/Prattville
Autauga 181 181   AL-14/Prattville/Wetumpka/Millbrook/Coosada
186 186   US 31/Pine Level/Prattville
Chilton Verbena 200 200 Verbena/To AL-22/Rockford
Clanton 205 205 (southbound only)
208 208 (northbound only)
212 212   AL-145/Wilsonville
Union Grove 219 219 Thorsby/Jemison
Shelby Calera 228 228   AL-25/Montevallo/Calera/University of Montevallo Highway
231 231
234 234 Shelby County Airport
Alabaster 238 238
Pelham 242 242
246 246
247 247
Jefferson Hoover 250 250   I-459
252 252   US 31/Montgomery Highway/Hoover/Vestavia Hills
Vestavia Hills 254 254 Alford Avenue
Birmingham 255 255 Lakeshore Parkway
256 256A Oxmoor Road Eastbound/Westbound
256 256B Oxmoor Road Eastbound/Edgewood
258 258   AL-18/Greensprings Avenue South
259 259A 6th Avenue South Westbound
259 259   AL-149 University Boulevard
259 259B 4th Avenue South Eastbound
260 260B 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Avenues North
261 261 ( /  I-20/59) / Atlanta / Tuscaloosa / Gadsden
262 262A 16th Street North
262 262B Finley Boulevard
263 263 33rd, 34th Avenue North
264 264 41st Avenue North
266 266   US 31/American Veterans Highway
Fultondale 267 267   AL-121/Walker Chapel Road
Gardendale 271 271   AL-118/Fieldstown Road
272 272   AL-112/Mt. Olive Road
275 275
Kimberly 280 280 Kimberly/Morris/Warrior
281 281 Warrior
282 282  AL-140/Warrior/Robins
Blount 284 284   AL-160/Haden
287 287   US 31
289 289   AL-5
Cullman 291 291 Colony
299 299 CR-490/Dodge City
300 300 Rest Stop
Cullman 304 304 CR-437/Good Hope/Good Hope
308 308   US 278/Cullman
310 310   AL-157/Cullman
Morgan Lacon 318 318   US 31/Lacon/Vinemont
Falkville 322 322   AL-55/Falkville/Eva
Hartselle 325 325 Thompson Road/Hartselle
328 328  AL-36/Hartselle
Decatur 334 334   AL-67/Point Mallard Parkway/Decatur/Priceville/Somerville
Limestone 340 340       I-565/AL-20/Alt US 72/Decatur/Huntsville
Athens 351 351   US 72/Athens/Madison/Huntsville
354 354   US 31/Athens
361 361
Welcome Center
365 365 Ardmore

Spur routes

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  • Interstate 65 combines with Interstate 24 and Interstate 40 near downtown Nashville, Tennessee to form a loop around the center city. Once, the northwestern leg of this loop was designated I-265; this is no longer true, as Nashville's government successfully petitioned to have the designation changed to I-65 in order to help alleviate traffic caused by motorists following I-65 through the city.
  • Known as "Auto Alley" due to the large number of automotive OEM and supplier firms that have facilities within an hour's drive of the highway. Interstate 65 leads to automotive assembly plants located in the Midwest and South. The most famous plant is the GM plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, which makes the Chevrolet Corvette sports car, as well as the Cadillac XLR luxury roadster. Another GM plant, which builds Saturn vehicles, is also within a short driving distance from I-65 in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Both of the Ford Motor Company truck plants in Louisville, Kentucky are accessible—The Explorer SUV plant directly accessible from I-65 and the Kentucky Truck Plant, makers of the F-350 and Excursion SUV, from I-265. In Lafayette, Indiana, the Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. plant is located at the junction of I-65 and SR-25. Supplier ArvinMeritor has several facilities near the highway in Columbus, Indiana. Finally, Hyundai's new automotive plant in Montgomery, Alabama is located just off I-65.
  • As the combined interstates of I-20/59 converge on Interstate 65 in Birmingham, Alabama, many wrecks, and accidents that have occurred that include the melting of support beams of overpasses after 18-wheelers crashed and burned on two separate occasions, and the numerous collisions that happen every year, has led this interchange to be nicknamed, "Malfunction Junction".
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