Interstate 65 in Alabama

Interstate 65
Interstate 65
	I-65 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by ALDOT
Length	366.229 mi (589.388 km)
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	I-10 in Mobile
	I-165 in Prichard; Future I-685 / I-85 in Montgomery; I-459 in Hoover; I-20 / I-59 in Birmingham; I-22 in Fultondale; ; I-565 / US 72 Alt. in Decatur;
North end	I-65 / US 31 at Tennessee state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Counties	Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia, Conecuh, Butler, Lowndes, Montgomery, Elmore, Autauga, Chilton, Shelby, Jefferson, Blount, Cullman, Morgan, Limestone
Highway system
	Interstate Highway System; Main; Auxiliary; Suffixed; Business; Future; Alabama State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

Interstate 65 (I-65) meanders across 366 miles (589 km) of the Alabama countryside linking six of the state's 10 largest cities. The highway links together many important roadways that make commerce inside and outside of the state's boundaries possible. It starts at I-10 near Mobile. The route passes through the major cities of Montgomery, Birmingham, Decatur, Huntsville, and Athens before entering Tennessee in the north near the town of Ardmore, Alabama.

The entire Alabama portion of I-65 is dedicated as Heroes Highway in honor of Central Intelligence Agency officer Johnny Micheal Spann and all of the people who died during the September 11 attacks.^[2]

^ "FHWA Route Log and Finder List: Table 1". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
^ "Heroes Highway of Alabama". Montgomerygop.net. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2009.

[1] "FHWA Route Log and Finder List: Table 1". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[2] "Heroes Highway of Alabama". Montgomerygop.net. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2009.

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