Interstate 22

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Interstate 22 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	176 mi[citation needed] (283 km)
West end:	near Memphis, Tennessee, most likely I-240
East end:	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 176 mile (283 km) route from Memphis, Tennessee to Birmingham, Alabama. The limited access freeway will connect Interstate 55 and Interstate 40 in the northwest to Interstate 65 and Interstate 20 in the southeast, passing through the cities of Holly Springs, Mississippi; New Albany, Mississippi; Tupelo, Mississippi; Hamilton, 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. An approximately 25 mile stretch between the east side of Jasper, Alabama to Birmingham, Alabama and a stretch from the Mississippi/Tennessee state line to its terminus in Memphis is all that remains to be completed. Funding for those sections has been a priority for U.S. Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), who served as Chairman of the 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.

A 94 mile (151 km) stretch from Graysville, Alabama to the Mississippi state line is scheduled to open in 2007; the westernmost 65 miles (105 km) in Alabama (to Bevill Industrial Parkway southeast of Jasper) opened to traffic in a series of stages through November 22, 2005. Current plans call for Interstate 22 to be completed to I-65 in 2012, with the 14-bridge stack interchange in Birmingham being completed in 2010.

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.

[edit] Exit list

#	Destinations	Notes
Begin Controlled Access
1	Craft Road - Mineral Wells
2	Mississippi Highway 302 west - Olive Branch; Southaven
4	Mississippi Highway 305 - Olive Branch; Independence
6	Bethel Road - Fairhaven
10	Ingrams Mill
14	Mississippi Highway 309 - Byhalia
18	Victoria
21	Red Banks
26	West Holly Springs
30	Mississippi Highway 7; Mississippi Highway 4 - Holly Springs; Oxford
37	Lake Center
41	Mississippi Highway 349 - Potts Camp
48	Mississippi Highway 178 - Hickory Flat
55	Myrtle
60	Glenfield
61	Mississippi Highway 30 west - West New Albany; Oxford	MS 30 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
63	Downtown New Albany
64	Mississippi Highway 15; Mississippi Highway 30 east - Pontotoc; Ripley	MS 30 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
73	Mississippi Highway 9 north - Blue Springs	MS 9 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
76	Mississippi Highway 9 south - Sherman; Pontotoc (Mississippi Highway 778)	MS 9 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
81	Mississippi Highway 178 - Belden
85	Natchez Trace
86	U.S. Highway 45 - Tupelo; Corinth (Corridor V west)	split into 86A and 86B; Corridor V joins eastbound and splits westbound
87	Veterans Boulevard
90	Auburn Road
94	Mississippi Highway 371 - Mantachie; Mooreville
97	Fawn Grove; Dorsey
101	Mississippi Highway 363 - Peppertown (Mississippi Highway 178)
104	Mississippi Highway 25 south - Fulton; Amory	MS 25 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
108	Mississippi Highway 25 north - Belmont; Iuka (Corridor V east)	MS 25 joins westbound and leaves eastbound; Corridor X begins eastbound and ends westbound; Corridor V joins westbound and splits eastbound
113	Mississippi Highway 23 - Tremont; Smithville
Mississippi/Alabama State Line		I-22 enters Alabama eastbound and enters Mississippi westbound
3	County Road 33
7	Weston; Hamilton (State Route 74)
11	State Route 17 - Hamilton; Sulligent
14	County Road 35 - Hamilton
16	U.S. Route 43; U.S. Route 278 - Hamilton; Guin (State Route 171)
22	County Road 45
26	State Route 44 - Brilliant; Guin
30	State Route 129
34	State Route 233 - Natural Bridge; Glen Allen
39	State Route 13 - Natural Bridge; Eldridge
46	County Road 11 - Carbon Hill; Nauvoo
52	State Route 118
57	State Route 118 east - Jasper
61	State Route 69 - Jasper; Tuscaloosa	old exit 96
63	State Route 269 - Jasper; Parrish	old exit 101
65	Industrial Parkway Road (U.S. Route 78 east; State Route 4 east)	eastbound exit and westbound entrance; old exit 104

[edit] External links

• Interstate Guide Profile for Interstate 22

edit Main Interstate Highways (multiples of 5 in pink)
4	5	8	10	12	15	16	17	19	20	22	24	25	26	27	29	30
35	37	39	40	43	44	45	49	55	57	59	64	65	66	66 (W)		68
69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76 (W)		76 (E)		77	78	79	80	81	82
83	84 (W)		84 (E)		85	86 (W)		86 (E)		87	88 (W)		88 (E)		89	90
91	93	94	95	96	97	99	(238)		H-1		H-2		H-3
Unsigned			A-1		A-2		A-3		A-4		PRI-1		PRI-2		PRI-3
Lists		Main - Auxiliary - Suffixed - Business - Proposed - Unsigned Gaps - Intrastate - Interstate standards - Replaced

edit Major Highways and Expressways of Metro Birmingham
	Heroes Highway		Interstate 22 (future)		Interstate 59
	Interstate 20		American Veterans Highway / Decatur Highway		US Route 280
	Elton B. Stephens Expressway		Interstate 459 / Corridor X-1 (future)		Montgomery Highway
	Bessemer Superhighway		Crestwood Boulevard		Lakeshore Parkway

Browse numbered routes
< MS 21	MS		MS 22 >
< SR 22	AL		SR 23 >

Appalachian Development Highway System
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