Interstate 759
Highway in Alabama
Interstate 759 (I-759) is a part of the Interstate Highway System in the US state of Alabama. It is a spur route that runs for 4.54 miles (7.31 km) between the cities of Attalla and Gadsden in Etowah County. It begins at I-59 in Attalla and ends at U.S. Route 411 (US 411) in southern Gadsden adjacent to the Gadsden Mall. After it loses its I-759 designation, the route continues east as the at-grade thoroughfare State Route 759 (SR 759) until the route ends at SR 291 in Gadsden. SR 759 is the only odd-numbered route in the state that is signed as "east, west" rather than "north, south".
01Route description
I-759 begins at exit 182 of I-59 in Attalla. From this point, the route travels in an easterly direction across a marshy area prior to reaching its first exit at Black Creek Parkway, a diamond interchange. From the Black Creek exit, I-759 continues in its easterly direction and crosses the Coosa River along a causeway and short bridge prior to reaching US 411. At the US 411 interchange, the I-759 designation ends, but the route continues as SR 759 in spanning the Coosa River.
About 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) from the start of SR 759, the freeway becomes a single carriageway roadway before ending at George Wallace Drive.
02History
I-759 opened to traffic on October 22, 1986.
A new four-lane bridge crossing the Coosa River opened in 2004.
03Future
Currently, there are plans to extend I-759 east to US 278 on the east side of Gadsden. In March 2021, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) announced that they had authorized a $2 million to initiate the engineering design for the extension. In May 2022, ALDOT announced that it would fund the $65 million eastern extension. There have also been plans to extend the route west from I-59 to US 431 in Attalla.
04Exit list
The entire route is in Etowah County.
| Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attalla | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0A-B | I-59 , Birmingham, Chattanooga | Western terminus of I-759; I-59 exit 182; signed as left exit 0A (south) & 0B (north) westbound; tri-stack interchange. |
| Gadsden | 2.67 | 4.30 | 2 | Black Creek Parkway | |
| 4.320.00 | 6.950.00 | 4 | US 411 (SR 25/Rainbow Drive) , Rainbow City, Gadsden | Signed as exits 4A (south) and 4B (north); eastern terminus of I-759; western terminus of SR 759 | |
| 0.35 | 0.56 | Bridge over Coosa River | |||
SR 291 north to US 431 / US 278 | Eastern terminus of SR 759 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Interstate 759”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- I-759 (AL).svg by Ltljltlj, Public domain
- I-759 East End Becomes AL759 - Exit 4B - US411 North (45254416704).jpg by formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
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