MS/AL: I-22

[rickmastfan67]

http://clinched.s2.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1846&mforum=clinched

Froggie, do you know if everything is ok with the current 'future' files for I-22 to promote them to a normal Interstate on the site?

[froggie]

Would like to see something a little more official from MDOT first.

[rickmastfan67]

How about the AL part, froggie?  Would that be safe to at least convert to a normal Interstate here?

[yakra]

The endpoint label Fut269 doesn't meet labeling conventions and should probably be changed to I-269Fut -- even if said I-269Fut isn't open to traffic yet.
Yeah, this is a weird one. I'm leaving aside the issue of ending at an unopened non-interchange; it makes sense that this is where I-22 will end once I-269 opens; I'm OK with calling it legit.
Or, alternately, what do you think of using the future exit number (12, I'm guessing?), if it's known?

On US78, as there's no interchange in service here, I recommend hiding the point (to maintain the multiplex with I-22Fut) until the interchange opens.

[mvak36]

Can this be converted to a normal interstate now that it's open? Or is there something else we are waiting for? No hurry, just curious.

Thank You

[Jim]

The news articles linked from Wikipedia seem to indicate it's I-22 in both Alabama and Mississippi now, but I don't know how official any of that is.  When we drove it last summer, the signs were for Future I-22 in Mississippi and I-22 in Alabama.

[rickmastfan67]

I still say we can at least convert the Alabama part to a full Interstate on the site safely.  Especially since the connection to I-65 has finally opened this week.

http://abc3340.com/news/local/corridor-x-opens-today

[Jim]

I'm guessing this is good enough to move the whole thing to I-22.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm

[si404]

While we're on AL and Future Interstates becoming Interstates, the FHWA list of Auxillary Interstates has this entry.

I-685   Alabama   14   0   -   -   -   14 Mi on I-85

So I-685 is an unsigned interstate?

[froggie]

I'd be hesitant to consider it such, considering that "I-685" is supposed to follow existing I-85 once I-85 is moved to the Montgomery Outer Loop, which at the rate they're going won't be in any of our lifetimes...

[rickmastfan67]

So I-685 is an unsigned interstate?

I'd say no in this case, as it's suppose to depend on when I-85 is moved.

[rlee]

I drove the final part of I-22 in Birmingham tonight. It's definitely open as a full interstate (no future banners, no AL 4). The odd thing were the Corridor X US 78 signs that were in the process of being removed between I-65 & US 78. Looks like they were accidentally left in the I-22 signage plans.

The I-22 EB exit to I-65 is unnumbered. On I-65 NB, I-22 is exit 265A; US 31 is now exit 265B.

I still say we can at least convert the Alabama part to a full Interstate on the site safely.  Especially since the connection to I-65 has finally opened this week.

http://abc3340.com/news/local/corridor-x-opens-today

[rlee]

The Corridor X US 78 photos on new I-22 are attached. Looks like they were being removed.

I drove the final part of I-22 in Birmingham tonight. It's definitely open as a full interstate (no future banners, no AL 4). The odd thing were the Corridor X US 78 signs that were in the process of being removed between I-65 & US 78. Looks like they were accidentally left in the I-22 signage plans.

The I-22 EB exit to I-65 is unnumbered. On I-65 NB, I-22 is exit 265A; US 31 is now exit 265B.

[rickmastfan67]

So, what do we want to do here froggie?  I'd still say we should at least get the AL part online, especially since it fully posted as an Interstate all the way to I-65.

[froggie]

If you can verify that it's signed as vanilla I-22 in more than just Jefferson County, then go for it.