Interstate 759

{{Short description|Highway in Alabama}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox road

|state=AL

|type=IAL

|route=759

|map={{maplink-road |from=Interstate 759.map }}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=I-759 highlighted in red; SR 759 in blue

|length_mi=5.407

|length_ref={{cite web|url=http://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/milepostinternet/default.aspx |title=Milepost Maps |last=Alabama Department of Transportation |author-link=Alabama Department of Transportation |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727134739/http://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/milepostinternet/default.aspx |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}

|length_notes={{convert|4.541|mi|abbr=on}} as I-759
{{convert|0.866|mi|abbr=on}} as SR 759

|established=October 22, 1986{{cite news

| title = I-759 opens Wednesday

| first = Chip

| last = Alford

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dLUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VtcEAAAAIBAJ&dq=interstate-759&pg=4258%2C4619303

| newspaper = The Gadsden Times

| date = October 20, 1986

| page = A1

| access-date = April 21, 2010

| via = Google News

}}

|direction_a=West

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=AL|I|59}} in Attalla

|junction= {{Jct|state=AL|US|411}} in Gadsden

|direction_b=East

|terminus_b={{Jct|state=AL|SR|291}} in Gadsden

|counties=Etowah

|previous_type=I

|previous_route=685

|next_type=AL

|next_route=959

}}

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 {{convert|4.54|mi|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”.

Route description

File:I-759 East End Becomes AL759 - Exit 4B - US411 North (45254416704).jpg

I-759 begins at exit 182 of I-59 in Attalla.Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps. Retrieved April 21, 2010 – via [http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=33.99732,-86.03617&z=14&t=M ACME Mapper] 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.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=34.004218,-86.069952&spn=0,0.011362&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=34.004253,-86.070141&panoid=-y615akq3MZb7jJay_T_WQ&cbp=12,101.98,,0,-6.05 |title=Interstate 759 spanning marsh |accessdate=April 21, 2010}}{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=33.992121,-86.042658&spn=0,0.011362&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.992147,-86.042774&panoid=7Hp-OWBzxcd_ZsSl_udXTQ&cbp=12,139.27,,0,-0.35 |title=Interstate 759/Exit 2 |accessdate=April 21, 2010}} 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.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=33.991827,-86.016362&spn=0,0.011362&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.991537,-86.016732&panoid=A8UrqwgrOpfXXa6P_9sYow&cbp=12,88.04,,0,-7.92 |title=Interstate 759/ Neely Henry Lake causeway |accessdate=April 21, 2010}} At the US 411 interchange, the I-759 designation ends, but the route continues as SR 759 in spanning the Coosa River.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=33.992735,-86.003981&spn=0,0.011362&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.992764,-86.003871&panoid=23_P1CNwgzQyCOlXH5ftdg&cbp=12,76.72,,0,-0.01 |title=Interstate 759 eastern terminus |accessdate=April 21, 2010}}

History

{{Expand section|date=August 2012}}

A new four-lane bridge crossing the Coosa River opened in 2004.{{cite news|title=Bridge on the River Coosa Helped Ease Traffic Flow|newspaper=The Gadsden Times|date=March 7, 2006|page=C1}}

Future

Currently, there are plans to extend I-759 east to US 278 on the east side of Gadsden.{{cite news|last=Powell|first=Andy|title=Interstate 759 extension hits roadblock|url=http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20120712/NEWS/120719942|access-date=June 16, 2013|newspaper=The Gadsden Times|date=July 12, 2012}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Greg |title=ALDOT authorizes $2 million for engineering design on Eastern Connector, or I-759 project |url=https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/2021/03/04/aldot-authorizes-funds-engineering-759-extension/6921371002/ |access-date=22 August 2023 |work=Gadsden Times |date=4 March 2021}} In May 2022, ALDOT announced that it would fund the $65 million eastern extension.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title=ALDOT to fund $65 million expansion project for I-759 in Gadsden |url=https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/aldot-to-fund-65-million-expansion-project-for-i-759/ |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=CBS 42 |language=en-US}} There have also been plans to extend the route west from I-59 to US 431 in Attalla.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Perry Pearson Times Staff |title=I-759 west extension gets endorsed by MPO |url=https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/2004/03/12/i-759-west-extension-gets-endorsed-by-mpo/32321642007/ |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=Gadsden Times |language=en-US}}

Exit list

{{jcttop|exit|state=AL|county=Etowah|length_ref=|exit_ref={{Cite map | publisher = Alabama Department of Transportation | title = Official Highway Map | edition = 2007–2008}}}}

{{ALint|exit

|location=Attalla

|mile=0.00

|exit=0A-B

|road={{Jct|state=AL|I|59|city1=Birmingham|location2=Chattanooga}}

|notes=Western terminus of I-759; I-59 exit 182; signed as left exit 0A (south) & 0B (north) westbound; tri-stack interchange.

}}

{{ALint|exit

|location=Gadsden

|lspan=4

|mile=2.67

|exit=2

|road=Black Creek Parkway

}}

{{ALint|exit

|mile=4.54

|mile2=0.00

|line=yes

|exit=4

|road={{Jct|state=AL|US|411|city1=Rainbow City|city2=Gadsden|name1=SR 25/Rainbow Drive}}

|type=trans

|notes=Signed as exits 4A (south) and 4B (north); eastern terminus of I-759; western terminus of SR 759

}}

{{jctbridge|exit

|mile=0.35

|bridge=Bridge over Coosa River

}}

{{ALint|exit

|mile=1.00

|exit=

|road={{jct|state=AL|SR|291|dir1=north|US|431|US|278|to2=yes}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of SR 759

}}

{{jctbtm|keys=trans}}

References

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