Interstate 565 (I-565) is a 21 mile (34 km) Interstate spur which connects Interstate 65 (I-65) near Decatur, Alabama with Huntsville, Alabama. Image File history File links Interstate-565. ... Interstate Highways in the lower 48 A typical rural stretch of Interstate Highway, with two lanes in each direction separated by a large grassy median, and with cross-traffic limited to overpasses and underpasses. ... Interstate 65 (abbreviated I-65) is an Interstate Highway in the United States. ... Decatur is a city located in Morgan County, Alabama on the shore of the Tennessee River. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

I-565 serves the town of the Madison, Alabama and Downtown Huntsville, Alabama as well as Huntsville International Airport. I-565 connects with U.S. Highway 231 and U.S. Highway 431 near Downtown Huntsville and terminates onto U.S. Highway 72 on the east side of Huntsville. Madison is a city located primarily in Madison County, Alabama with a small portion located in Limestone County, Alabama. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Huntsville International Airport is an airport in Huntsville, Alabama, near Decatur, Alabama. ... U.S. Highway 231 is a spur of U.S. Highway 31. ... U.S. Highway 431 is a spur of U.S. Highway 31. ... United States Highway 72 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 432 miles from southeast Tennesee through northern Alabama and northern Mississippi to southwest Tennessee. ...

Appalachian Development Highway System Corridor V follows the entire route of I-565. Alternate U.S. Highway 72 also follows this entire route of I-565. AHDS is part of the Appalachian Regional Commission History In 1964, the President’s Appalachian Regional Commission (PARC) reported to Congress that economic growth in Appalachia would not be possible until the Region’s isolation had been overcome. ... Corridor V is part of the Appalachian Development Highway System. ... United States Highway 72 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 432 miles from southeast Tennesee through northern Alabama and northern Mississippi to southwest Tennessee. ...

History

When the Interstate Highway system was envisioned in the 1950's I-65 was routed near Decatur, Alabama as it was the largest city at the time in extreme northern Alabama between Birmingham, Alabama and Nashville, Tennessee. In the late 1950's and early 1960's Huntsville was going through a population boom as result of the space race and the new George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. By the late 1960's Huntsville had grown to become more than twice the size of Decatur and it had become obvious that a spur was needed to connect Huntsville with I-65. Construction finally began in the late 1980's and completed in the early 1990's. At the time construction had begun, Huntsville was the largest city in the Continental United States which was not connected to the Interstate System. Interstate Highways in the lower 48 A typical rural stretch of Interstate Highway, with two lanes in each direction separated by a large grassy median, and with cross-traffic limited to overpasses and underpasses. ... Interstate 65 (abbreviated I-65) is an Interstate Highway in the United States. ... Decatur is a city located in Morgan County, Alabama on the shore of the Tennessee River. ... State nickname: Camellia State, The Heart of Dixie¹, Yellowhammer State Other U.S. States Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Governor Bob Riley (R) Senators Richard Shelby (R) Jeff Sessions (R) Official language(s) English Area 52,423 mi²/135,775 km² (30th)  - Land 50,750 mi²/131,442 km²  - Water... Birmingham is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. ... The Nashville skyline Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Titan II rockets launched U.S. spacecraft from the 1960s through the 1980s. ... The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center is a lead NASA center for propulsion and for computers, networks, and information management. ... The continental United States refers (except sometimes in U.S. federal law and regulations) to the largest part of the U.S. that is delimited by a continuous border. ...

When I-565 first opened, it was signed as a north-south highway as it was an odd numbered Interstate, but this provided some level of confusion as the highway runs mostly east-west, and the highway was resigned not long after opening as east-west. Interstate Highways in the lower 48 A typical rural stretch of Interstate Highway, with two lanes in each direction separated by a large grassy median, and with cross-traffic limited to overpasses and underpasses. ...

I-565 is unusual in that it maintains high speed limits right through Huntsville; it remains 70 mph (110 km/h) well into the urban area and 65 mph (100 km/h) on the elevated section through downtown.

Future Plans

Plans are currently in place to extend I-565 east several miles past the junction of U.S. Highway 72 along a newly upgraded freeway section of U.S. 72 East of Huntsville. Plans are also in place to extend I-565 west from the junction of I-65 along the route of Alabama Highway 20 and Alternate U.S. 72 to the junction with U.S. 31 just east of Decatur with eventual plans on building a new bridge over the Tennessee River connecting on the west side of Decatur. United States Highway 72 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 432 miles from southeast Tennesee through northern Alabama and northern Mississippi to southwest Tennessee. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Interstate 65 (abbreviated I-65) is an Interstate Highway in the United States. ... US Highway 31 is a long north-south highway connecting northern Michigan to southern Alabama, with termini at Interstate 75 near Mackinaw City, Michigan, and U.S. Highway 90 and U.S. Highway 98 at Spanish Fort, Alabama. ... Decatur is a city located in Morgan County, Alabama on the shore of the Tennessee River. ... A riverboat passing under the Gay Street Bridge on the Tennessee River The river viewed from the top of Neyland Stadium. ...

A portion of I-565 is planned to be section of a planned interstate connecting Memphis, Tennessee with Atlanta, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee as part of ISTEA High Priority Corridor 7. The most logical number for that route would be Interstate 28 if it crosses I-24. Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, of which it is the county seat. ... Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. ... City nickname: Scenic City (official), River City, Chatty, ChatTown, Chattavegas Location Location within the U.S. State of Tennessee Government Cities in Tennessee Tennessee Mayor Ron Littlefield Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 370. ... The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240) (ISTEA, pronounced Ice-Tea) posed a major change to transportation planning and policy, as the first US federal legislation on the subject in the post-Interstate Highway System era. ... Interstate 24 (abbreviated I-24) is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. ...

External links

• Interstate Guide I-565
• AA-Roads Corridor V / Corridor 7
• AA-Roads Corridor 11