A new interchange to serve the city of Auburn remains planned along Interstate 85. This new junction will accommodate the Technology Parks and western reaches of the growing city. The position of the new exit will be between the existing Wire Road and South College Street exits. Construction on the federally funded project was to begin between October 2003 and October 2004 and endure for about two years.1 However no such exit exists as of December 2009.
16.4 miles of Interstate 85 opened between Shorter (Exit 22) and Alabama 81 (Exit 38) in 1965.2
Day Street eastbound at the ramp partition for Interstate 65 & 85 northbound. There is no access to Interstate 65 southbound. Photo taken 08/22/03.
Shield assembly at the gore point of the Day Street connector eastbound. The high flyover carries Interstate 85 southbound traffic onto Interstate 65 southbound. The bridges below carry the mainline of Interstate 65. Photo taken 08/22/03.
Scenes Related to Interstate 85
Court Street southbound at the Interstate 85 southbound frontage road. Interstate 85 is suppressed below the overpass ahead. Photo taken 08/22/03.
The final on-ramp to Interstate 85 southbound. Traffic that turns west from Court Street (pictured in the above photograph) enters the final mile of the freeway here. Photo taken 08/22/03.
A closer look at the Interstate 65 and 85 Alabama shield assembly at the Court and Union Streets southbound on-ramp. Photo taken 08/22/03.
Sources:
"Auburn plans new interchange off Interstate 85," Mobile Register. May 4, 2003.
"61 Miles of Interstate Will Open During 1965." Times Daily (Florence, AL), May 11, 1965.
