Interstate 59

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Interstate Highway limited-access highway

Interstate 59 is a major U.S. highway running from Louisiana to Georgia, serving as a key north–south transportation corridor through the Deep South.

Aliases (2)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Interstate Highway → limited-access highway →
bridgeCrossing	Pearl River between Louisiana and Mississippi →
category	Interstate Highways in Alabama → Interstate Highways in Georgia → Interstate Highways in Louisiana → Interstate Highways in Mississippi →
concurrentWith	Interstate 20 in Alabama →
connectsTo	Interstate 10 → Interstate 12 NERFINISHED → Interstate 20 NERFINISHED → Interstate 24 NERFINISHED →
country	United States →
directionA	South →
directionB	North →
function	major north–south transportation corridor →
highwayNumber	59 →
lanes	at least four lanes along most of its length →
locatedIn	Alabama → Georgia → Louisiana → Mississippi →
maintainedBy	state departments of transportation →
numberingSystem	odd-numbered north–south Interstate →
opened	1950s–1970s (segments over time) →
parallelTo	U.S. Route 11 in many sections →
partOf	Interstate Highway System →
passesNear	University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa → downtown Birmingham, Alabama →
passesThrough	Appalachian foothills in Alabama → Birmingham, Alabama → Chattanooga metropolitan area → Fort Payne, Alabama → Gadsden, Alabama → Hattiesburg, Mississippi → Laurel, Mississippi → Meridian, Mississippi → Picayune, Mississippi → Slidell, Louisiana → Tuscaloosa, Alabama →
region	Deep South →
routeType	primary Interstate →
runsFrom	Slidell, Louisiana →
runsTo	Wildwood, Georgia →
stateAbbreviation	AL → GA → LA → MS →
terminusA	Interstate 10 in Slidell, Louisiana →
terminusB	Interstate 24 near Wildwood, Georgia →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Interstate 59 ("Interstate Highways in Mississippi") →	category
Bessemer, Alabama →	hasMajorHighway
Birmingham, Alabama →	transportHubFor
Fort Payne ("served by Interstate 59") →	transportInfrastructure