Interstate 459

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Interstate 459 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	32.8 mi[1] (52.8 km)
Formed:	1984
South end:	I-20/I-59/US-11/SR-5/SR-7 near Bessemer
Major junctions:	SR-150 near Hoover US-31 at Hoover I-65 at Hoover US-280 at Birmingham I-20 at Irondale US-11 near Trussville
North end:	I-59 at Trussville
Alabama State Routes < US-431 I-565 >

Interstate 459 (abbreviated I-459) is the 3-digit bypass loop of Interstate 59 that creates a southern beltway in Jefferson County, Alabama, through the suburbs of Birmingham. The route is 32.8 miles long, and was completed in 1984. There are plans on board to extend it north of Birmingham to complete the beltway called the Northern Beltline, tentatively designated as State Route 959. Due to the northern beltline's expected junction with I-59 near Argo, it may be designated as Interstate 259 rather than Interstate 459. It is expected that the Northern Beltline will not be completed until 2020.

I-459 bypasses Birmingham. The route begins at its southern terminus near Bessemer with two lanes in either direction. Between Exit 6 (Morgan Road) and Exit 13 (U.S. Highway 31), there is a third lane in either direction. Work completed in 2002 added two more lanes in either direction between US-31 and Interstate 65 (Exit 15). Between I-65 and I-59 near Trussville, the route is made up of three lanes in either direction.

[edit] Exit list

Location	#	Destinations	Notes
		I-20 (US-11/SR-5/SR-7) / I-59 – Birmingham, Tuscaloosa	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Bessemer	1	Bessemer, McCalla
	6	Helena, Bessemer
Hoover	10	SR-150 – Hoover, Bessemer	Regions Park (formerly Hoover Metropolitan Stadium); Riverchase Galleria
	13A	To SR-150 / Galleria Boulevard	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	13B	US-31 (SR-3) – Hoover, Pelham	Signed as exit 13 northbound
	15	I-65 – Birmingham, Montgomery
	17	Acton Road
Birmingham	19	US-280 (SR-38) – Mountain Brook, Childersburg
	23	Liberty Parkway
Irondale	27	Grants Mill Road
	29	I-20 – Birmingham, Atlanta
Birmingham	31	Derby Parkway
	32	US-11 (SR-7) – Trussville
	33	I-59 – Birmingham, Gadsden	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; signed as exits 33A (south) and 33B (north)

[edit] See also

• Corridor X-1

[edit] References

v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 59 Alabama: 359 • 459 • 759