INTERSTATE 22

'Interstate 22' (abbreviated 'I-22'), when completed, will follow the U.S. Highway 78 corridor along a 176 mile (283 km) route from Memphis, Tennessee, to Birmingham, Alabama. The limited access freeway will connect Interstate 55 and Interstate 40 in the northwest to Interstate 65 and Interstate 20 in the southeast, passing through the cities of Holly Springs, Mississippi; New Albany, Mississippi; Tupelo, Mississippi; Hamilton, Alabama; and Jasper, Alabama.
The part of I-22 east of Fulton, Mississippi, was approved in 1978 as 'Corridor X', part of the Appalachian Development Highway System. Parts of the highway have been under construction ever since. Two stretches in Alabama totalling approximately 25 miles in length, from Jasper to Dora and from Forestdale to Birmingham, and a stretch from the Mississippi/Tennessee state line to its terminus in Memphis are all that remain to be completed. Funding for those sections has been a priority for U.S. Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), who served as Chairman of the Senate Transportation Subcommittee. In 2004 Corridor X was designated as Future Interstate 22 by Public Law No: 108-199, and the designation was made official on April 18, 2005. In Alabama, blue signs reading "FUTURE/I-22/CORRIDOR" at left and an I-22 shield with "FUTURE" instead of "INTERSTATE" at right were unveiled April 18, 2005.
Approximately 78 miles of Interstate 22 is open to traffic in Alabama. The section of the route between the Mississippi state line and Jasper was completed in 2005. Another 12 mile segment between Jasper and Dora is scheduled to open by Thanksgiving 2007. A 13-mile section of I-22 between Dora and Forestdale was opened to local traffic only (no thru trucks) in June 2007. Current plans call for Interstate 22 to be completed to I-65 in 2010, with the 14-bridge stack interchange in Birmingham being completed in 2010.
At the western end of the route, the connection between Interstate 22 and the other interstates in the vicinity of Memphis is most likely to make use of the Interstate 269 Outer Memphis Beltway, which is currently in various stages of planning and construction.

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#	Destinations	Notes
Begin Controlled Access
1	Craft Road - Mineral Wells
2	Mississippi Highway 302 west - Olive Branch; Southaven
4	Mississippi Highway 305 - Olive Branch; Independence
6	Bethel Road - Fairhaven
10	Ingrams Mill
14	Mississippi Highway 309 - Byhalia
18	Victoria
21	Red Banks
26	West Holly Springs
30	Mississippi Highway 7; Mississippi Highway 4 - Holly Springs; Oxford
37	Lake Center
41	Mississippi Highway 349 - Potts Camp
48	Mississippi Highway 178 - Hickory Flat
55	Myrtle
60	Glenfield
61	Mississippi Highway 30 west - West New Albany; Oxford	MS 30 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
63	Downtown New Albany
64	Mississippi Highway 15; Mississippi Highway 30 east - Pontotoc; Ripley	MS 30 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
73	Mississippi Highway 9 north - Blue Springs	MS 9 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
76	Mississippi Highway 9 south - Sherman; Pontotoc (Mississippi Highway 778)	MS 9 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
81	Mississippi Highway 178 - Belden
85	Natchez Trace
86	U.S. Highway 45 - Tupelo; Corinth (Corridor V west)	split into 86A and 86B; Corridor V joins eastbound and splits westbound
87	Veterans Boulevard
90	Auburn Road
94	Mississippi Highway 371 - Mantachie; Mooreville
97	Fawn Grove; Dorsey
101	Mississippi Highway 363 - Peppertown (Mississippi Highway 178)
104	Mississippi Highway 25 south - Fulton; Amory	MS 25 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
108	Mississippi Highway 25 north - Belmont; Iuka (Corridor V east)	MS 25 joins westbound and leaves eastbound; Corridor X begins eastbound and ends westbound; Corridor V joins westbound and splits eastbound
113	Mississippi Highway 23 - Tremont; Smithville
'Mississippi/Alabama State Line'		I-22 enters Alabama eastbound and enters Mississippi westbound
3	County Road 33
7	Weston; Hamilton ( State Route 74)
11	State Route 17 - Hamilton; Sulligent
14	County Road 35 - Hamilton
16	U.S. Route 43/; 278 - Hamilton; Guin (unsigned State Route 171)
22	County Road 45
26	State Route 44 - Brilliant/Guin
30	State Route 129 - Guin
34	State Route 233 - Natural Bridge; Glen Allen
39	State Route 13 - Natural Bridge/Eldridge
46	County Road 11 - Carbon Hill; Nauvoo
52	State Route 118
57	State Route 118 East - Jasper
61	State Route 69 - Jasper/Tuscaloosa	old exit 96
63	State Route 269 - Jasper/Parrish	old exit 101
65	U.S. Route 78/State Route 4 East	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; old exit 104.
Temporary End of Interstate 22
Temporary Beginning of Interstate 22-Open to Local Traffic Only
78	Walker County Road 81 - Dora/Sumiton	Westbound traffic must exit and turn north to rejoin U.S. 78
81	Jefferson County Road 45 - West Jefferson
85	U.S. 78 - Graysville/Adamsville
87	Jefferson County Road 112 - Graysville
89	Jefferson County Road 65 - Graysville/Adamsville
91	Jefferson County Road 105 - Brookside	Highway ends; eastbound traffic must turn south to rejoin U.S. 78 at Forestdale
Temporary End of Interstate 22

External links

★ Interstate Guide Profile for Interstate 22