re: I-14 (14th Amendment HWY)—TX, LA, MS, AL, GA corridor—approved by US Senate

Originally, I-20 was supposed to replace Highway 80 from Meridian to Savannah.
However, Alabama conspired to route 20/59 together to BHM (which was a big mistake).

MS gets criticized for a lot of things but in highway improvements, we are a country mile ahead of AL.

Examples:
US 45 (from the TN line all the way to State Line, AL) approximately 275 miles is a nice four lane highway.

US 84 (from the MS River to the AL line) approximately 190 miles is a nice four lane highway.

US Highway 98 (from the MS River to the AL line) approximately 200 miles is a nice four lane highway.

BUT, once you enter AL all these highways become harrowing, hilly, curvy TWO lane highways. Why? They carry a large amount of commercial traffic as well as vehicular traffic.
Just don’t understand it.


So the new I-14 will be a nice enhancement for Central/East MS and central AL. It will be a win-win for Meridian.