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I-14 (14th Amendment HWY)—TX, LA, MS, AL, GA corridor—approved by US Senate
Posted on 8/6/21 at 12:13 am
Posted on 8/6/21 at 12:13 am
I’m not a road-tripper (prefer air travel); but for those who drive/RV, this new interstate (connecting military installations in five states) offers an additional travel option for SEC games.
I-14 corridor from Texas to Georgia gets Senate approval - WSAV.com
I-14 corridor from Texas to Georgia gets Senate approval - WSAV.com
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Posted on 8/6/21 at 12:16 am to EKG
Very neat. Thanks for sharing
Posted on 8/6/21 at 12:25 am to EKG
I’m halfway convinced this whole thing was done so people don’t have to drive through Jackson. If so, probably a sound decision. Big wins for Gulfport, laurel and meridian
Posted on 8/6/21 at 12:38 am to EKG
It looks to me like South Louisiana cities (Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, New Orleans) are the biggest loser in this new highway. The Port of Gulfport is going to explode with growth to the detriment of the Port of New Orleans.
And Shreveport and Monroe are equally as screwed because a lot of that traffic will be rerouted onto I-14 and off I-10/12 and I-20. Cassidy royally screwed Baton Rouge here because it ensures that the Miss River bridge over Baton rouge isn't going to be expanded anytime soon now.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 12:41 am to EKG
It'll never be ready in time.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 12:43 am to EKG
Hwy 30 leaving college station would just be renamed I-14?
Posted on 8/6/21 at 12:57 am to EKG
That's great and all.
But we will all be dead by the time the interstate is completed. Just look at how slow I-69 has come along.
But we will all be dead by the time the interstate is completed. Just look at how slow I-69 has come along.
This post was edited on 8/6/21 at 12:58 am
Posted on 8/6/21 at 1:00 am to texag7
Not necessarily. Last drawups hadn't decided whether I-14 would follow US-190 or Hwy 30 between Huntsville and Bryan. Early on, some plans called for the route to entirely miss Bryan and just go north from Huntsville along the existing I-45 and then shoot west straight to Hearne.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 1:03 am to EKG
I'll start the daily I-14 is backed up thread 
Posted on 8/6/21 at 1:18 am to EKG
Should have some stretches in west TX with no speed limit.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 3:22 am to AlwysATgr
This will go right through my hometown of Natchez, I just can't imagine that.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 6:35 am to texag7
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Hwy 30 leaving college station would just be renamed I-14?
That is the way it appears to be done now. The part in Alabama is exactly where US80 currently sits. Large parts of what is now I-22 were also once highways with a different name.
As far as the communities, it won’t help them. It will devastate them. Interstates are limited access. Property owners will have to drive miles to get from one side of their land to the other, neighbors will be cut off from each other, and every mom and pop store and gas station along that route but not deemed worthy of an exit just got a going out of business sign posted for them.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 6:40 am to Texas Weazel
“Future I-14 corridor”
Posted on 8/6/21 at 7:25 am to EKG
Avoid Montgomery at all cost.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 7:28 am to Gary Busey
This shite would have been useful when I was going Augusta to San Angelo for grad school.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 7:31 am to Gary Busey
The area from Laurel thru Selma will be like I-22 (a complete ghost-town)
Posted on 8/6/21 at 7:31 am to EKG
On things like this is there a minimum miles that need to be done per year?
So it doesn’t take 4 decades and is outdated by the time it’s finished?
So it doesn’t take 4 decades and is outdated by the time it’s finished?
Posted on 8/6/21 at 7:36 am to EKG
Approved my arse. Wait til every environmental and citizen group has filed their lawsuits before you say any new highway route has been approved. It will be a good 8-10 years before they build it. Part will be geotechnical investigation, concepts, public meetings etc. Good thing Eisenhower started the Interstate System because we would never get it built today.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 7:37 am to FayetteNAM
An Interstate that runs through Selma, Uniontown, Faunsdale and Demopolis? I can't even fathom that.
However, most of that stretch of Highway 80 between Columbus and Cuba is 4 lane, separated highway already outside of the cities.
However, most of that stretch of Highway 80 between Columbus and Cuba is 4 lane, separated highway already outside of the cities.
This post was edited on 8/6/21 at 7:38 am
Posted on 8/6/21 at 7:38 am to EKG
The portion that would go through Alabama is essentially US 80.
It is probably the least traveled US highway in the entire state.
Would be a useless interstate for most Alabamians
It is probably the least traveled US highway in the entire state.
Would be a useless interstate for most Alabamians
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