Interstate 685: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox road

|header_type=UC

|state=AL

|route=685

|type=Future

|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Interstate 685}}}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=Future I-685 highlighted in red

|maint=[[Alabama Department of Transportation|ALDOT]]

|length_mi=15.011

|length_ref=<ref name="Alabama Milepost Map" />

|history=Designation approved in 2010

|direction_a=West

|terminus_a={{jct|state=AL|I|65}} in [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]

|junction={{jct|state=AL|US|80}} in Montgomery

|direction_b=East

|terminus_b={{jct|state=AL|Future|85|name1=SR&nbsp;108|US|80}} in Montgomery

|counties=[[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery]]

|previous_type=AL

|previous_route=605

|next_type=I

|next_route=759

}}

'''Interstate 685''' ('''I-685'''), is a [[Future Interstate Highways|future]] [[Interstate Highway]] in the U.S. state of [[Alabama]]. When completed, it will connect [[Interstate 65 in Alabama|I-65]] in downtown [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]] to [[Interstate 85 in Alabama|I-85]] in the eastern suburbs of Montgomery. The routing is currently signed as I-85.

==Route description==

Currently, I-685 has been approved by the [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials]] (AASHTO) to be [[concurrency (road)|co-signed]] with the current I-85 from its current southern terminus at I-65, to the future location of the Montgomery South Bypass on which I-85 will be rerouted.<ref name=AASHTO>{{AASHTO minutes |year= 2010A |link= yes |accessdate= December 13, 2011}}</ref> The open section of Future I-85 is temporarily designated as State Route 108. Future Interstate 685 is currently signed as Interstate 85.

==History==

The designation was approved in 2010 at the request of the [[Alabama Department of Transportation]] (ALDOT) to use existing I-85.<ref name=AASHTO/> Construction on the Montgomery Outer Loop started in early 2011, and the first part of it was completed in February 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burylo |first=Rebecca |date=January 25, 2016 |title=1st phase of Montgomery's Outer Loop opens |url=https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2016/01/25/part-montgomery-outer-loop-open-week/79298342/ |work=[[The Montgomery Advertiser]] |access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> When done, the I-85 designation will be shifted to the Outer Loop, and the existing freeway will become just I-685.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 25, 2016 |title=Montgomery Outer Loop's first phase complete; ribbon cutting ceremony set |url=https://www.wsfa.com/story/31050425/montgomery-outer-loops-first-phase-complete-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-set/ |publisher=[[WSFA-TV|WSFA 12 News]] |access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> This will be the first auxiliary interstate of Interstate 85 that starts with a six.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=14077583 |title= Outer Loop construction about to restart |first= John |last= Shryock |publisher= [[WSFA-TV]] |location= Montgomery, AL |access-date= December 13, 2011}}</ref>

==Exit list==

{{jcttop|exit|state=AL|county=Montgomery|location=Montgomery|length_ref=<ref name="Alabama Milepost Map">{{cite web|url=https://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/MilepostPDF/web/co51mp.pdf|title=Milepost Maps|last=Alabama Department of Transportation|access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Alabama General Highway Map">{{cite web|url=https://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/GeneralHighwayPDF/web/co51.pdf|title=General Highway Maps|last=Alabama Department of Transportation|access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>}}

{{ALint|exit

|mile=0.000

|exit=&mdash;

|road={{jct|state=AL|I|65|US|82|name2=[[Alabama State Route 6|SR&nbsp;6]]|city1=Mobile|city2=Birmingham|road|Day Street west}}

|notes=Southern terminus; I-65 exit 171; no access from eastbound Day Street to southbound I-65 or from northbound I-65 to Day Street; future western terminus of I-685

}}

{{ALint|exit

|type=incomplete

|mile=0.790

|exit=1

|road=Court Street

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance

}}

{{ALint|exit

|type=incomplete

|mile=1.290

|exit=1

|road=Union Street

|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance

}}

{{ALint|exit

|type=incomplete

|mile=2.130

|exit=2

|road=Forest Avenue

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance

}}

{{ALint|exit

|type=incomplete

|mile=2.320

|exit=2

|road=Mulberry Street

|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance

}}

{{ALint|exit

|mile=3.004

|exit=3

|road=Ann Street

}}

{{ALint|exit

|mile=4.734

|exit=4

|road=Perry Hill Road

}}

{{ALint|exit

|type=concur

|mile=6.546

|exit=6

|road={{jct|state=AL|US|80|US|231|SR|21|name1=[[Alabama State Route 8|SR&nbsp;8]] west|dir1=west|name2=[[Alabama State Route 53|SR&nbsp;53]]|name3=East Boulevard}}

|notes=Southern end of US&nbsp;80 / SR&nbsp;8 concurrency

}}

{{ALint|exit

|mile=9.037

|exit=9

|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|271|to2=To|US|231|name1=Taylor Road|name2=[[Alabama State Route 53|SR&nbsp;53]]}}

|notes=[[Auburn University at Montgomery]]

}}

{{ALint|exit

|mile=11.009

|exit=11

|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|110|AL|126|name2=Atlanta Highway|city1=Mitylene|city2=Mount Meigs}}

}}

{{ALint|exit

|mile=15.011

|exit=15

|road={{jct|state=AL|Future|85|US|80|dir2=east|location1=[[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]|location2=[[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]]}}

|notes=Future I-85 rerouting; future eastern terminus of I-685

}}

{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=incomplete}}

==See also==

*{{Portal-inline|United States}}

*{{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}

{{3di|85}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:I85-6}}

[[Category:Interstate Highways in Alabama|85-6]]

[[Category:Proposed Interstate Highways|85-6]]