Interstate 759

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title: "Interstate 759" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["auxiliary-interstate-highways", "interstate-highways-in-alabama", "state-highways-in-alabama", "transportation-in-etowah-county,-alabama", "interstate-59"] description: "Highway in Alabama" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_759" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Highway in Alabama ::

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Field	Value
state	AL
type	IAL
route	759
map
map_custom	yes
map_notes	I-759 highlighted in red; SR 759 in blue
length_mi	5.407
length_ref
length_notes	4.541 mi as I-759
0.866 mi as SR 759
established	October 22, 1986{{cite news
title	I-759 opens Wednesday
first	Chip
last	Alford
url	https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dLUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VtcEAAAAIBAJ&dq=interstate-759&pg=4258%2C4619303
newspaper	The Gadsden Times
date	October 20, 1986
page	A1
access-date	April 21, 2010
via	Google News
direction_a	West
terminus_a	in Attalla
junction	in Gadsden
direction_b	East
terminus_b	in Gadsden
counties	Etowah
previous_type	I
previous_route	685
next_type	AL
next_route	959
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|state=AL |type=IAL |route=759 |map= |map_custom=yes |map_notes=I-759 highlighted in red; SR 759 in blue |length_mi=5.407 |length_ref= |length_notes=4.541 mi as I-759 0.866 mi as SR 759 |established=October 22, 1986{{cite news | title = I-759 opens Wednesday | first = Chip | last = Alford | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dLUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VtcEAAAAIBAJ&dq=interstate-759&pg=4258%2C4619303 | newspaper = The Gadsden Times | date = October 20, 1986 | page = A1 | access-date = April 21, 2010 | via = Google News |direction_a=West |terminus_a= in Attalla |junction= in Gadsden |direction_b=East |terminus_b= in Gadsden |counties=Etowah |previous_type=I |previous_route=685 |next_type=AL |next_route=959 Interstate 759 (I-759) is a part of the Interstate Highway System in the US state of Alabama. It is a spur route that runs for 4.54 mi between the cities of Attalla and Gadsden in Etowah County. It begins at I-59 in Attalla and ends at U.S. Route 411 (US 411) in southern Gadsden adjacent to the Gadsden Mall. After it loses its I-759 designation, the route continues east as the at-grade thoroughfare State Route 759 (SR 759) until the route ends at SR 291 in Gadsden. SR 759 is the only odd-numbered route in the state that is signed as “east–west” rather than “north–south”.

Route description

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/I-759_East_End_Becomes_AL759_-Exit_4B-US411_North(45254416704).jpg" caption="I-759 becomes SR 759 at US 411." alt="Two green signs are located above an elevated portion of roadway with no traffic visible on a cloudy day."] ::

I-759 begins at exit 182 of I-59 in Attalla. From this point, the route travels in an easterly direction across a marshy area prior to reaching its first exit at Black Creek Parkway, a diamond interchange. From the Black Creek exit, I-759 continues in its easterly direction and crosses the Coosa River along a causeway and short bridge prior to reaching US 411. At the US 411 interchange, the I-759 designation ends, but the route continues as SR 759 in spanning the Coosa River.

1.18 km from the start of Route 759, the freeway becomes a single carriageway roadway before ending at George Wallace Drive.

History

A new four-lane bridge crossing the Coosa River opened in 2004.

Future

Currently, there are plans to extend I-759 east to US 278 on the east side of Gadsden. In March 2021, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) announced that they had authorized a $2 million to initiate the engineering design for the extension. In May 2022, ALDOT announced that it would fund the $65 million eastern extension. There have also been plans to extend the route west from I-59 to US 431 in Attalla.

Exit list

|location=Attalla |mile=0.00 |exit=0A-B |road= |notes=Western terminus of I-759; I-59 exit 182; signed as left exit 0A (south) & 0B (north) westbound; tri-stack interchange. |location=Gadsden |lspan=4 |mile=2.67 |exit=2 |road=Black Creek Parkway |mile=4.32 |mile2=0.00 |line=yes |exit=4 |road= |type=trans |notes=Signed as exits 4A (south) and 4B (north); eastern terminus of I-759; western terminus of SR 759 |mile=0.35 |bridge=Bridge over Coosa River |exit= |road= |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 759

References

References

1. Alabama Department of Transportation. "Milepost Maps".
2. [[Google Maps]] street maps and [[USGS]] [[topographic map]]s. Retrieved April 21, 2010 – via [http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=33.99732,-86.03617&z=14&t=M ACME Mapper]
3. "Interstate 759 spanning marsh".
4. "Interstate 759/Exit 2".
5. "Interstate 759/ Neely Henry Lake causeway".
6. "Interstate 759 eastern terminus".
7. (March 7, 2006). "Bridge on the River Coosa Helped Ease Traffic Flow". The Gadsden Times.
8. Powell, Andy. (July 12, 2012). "Interstate 759 extension hits roadblock". The Gadsden Times.
9. (4 March 2021). "ALDOT authorizes $2 million for engineering design on Eastern Connector, or I-759 project". Gadsden Times.
10. (2022-05-05). "ALDOT to fund $65 million expansion project for I-759 in Gadsden".
11. Writer, Perry Pearson Times Staff. "I-759 west extension gets endorsed by MPO".
12. "Official Highway Map". Alabama Department of Transportation.

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