I-20 East - Birmingham - Alabama - 4K Highway Drive
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2021
- Interstate 20 Eastbound through the Birmingham, AL Metro Area.
Filmed: July 2021
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From Wikipedia:
After passing the I-459 interchange, the highway continues northeast through the Birmingham suburbs of Bessemer, Fairfield, and Hueytown, and entering Birmingham near the Ensley community. The highway continues east/northeast through downtown before reaching the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport where I-59 continues northeast toward Gadsden and I-20 turns eastward toward Atlanta. Most of this stretch is through urban areas including passing near the U.S. Steel plant near Fairfield, and visible from the Interstate looking north and northwest are several smokestacks which is all that remain of several large steelmills that used to dominate the Ensley community of Birmingham.
As I-20/I-59 travels eastward just past the Arkadelphia Road exit in the East Thomas community, the highway rises to the top of East Thomas hill, giving eastbound travelers an excellent view of the downtown Birmingham skyline just before reaching the interchange with I-65.
As I-20/I-59 leaves the downtown area, the highway has an interchange with the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, also known locally as the Red Mountain Expressway, which travels south across the downtown area and into the southern Birmingham suburbs.
Once I-20 turns away from I-59, it begins an eastbound journey toward Georgia. The first 2 miles (3.2 km) are a four-lane bridge of east Birmingham neighborhoods before reaching the shopping areas formerly known as Eastwood Mall and Century Plaza.
I-20 is a six-lane freeway from exit 132 to exit 162. This highway travels through rolling suburban country and crosses I-459 near Irondale.
As of 2017, preparation is underway to temporarily close I-20/I-59 east of I-65 in order to rebuild the overpass between 17th Street and US 31/US 280. The current bridge was completed when this segment of the highway opened in 1973. It is expected that this segment of the highway will close in the fall of 2018. Demolition of the existing bridge and erecting the new bridge is expected to take up to 14 months, meaning that it should reopen in late 2019.
I like Highway drives! This one is no exception!
Love your videos!! It feels like I'm riding along with you.
Glad to hear it!
I don't like how 59 is split up though
Wow I love this video Mike
Perfect
I love it 😍
I drive that new elevated section everyday. Great videos
Thanks 👍
Thank you haven't been home since the changes looks good
You’re welcome
@@MileageMikeTravels Was this taken this week?
Amazing video Alabama Mike keep it up man your interstate videos are always exciting to me you must have just filmed this one because I saw it was made in July 2021
Yep. July 4th weekend
@@MileageMikeTravels Was the viaduct opened?
I-20/59 is now 6 lanes from I-359 to i-459
Ty Ty
You were just two miles from my exit. The next exit was Moody, Alabama, I was hoping you'd get that far, but it just wasn't meant to be, I guess. Love your videos!
Might be a good place to start next time for a westbound I-20 video.
Nice drive
And they work on the road
Thanks 👍
Yeah that stretch leading up to downtown is pretty rough.
@@MileageMikeTravels also I-65 from Homewood to Bessemer
Nice! Can’t wait to see the night drive!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼
Didn't get one this time but maybe next time. I've heard it's nice at night.
@@MileageMikeTravels yes sir 👍🏼
Great video as always! I’m surprised 20/59 is only four lanes through the suburbs for that long I don’t travel on it often. I’ll be down in Birmingham (Mountain Brook) next week and I’ll try to film the whole drive from Charlotte!
Is that the first time here in Birmingham?
Safe travels, that's quite the trip, especially through Atlanta.
@@MileageMikeTravels Thanks Mike. Will do. Atlanta is always the nightmare. I usually sit on 85 and 20 straight through downtown. 285 is just as bad if not worse usually!
@@MileageMikeTravels only got the chance to film 85 from LaGrange, GA to Rock Hill, SC coming home from Lake Martin. I did get down to Mountain Brook though! Always next trip.
@@kiwiinterstates3190 facts
Nice video! I like this highway, at least its not like Florida, with a lot of construction everywhere.
Well, that's mainly because the population is not growing there like it is in Florida.
It was completely shut down through downtown for like 2 years straight back in 2018 or so. It used to be awful. Road work everywhere. They’re just now starting to complete all the roadwork across the state. You should’ve seen Alabama back in the 2000’s the roads were death traps. They hardly did any work at all from 1978ish until 2016 honestly lmao it’s soooo much better than it used to be
@@ESPLTD322 I see
Are you currently at home in Charlotte or will you continue the Alabama filming spree? I really want to see some more of what Alabama has to offer and I can’t wait for more
I traveled around the area for the holiday last weekend. I have some more stuff coming from that trip but not planning any new trips down there in the near future.
@@MileageMikeTravels Can you do a drive from Birmingham to Chattanooga? You should've gone here in your life.
Im an alabamese I live here its pretty cool
👍
You should do houston or louisiana
Who's doing the content from Mississippi?
Eventually yes.
If 20/59 are concurrent, why is Atlanta the smaller exit? And why is I-20 exiting, the lower the number the more weight it holds. I think Alabama is being provincial
I didn't know there's a Jefferson County in Alabama too
"Jefferson" is a very common name for counties, one of the most common
@@w-josh i live in Jefferson County in Texas
@@donavanjohnson409 oh so you must be
@@w-josh yep
If you live in Houston Metro area you’ll be 2 hours away from Louisiana border
Imma bama boy 4 life⛏️🔨🔫🔫🚑🚓😂😅✌️😎
Funny thing, I traveled through Atlanta from Charlotte a couple of years ago, heading to Birmingham. I usually go I-95 to Florence SC then ride 20 on over. Not sure why I chose this route. Anyway It was during the height of the pandemic, and I passed through the Atlanta connector at 65 mph on a weekday at 4pm. Like a ghost-town all things considering. I originated my trip one day earlier from Williamston NC.