Talk:Interstate 65

Decatur & expansion

Was Decatur ever used as the control city for northbound traffic? I think I have some vague memory of that, but could be imagining it. Also, anyone with details on the expansion of I-65 please add them. I remember the headaches involved with traveling I-65 during them, but not the details of where or when they began and ended. --Lkseitz 12:57, 29 November 2006 (PST)

• I don't remember Decatur being a control city. I know for a fact that in the late 70s the control city at Malfunction Junction was Nashville, because as a child I always thought that Nashville was just right up that road since we never went North on 65. As far as the expansion, I don't remember, I just know that southbound was always finished. Now ask me about I-20 in Irondale and 20/59 in Bessemer, and I have fond memories of those expansions. --Wheresdib 13:04, 29 November 2006 (PST)

I have never seen Decatur along I-65 used as a control, but I have seen it on the Red Mountain expressway. In fact, on one of the overhead BGS' at about 3rd Avenue South, the old, faded-out Decatur notation is visable underneath the US 31/280 shields. You can see it when you are sitting in traffic trying in vein to get on 20/59! --Patriarca12 13:06, 29 November 2006 (PST)