Editing Interstate 459 (section)

{{short description|Highway in Alabama}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox road
|state=AL
|route=459
|type=I
|map={{maplink-road |from=Interstate 459.map }}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=I-459 highlighted in red
|length_mi=32.8
|length_ref=<ref>{{cite web |first= Kevin |last= Adderly |date= December 31, 2014 |url= https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm  |work= Route Log and Finder List |title= Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2014 |publisher= [[Federal Highway Administration]] |access-date= October 25, 2015}}</ref>
|established=1984
|spur_type=I
|spur_of=59
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=AL|I|20|I|59|US|11}} near [[Bessemer, Alabama|Bessemer]]
|junction={{plainlist|
*{{Jct|state=AL|SR|150}} in [[Hoover, Alabama|Hoover]]
*{{Jct|state=AL|US|31}} in  Hoover
*{{Jct|state=AL|I|65}} in Hoover
*{{Jct|state=AL|US|280}} in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]
*{{Jct|state=AL|I|20}} in [[Irondale, Alabama|Irondale]]
*{{Jct|state=AL|US|11}} near [[Trussville, Alabama|Trussville]]
}}
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=AL|I|59}} near Trussville
|counties=[[Jefferson County, Alabama|Jefferson]]
|previous_type=US
|previous_route=431
|next_type=I
|next_route=565
}}
'''Interstate&nbsp;459''' ('''I-459''') is a bypass highway of [[Interstate 59 in Alabama|I-59]] that is an alternate [[Interstate Highway]] around the southern sides of [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Bessemer, Alabama|Bessemer]], and several other cities and towns in [[Jefferson County, Alabama]]. I-459 lies entirely within Jefferson County. This Interstate Highway is about {{convert|32.8|mi|km}} long, and its construction was completed in 1984. I-459 has major interchanges with I-59, [[Interstate 20 in Alabama|I-20]], and [[Interstate 65 in Alabama|I-65]].