Editing Interstate 459 (section)

==Future==
===An additional interchange for I-459===
Negotiations between the [[Alabama Department of Transportation]] (ALDOT) and the city of Hoover are continuing regarding the prospective building of an additional interchange for I-459 at South Shades Crest Road, a heavily traveled traffic artery to help relieve congestion on [[Alabama State Route 150|SR&nbsp;150]].<ref name="June 3, 2010">{{cite news |last=Walton |first=Val |url= https://www.al.com/spotnews/2010/06/federal_highway_administration.html |title=Federal Highway Administration OKs I-459 Interchange |work=The Birmingham News |date=June 3, 2010 |via=Al.com |access-date= December 26, 2020}}</ref> On August 31, 2023, Governor [[Kay Ivey]] announced this interchange would add a numbered exit 9, about one mile from exit 10 (SR 150). The project, which is a City of Hoover-led initiative, is expected to cost $120 million.<ref name="59-65-459-422">{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Alyssa |title=Governor Ivey Announces Widening of I-65, Hoover Interchange Project and Widening of I-59 |url=https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2023/08/governor-ivey-announces-widening-of-i-65-hoover-interchange-project-and-widening-of-i-59/ |access-date=5 September 2023 |work=Office of the Governor of Alabama |date=31 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

===Northern bypass===

There are plans to construct another Interstate Highway bypass running north of the Birmingham area to provide another Interstate Highway that would have major interchanges with [[Interstate 59|I-59]] (two), [[Interstate 20 in Alabama|I-20]] (one), [[Interstate 65 in Alabama|I-65]] (one), and [[Interstate 22|I-22]], with all of these interchanges being either north or west of Birmingham. This planned [[Birmingham Northern Beltline]] has been numbered [[Interstate 422|I-422]]. This northern bypass of the urban area, if completed, would give Birmingham and Jefferson County a completely ringed Interstate bypass. I-65, I-59, and I-459 are expected to be widened or reconstructed to accommodate the increase in traffic that will come from the construction of I-422.<ref name="59-65-459-422"/>
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