Editing Interstate 59 (section)

==History==
Interstate 59 was first designated in 1960. Within [[Louisiana]], Interstate 59 was first constructed across the [[Pearl River]] as the replacement route for [[U.S. Route 11|US 11]] at [[St. Rose, Louisiana|St. Rose]] starting in 1958. The stretch southward into [[Slidell, Louisiana|Slidell]] along with [[Interstate 10|I-10]] south to the Twin Bridges opened in 1965-66. Interstate 59 in Mississippi opened initially from the [[Louisiana]] state line toward [[Picayune, Mississippi|Picayune]] and from [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]] to [[Laurel, Mississippi|Laurel]] in 1963. All of the route south of the overlap with I-20 was completed by 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interstate 59 - Interstate-Guide.com |url=https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-059/ |website=Interstate-Guide |access-date=5 September 2023 |language=en-us |date=28 September 2018}}</ref> The stretch of I-59/[[Interstate 20 in Alabama|I-20]] running through downtown Birmingham was completed in 1973. This stretch was reconstructed starting in January 2019 and ending in early-2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pillion |first1=Dennis |title=Why did I-20/59 become I-59/20 after 40 years? |url=https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/01/why-did-i-2059-become-i-5920-after-40-years.html |access-date=5 September 2023 |work=al |date=9 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref>