Editing Interstate 85 (section)

==Future==
{{Update|section|date=December 2023}}
{{See also|U.S. Route 80 in Alabama}}
An extension of I-85 has been proposed west from [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]] to intersect [[Interstate 20|I-20]]/[[Interstate 59|I-59]] just east of the [[Mississippi]]–[[Alabama]] state line,<ref>{{cite web |author-link = Volkert, Inc. |author = Volkert and Associates |url = http://www.i85extension.com/ |title = I-85 Extension Corridor Study & EUIS |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081219165056/http://www.i85extension.com/ |archive-date = December 19, 2008 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> where it will connect with I-20/I-59 near [[Cuba, Alabama]]. This extension will roughly follow the route of [[U.S. Route 80|US&nbsp;80]], going through or bypassing [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]] and [[Demopolis, Alabama|Demopolis]].<ref>{{cite news |last = Dinnen |first = Jerry |url = http://www.demopolistimes.com/articles/2005/01/18/news/news02.txt |title = Shelby shares views with Hale, Greene counties |work = The Demopolis Times |date = January 17, 2005 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The [[Federal Highway Administration]] (FHWA) approved the alignment on February 17, 2011, after [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials|AASHTO]] approved at its Fall 2010 meeting in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]]. Also approved was the proposal to redesignate part of existing I-85 south and east of Montgomery to be bypassed as part of the extension of I-85 as [[Interstate 685 (Alabama)|I-685]]. Alabama has permission to cosign this part of I-85 as I-685 until the new alignment is built.<ref>FHWA letter downloaded from http://cms.transportation.org/sites/route/docs/Alabama%20Interstate%20FHWA%20Decision%20Letter.pdf April 14, 2011{{dead link|date=March 2017}}</ref> This section is also envisioned by some as part of a proposed [[Interstate 14|I-14]]. If this extension were to be completed, I-85 and I-20 would meet each other twice.

There are plans for I-85 from [[Anderson County, South Carolina|Anderson County]] to [[Spartanburg County, South Carolina]], to become four to five lanes in each direction including [[high-occupancy vehicle lane]]s (HOV lanes).

There are also plans in Georgia for I-85 to have three lanes in each direction from the state line in [[Hart County, Georgia|Hart County]] to meet up with the newly expanded portions just outside of the Atlanta metropolitan area in [[Jackson County, Georgia|Jackson County]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://majormobilityga.com/projects/i85widening/ |title=I-85 Widening, Phase I &#124; MMIP |date=June 17, 2019 }}</ref>