Originally Posted by seeweed:
I have often wondered just why building a highway in Alabama is such a long drawn out process.
I moved here from Memphis in 1987, and hwy 72 thru Mississippi was all 2 lane except for a few miles thru Corinth. At the same time , Hwy 157 to Cullman, was only 4 laned half way to Molton and they were working on the other half.
Mississippi completed 4 lanes of 72 thru the entire state while Alabama was still screwing around on that 15 mile stretch of 157.
At the same time, Ms has 4laned Hwy 45 the entire length of the state all the way to the Alabama state line, where Al has not even considered that stretch of 4 lane to Mobile. If 45 ever gets finished in Alabama, that will be the shortest and quickest route to the Gulf Coast from here, since we are not likely in our lifetime to see 43 4laned thru Tuscaloosa on the the Coast.
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That is the way I go now. Considering the traffic jam that you can count on in B'Ham it is quicker, period. I had friends to leave out at the same time as I did going down. They went 65 and sat in traffic in B'Ham. By the time they got to Montgomery I was eating oysters............
Last trip down I asked myself time and time again how can Mississippi get it right and we can't...............I know the answer of course...........$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and I don't mean that Mississippi is spending more............