Interstate 22 is an Interstate Highway in the US state of Mississippi. The highway is now fully completed, running from Olive Branch, a suburb of Memphis, to Tremont on the Alabama border . The route is 188 kilometers long.
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Travel directions
I-22 at Belmont.
I-22 on the Alabama-Mississippi border.
At Olive Branch, US 78 crosses the border with Tennessee, where the highway immediately begins. The highway then heads southeast, through increasingly densely wooded areas, from the Holly Springs National Forest. One does not pass many large places, nor does one cross many major roads. One then arrives at Tupelo, a city of 36,000 inhabitants, and the largest city in northeastern Mississippi. Here one crosses US 45, which is also a highway here, and runs from Corinth in the north to Meridian in the south. This is the main connection of US 78/I-22. At the village of Tremont, Interstate 22 in Alabama continues to Birmingham.
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History
Interstate 22 in Mississippi is an upgrade of the pre-existing US 78 from Memphis to Birmingham. Most upgrades are to the hard shoulder, but in New Albany the road needs to be physically modified to meet the design requirements of Interstate Highways. The first section of US 78 to open as a freeway was at the Tennessee border about 1974. Initially, bypasses were built as highways, such as around 1977 around Holly Springs, around 1978 around New Albany, and around 1984 around Tupelo. The route to the Alabama border was completed in 1991. The last section opened about 1995 between Potts Camp and Hickory Flat in the Holly Springs National Forest. Since October 23, 2015, the road has been officially numbered as I-22. In 2017, the interchange opened with I-269, allowing traffic from I-22 to reach I-40 without having to travel over the secondary road network.
Opening history
The dates below are indicative and based on historical maps.
Van
Unpleasant
Length
Opening
Exit 0
Exit 10
16 km
~1974
Exit 26
Exit 30
6 km
~1977
Exit 60
Exit 64
6 km
~1978
Exit 64
Exit 76
19 km
~1980
Exit 76
Exit 101
40 km
~1984
Exit 101
Exit 104
5 km
~1985
Exit 55
Exit 60
8 km
~1986
Exit 10
Exit 26
25 km
~1987
Exit 104
Exit 107
5 km
~1988
Exit 107
Exit 116
14 km
~1991
Exit 30
Exit 41
18 km
~1994
Exit 48
Exit 55
12 km
~1994
Exit 41
Exit 48
12 km
~1995
Lane Configuration
Van
Unpleasant
lanes
Comments
Exit 0
Exit 113
2×2
Traffic intensities
27,000 vehicles cross the Tennessee border every day. This drops to 20,000 vehicles for Holly Springs and 14,000 vehicles to New Albany, rising to 22,000 vehicles at New Albany itself. 17,000 vehicles ran between New Albany and Tupelo, rising to a maximum of 24,000 vehicles through Tupelo. More east, 18,000 vehicles drive as far as the Alabama border.
