Interstate 65 in Alabama

Interstate 65
I-65 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length	366.229 mi[1] (589.388 km)
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	I-10 in Mobile
Major intersections	I-165 in Prichard Future I-685 / I-85 in Montgomery I-459 in Hoover I-20 / I-59 in Birmingham I-22 in Fultondale I-565 / US 72 Alt. in Decatur
North end	I-65 / US 31 at Tennessee state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Counties	Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia, Conecuh, Butler, Lowndes, Montgomery, Elmore, Autauga, Chilton, Shelby, Jefferson, Blount, Cullman, Morgan, Limestone
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Alabama State Highway System Interstate US State
← SR 64 → SR 65

Interstate 65 (I-65) meanders across 366 miles (589 km) of the Alabama countryside linking six of the state's 10 largest cities. The highway links together many important roadways that make commerce inside and outside of the state's boundaries possible. It starts at I-10 near Mobile. The route passes through the major cities of Montgomery, Birmingham, Decatur, Huntsville, and Athens before entering Tennessee in the north near the town of Ardmore, Alabama.

The entire Alabama portion of I-65 is dedicated as Heroes Highway in honor of Central Intelligence Agency officer Johnny Micheal Spann and all of the people who died during the September 11 attacks.^[2]