April 14, 2012 by William.

Heading south from I-44, I-53 would use US 65, most of which is already a freeway between Springfield and Branson.  South of Branson, I-53 uses an upgraded US 65 all the way to I-40 at Conway, Arkansas.  I-53 would then overlap I-40 to I-30 at North Little Rock.  I-53 would then overlap I-30 to the junction of I-30, I-440, and I-530.  From there, I-53 replaces I-530 outright all the way to its current terminus in Pine Bluff.  From there, I-53 follows the US 65/US 425 overlap to where it splits, and then uses US 425 all the way to I-20 at Rayville, LA.  From I-20, I-53 continues to use US 425 all the way to US 61 south of Natchez, Mississippi.  I-53 then uses US 61 all the way to the Baton Rouge area, where it would meet and supplant I-110 all the way to I-10 in Downtown Baton Rouge.

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October 29, 2011 by William.

This begins a series of blog posts outlining ideas I had to expand the Interstate Highway System, which will involve some renumbering of existing routes to get rid of the oddities that have emerged over time (like I-24 and I-26 being largely North/South routes), and to facilitate expansion of the system.

Here’s a new route to get us started:

 Intestate 28 - Decatur, Alabama (I-65) to Bolton, North Carolina (Future I-20)

 This route would begin by replacing Alabama’s I-565 in its entirety.  I-28 would then follow US 72 from Huntsville, Alabama to I-24 near New Hope, Tennessee.  From there I-28 would overtake I-24 through the Chattanooga area to South Cleveland, Tennessee.  I-28 would then follow or replace US 74 all the way to Rockingham, North Carolina.  Through Gastonia and part of Charlotte, I-28 would overlap with I-85.  East of Rockingham, I-28 would replace an already planned expansion of I-74 in North Carolina, which consists primarily of upgrades to US 74.  I-28 would end at Bolton, where a planned extension of I-20 would carry traffic headed to Wilmington.

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