03-08-2020, 05:46 AM
Hey! You guys are hitting too close to home. Those hills on I65 through Birmingham are actually a NASA test zone. They test the mars rovers on that stretch of road. If the the Rover makes it okay from one end to the other, they go back and dig some more potholes. The rovers have gotten so good...the road is almost completely covered in potholes now.
The army got involved and wanted to test tanks on that stretch of road, but the tanks broke right away.
Richard's method would have gotten you in trouble before January of this year (2020). They were reconstructing the entire downtown portion of I20/59. The detour was onto surface roads in the "hood". It's all good now.
Bottom line....avoid I65 from I459 on the south side of town to the north side of town.
With all that said, I22 that goes from north of Birmingham to Memphis is brand new and very nice.
The army got involved and wanted to test tanks on that stretch of road, but the tanks broke right away.
Richard's method would have gotten you in trouble before January of this year (2020). They were reconstructing the entire downtown portion of I20/59. The detour was onto surface roads in the "hood". It's all good now.
Bottom line....avoid I65 from I459 on the south side of town to the north side of town.
With all that said, I22 that goes from north of Birmingham to Memphis is brand new and very nice.
Bill Johnson
Birmingham, Alabama