Interstate 14

Interstate 14 is a proposed interstate set to run from Natchez, Mississippi or Alexandria, Louisiana to Augusta, Georgia or North Augusta, South Carolina named for the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution [ [http://isakson.senate.gov/press/2005/042805interstates.htm Press Release from the office of Sen. Isakson] ] . The proposal for I-14 has its origins in the same 2005 federal legislation tied to Interstate 3, which is proposed to run from Savannah, GA to Knoxville, TN.

In 2005, the (SAFETEA-LU) was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The act included a designation for I-14 (specifically as the 14th Amendment Highway), and I-3 (as the 3rd Infantry Division Highway). The legislation did not provide for funding the highways, however.

The actual final route of I-14 is unknown. But the 2005 SAFETEA-LU legislation indicated that in Georgia, I-14 would follow the existing Fall Line Freeway, which runs from Augusta to Columbus, by way of Macon and Milledgeville. The present Fall Line Freeway roadway, which is presently under construction, is signed in Georgia as State Route 540.

The Fall Line Freeway highway in Georgia, which, as of May 2006 is 79 percent complete, follows U.S. 80 from Columbus eastward to Geneva, Georgia 96 from there to Fort Valley, and Georgia 49 Connector and Georgia 49 to Byron, where it joins Interstate 75. It follows I-75 to Macon, then proceeds east along or near Georgia 57 as far as the Wilkinson County line. The Fall Line Freeway then proceeds northeastward mostly on new roadway until it reaches Georgia 24 just southeast of Milledgeville, and it then follows S.R. 24, State Route 88, and U.S. 1 to Augusta, ending at Interstate 520. Contrary to the road's name, it is not a controlled-access highway.

References

* [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/12?&sid=cp109SRdIl&l_f=201&l_file=list/cp109ch.lst&l_b=151&hd_count=50&l_t=223&refer=&r_n=hr203.109&db_id=109&item=12&sel=TOC_493076& 2005 SAFETEA-LU legislation, from the Library of Congress]
* [http://www.dot.state.ga.us/DOT/preconstruction/SpecialSubjects/grip/doc%5CFall-Line-Freeway-factsheet.pdf Georgia DOT - Fall Line Freeway Description]
* [http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-014.html Interstate 14 @ InterstateGuide.Com]
* [http://www.clarkecountydemocrat.com/news/2004/0819/Front_Page/001.html Interstate highway coming our way?]