[clawhammer]

Originally Posted by MullinsCurve

It is four-laned between Selma and Montgomery. There used to be a short section somewhere between Demopolis and Selma that was two laned, but I think it was converted several years back, making the road four-laned from Montgomery to the state line, at least, maybe further.

No. US 80 is 4 lanes from Montgomery to Uniontown (where it becomes a rough little two lane road for about 4 miles) and then back to 4 lanes to just west of Demopolis, where it goes down to two lanes out to the Mississippi border.

[MullinsCurve]

Originally Posted by clawhammer

No. US 80 is 4 lanes from Montgomery to Uniontown (where it becomes a rough little two lane road for about 4 miles) and then back to 4 lanes to just west of Demopolis, where it goes down to two lanes out to the Mississippi border.

I stand corrected.

[Finrod]

Here's a link to a satellite view of the unfinished roadway of the Outer Montgomery Loop:

[url]http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=32.350093,-86.069126&spn=0.040025,0.055275&t=h&z=14[/url]

(pardon my url fail)

[JGinLA]

Montgomery Advertiser reporting Focus 2000 (non-profit) will study building Outer Loop as a toll road. I can't figure out how to get the link on here if somebody else wants to try.

[mimpdaddy]

Great news!!
This development could push Montgomery to the next level.

[cpg35223]

Originally Posted by Golfman1378

What you are seeing is the preliminary roadbed for the Outer Loop around Montgomery that has not progressed any further. I have lived in the state for only 18 months but apparently projects like these (expensive) are not funded to completion so when the dollars stop flowing so does the roadwork. There is some talk about creating a Tollroad Authority that would finish this much needed project.

I think it had more to do with the fact that Montgomery needed a northern by-pass the way a fish needs a bicycle. There simply wasn't enough demand for it, and the state decided to spend its money on more compelling things, such as finally finishing the Interstate between Memphis and Birmingham. Now THAT's a road project that will have a huge economic effect on the area.

[WanderingImport]

Originally Posted by Mmm231

One might hope this project is not a political joke. When the project began back in the late 1980's/early 1990's, the land was "condemned" for the road bed, etc. People in that area were forced out of their family homes and lost farms and land that had been in their families for generations. Now that the deed is done, folks have accepted it and it's time to complete the project. It's a beautiful area and there are many fabulous homes being built out that way. Montgomery has only one way to grow....EAST! Completion of the Outer Loop would free up traffic congestion on I-85 thru Montgomery by routing it around the city. It's time to find the money and give Montgomery a chance to grow in a positive way.

The only REAL positive way for Montgomery to grow is where it already exists; downtown. Montgomery's downtown should be revitalized, as it is being now, so that the real Montgomery isn't abandoned and there isn't endless growth out east. Also, there IS the long forgotten West Montgomery and southwest out towards Hope Hull where Hyundai is.