Editing Interstate 65 (section)

==History==
The first section of Interstate 65 reused the Kentucky Turnpike, a [[toll road]] that opened on August 1, 1956.<ref>{{cite news |last=Terry |first=Sam |date= |title=My Kentucky: Modern travel on the turnpike |url=https://www.jpinews.com/2017/07/28/my-kentucky-modern-travel-on-the-turnpike/ |work=Jobe for Kentucky |location=Glasgow, Kentucky |access-date=December 17, 2023}}</ref> The first section of interstate highway in Tennessee constructed under the authorization of the [[Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956]] was a short section of I-65 which opened on November 15, 1958.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tn.gov/tdot/100years-home/100years-interstate.html |title=100 Years: Tennessee's Interstate System |author=<!-- Not stated --> |date=2014 |website=tn.gov |publisher=Tennessee Department of Transportation |access-date=January 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Abramson |first=Rudy |date=November 16, 1958 |title=First Link of State's Super Roads Opens |url=https://tennessean.newspapers.com/clip/111837541/first-link-of-states-super-roads-opens/ |page=6-E |work=[[The Tennessean|The Nashville Tennessean]] |access-date=January 29, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The first section of interstate highway to be completed in Alabama was also a section of I-65, which opened on December 10, 1959.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stanton|first=Allison|date=December 11, 1959|title=State's road program rolls right along|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57584979/states-road-program-rolls-right-along/|page=18|work=[[The Birmingham News]]|access-date=August 18, 2020|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The first section of I-65 in Indiana was opened on September 14, 1960.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=September 14, 1960 |title=Three Sections Of Interstate 65 To Open Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-three-sections-of/136971166/ |page=31 |work=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |access-date=December 17, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=September 15, 1960 |title=Governor Handley Opens I-65 From Jeff To H'ville |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/charlestown-courier-governor-handley-ope/136971356/ |at=sec. 2, p. 1 |work=[[The Charlestown Courier]] |location=Charlestown, Indiana |access-date=December 17, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Kentucky was the first state to complete its portion of I-65, with the last stretch opening on June 22, 1970.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=June 25, 1970 |title=Final Stretch Of I-65 Opened In Simpson Co. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112709056/final-stretch-of-i-65-opened-in-simpson/ |page=A-1 |work=[[The Franklin Favorite]] |location=Franklin, Kentucky |access-date=November 7, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The final section in Tennessee opened on October 26, 1973.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=October 24, 1973 |title=Harding-to-Berry-Road I-65 Link Opens Friday |url=https://tennessean.newspapers.com/clip/14705960/the-tennessean/ |page=21 |work=[[The Tennessean]] |location=Nashville |access-date=October 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=October 27, 1973 |title=I-65 Complete In Tennessee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-memphis-press-scimitar-i-65-complete/136936222/ |page=2 |work=[[Memphis Press-Scimitar]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=December 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The last section in Indiana, part of the concurrent section with I-70 in Indianapolis, opened on October 15, 1976.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=October 16, 1976 |title=Inner loop completed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal-inner-loop-completed/136973923/ |page=16 |work=Daily Journal |location=Franklin, Indiana |agency=United Press International |access-date=December 17, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=October 16, 1976 |title=I-70 Opening Completes Hoosier Interstate Roads |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-reporter-i-70-opening-complete/136973501/ |page=1 |work=[[Daily Reporter (Greenfield, Indiana)|The Daily Reporter]] |location=Greenfield, Indiana |agency=United Press International |access-date=December 17, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> I-65 was not officially completed until December 19, 1985, when a section north of Birmingham opened, replacing a four-lane stretch of US 31 that had been designated as part of I-65 but did not meet interstate highway standards.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Highway official says I-65 delays may have benefited Birmingham|work=The Gadsden Times|date=December 19, 1985}}</ref>