14th Amendment Interstate Highway Initiation

This bill, introduced in 2005, would have directed the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a formal study on the requirements for building a new interstate highway known as "I-14." The proposed route, titled the 14th Amendment Highway, was intended to connect Augusta, Georgia, to Natchez, Mississippi, following the path of the existing Fall Line Freeway in Georgia.

If enacted, the bill would have required federal officials to determine the specific construction steps and total funding necessary to complete the project. For citizens in the region, the highway was intended to improve east-west travel across the Deep South, potentially easing traffic on existing routes and promoting economic development in the communities along the corridor. Though this specific bill did not become law, the concept of I-14 has continued to be a subject of regional infrastructure planning in subsequent years.