Highway. It is also known by this name in portions of Georgia, including Atlanta, and the Bankhead neighborhood takes its name from that stretch of road. Also, the old section of US 78 (now MS 178) that travels through downtown New Albany, Mississippi, is named Bankhead Street. Throughout the 2000s, US 78 has been gradually upgraded into a four-lane freeway in Mississippi and Alabama and signed as Interstate 22. US 78 is completely concurrent with I-22 from Byhalia, Mississippi to Birmingham, Alabama. Future After the completion of Interstate 22 throughout the 2010s, it is uncertain whether US 78 will be decommissioned west of Birmingham or the old route recommissioned as US 78 upon completion of Interstate 22. If the old route is recommissioned as US 78, parts of I-22 and US 78 would be forced to overlap. A stretch from just west of Hamilton, Alabama to the first exit in Mississippi, as well as a stretch from MS 25 in Fulton, Mississippi to the next exit west of Fulton after crossing the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway will overlap. The Hamilton area overlap would be due to the old US 78 routing no longer exists west of Hamilton having been upgraded to I-22 from Weston westward into Mississippi. The second overlap would be necessary because the old US 78 no longer exists west of downtown Fulton, Mississippi due to the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway and no bridge in place to carry US 78 traffic on the former route. Major intersections Tennessee in Memphis in Memphis in Memphis in Memphis Mississippi west-northwest of Byhalia. Begin I-22 Concurrency. in Tupelo Alabama in Hamilton near Adamsville near Birmingham. End I-22 Concurrency. in Birmingham in Birmingham. The highways travel concurrently through Birmingham. in Birmingham in Leeds in Leeds northwest of Chulavista. The highways travel concurrently to Pell City. in Pell City in Riverside in Oxford. Georgia in Bremen in Lithia Springs. The highways travel concurrently to Druid Hills. in Atlanta in Atlanta. The highways travel concurrently through Atlanta. in Atlanta. US 29/US 78 travels concurrently to the Scottdale–North Decatur city line. in Atlanta. The highways travel concurrently to Decatur. on the Scottdale–Clarkston city line southeast of Bogart. The highways travel concurrently to Athens. in Athens. The highways travel concurrently through Athens. in Washington north of Thomson southeast of Thomson. The highways travel concurrently to Clearwater, South Carolina. in Harlem in Augusta in Augusta. The highways travel concurrently to Aiken,