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List of U.S. Highways in Alabama

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U.S. Route 31 marker
U.S. Route 431 marker
Highway markers for US 31 and US 431
Map of Alabama State Route System
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Highway names
InterstatesInterstate nn (I-nn)
US HighwaysU.S. Route nn (US nn)
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The U.S. Highways in Alabama are the subset of the United States Numbered Highway System. These highways in the U.S. state of Alabama are maintained by the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT). There are 19 U.S. Highways that travels through Alabama, totaling 3,852.85 miles (6,200.56 km). U.S. Route 31 (US 31) is the highway with the longest segment in Alabama, with 386.449 miles (621.929 km). The shortest is US 72 Alternate, crossing 68.3 miles (109.9 km) of North Alabama.[1] One former U.S. Highway existed in Alabama: US 241. It traveled through the eastern part of the state. US 241 was replaced by US 280 and US 431 in 1954.[2]

List

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Number Length (mi)[1] Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes
US 11 250.671 403.416 US 11/US 80 at the Mississippi state line near Cuba US 11 at the Georgia state line near Sulphur Springs 01926-01-011926[3] current
US 29 226.550 364.597 US 29 at the Florida state line near Flomaton US 29/SR 14 at the Georgia state line near Lanett 01926-01-011926[3] current
US 31 386.449 621.929 US 90 in Spanish Fort I-65/US 31 at the Tennessee state line near Ardmore 01926-01-011926[3] current
US 43 350.978 564.844 US 90 in Prichard US 43 at the Tennessee state line near Green Hill 01934-01-011934[4] current
US 45 59.181 95.243 US 98 in Mobile US 45 at the Mississippi state line near Yellow Pine 01926-01-011926[3] current
US 72 167.211 269.100 US 72 at the Mississippi state line near Lime Kiln US 72 at the Tennessee state line near Bridgeport 01926-01-011926[3] current
US 78 192.192 309.303 US 78 at the Mississippi state line near Bexar US 78/SR 8 at the Georgia state line near Muscadine 01926-01-011926[3] current
US 78N 18[5] 29 US 78 and US 78S in Heflin US 78N at the Georgia state line 01926-01-011926 01933-01-011933
US 78S 23[5] 37 US 78 and US 78N in Heflin US 78S at the Georgia state line 01926-01-011926 01933-01-011933
US 80 218.621 351.836 US 11/US 80 at Mississippi state line near Cuba US 80/SR 22 at the Chattahoochee River/Georgia state line in Phenix City 01926-01-011926[3] current
US 82 239.895 386.074 US 82 at the Mississippi state line near Stafford US 82/SR 50 at the Chattahoochee River/Georgia state line in Eufaula 01934-01-011934 current
US 84 231.682 372.856 US 84 at the Mississippi state line near Isney US 84/SR 38 at the Chattahoochee River/Georgia state line near Alaga 01926-01-011926 current
US 90 77.031 123.969 US 90 at the Mississippi state line near Grand Bay US 90 at the Perdido River/Florida state line near Seminole 01926-01-011926[3] current
US 98 80.248 129.147 US 98 at the Mississippi state line near Wilmer US 98 at the Perdido River/Florida state line near Lillian 01955-01-011955 current
US 231 331 533 US 231 at the Florida state line near State Line US 231/US 431 at the Tennessee state line near Fisk 01926-01-011926[3] current
US 241 359 578 US 84/SR 52 in Dothan, Alabama US 241 at the Tennessee state line near Fisk 01930-01-011930 01954-01-011954
US 278 199.162 320.520 US 278 at the Mississippi state line near Sulligent US 278/SR 6 at the Georgia state line near Palestine 01951-01-011951 current
US 280 141.256 227.329 I-20/I-59/US 31 in Birmingham US 280/SR 520 at the Chattahoochee River/Georgia state line in Phenix City 01953-01-011953 current
US 331 103 166 US 331 at the Florida state line in Florala US 80/US 82 in Montgomery 01952-01-011952 current
US 411 87.6 141.0 US 78 in Leeds US 411/SR 53 at the Georgia state line near Forney 01934-01-011934 current
US 431 341.824 550.112 US 231 in Dothan US 231/US 431 at the Tennessee state line near Fisk 01953-01-011953 current
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Special routes

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Number Length (mi)[1] Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes

US 11 Byp.
Served Tuscaloosa

US 11 Truck
Serves Birmingham

US 29 Truck
Serves Union Springs

US 31 Bus.
Served Montgomery

City US 31
Served Montgomery

US 31 Truck
Served Montgomery

US 43 Alt.
Mobile Chickasaw

US 43 Bus.
Served Tuscumbia

US 72 Bus.
Served Tuscumbia

US 72 Alt.
68.3 109.9 US 72 south of Muscle Shoals I-565/US 72 in Huntsville

US 72 Bus.
Serves Athens

US 72 Bus.
Serves Scottsboro

US 78 Alt.
Hamilton Graysville

US 78 Alt.
Carbon Hill Jasper

US 78 Alt.
Birmingham Irondale

US 78 Bus.
Served Anniston

US 78 Alt.
Heflin Alabama-Georgia state line

US 80 Bus.
Serves Selma

US 80 Truck
Serves Selma

US 80 Bus.
Served Montgomery

US 82 Byp.
Served Tuscaloosa

US 82 Alt.
Montgomery Prattville

US 82 Bus.
Served Montgomery

US 82 Byp.
Served Montgomery

US 82 Byp.
Served Montgomery

City US 82
Served Montgomery

US 82 Truck
Served Montgomery

US 84 Bus.
Serves Enterprise

US 84 Truck
Serves Enterprise

US 84 Bus.
Serves Dothan

US 90 Alt.
Prichard Mobile

US 90 Truck
Serves Mobile

US 98 Truck
Serves Mobile

US 98 Truck
Served Spanish Fort

US 98 Alt.
Fairhope Barnwell

US 231 Bus.
Serves Dothan

US 231 Bus.
Serves Ozark

US 231 Bus.
Served Montgomery

US 231 Alt.
Sylacauga Pell City

US 231 Bus.
Served Huntsville

US 278 Bus.
Served Piedmont

US 331 Alt.
Onycha Opp

US 411 Alt.
Centre Alabama-Georgia state line

US 411 Bus.
Serves Centre

Temp. US 411
Centre Alabama-Georgia state line

US 431 Bus.
Serves Dothan

US 431 Byp.
Served Phenix City

US 431 Bus.
Served Anniston

US 431 Byp.
Serves Gadsden

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Alabama Department of Transportation. County Milepost Maps (PDF) (Map). Alabama Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2008.
  2. ^ "Alabama US-Highways". Retrieved December 4, 2008.[self-published source]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  4. ^ General Drafting Company (1934). State Road Map of Alabama (SID) (Map). 1:1,000,000. New York City: Alabama State Highway Department. Retrieved November 15, 2018 – via Alabama Department of Archives and History.
  5. ^ a b Powers Company (1940). Official Highway Map - State of Alabama (SID) (Map). 1:760,000. Mobile: Alabama State Highway Department. Retrieved November 15, 2018 – via Alabama Department of Archives and History.