U.S. Route 72 in Alabama

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U.S. Highway 72
State Route 2
Length:	167.211 mi[1] (269.100 km)
Formed:	1926
West end:	US 72 towards Corinth, MS
Major junctions:	US-43 in Muscle Shoals I-65 in Athens US-231 / US-431 in Huntsville
East end:	US-72 towards Chattanooga, TN
Alabama State Routes < SR-71 SR-73 > < SR-1 SR-3 >

U.S. Highway 72 (US-72), internally designated by the Alabama Department of Transportation as State Route 2 (SR-2), is a major east-west state highway across the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama.

[edit] Cities and towns

SR-2 and US-72 pass through the following cities and towns in Alabama:

• Cherokee
• Barton
• Tuscumbia
• Muscle Shoals
• Sheffield
• Florence
• Killen
• Center Star
• Elgin
• Rogersville
• Madison
• Huntsville
• Ryland
• Gurley
• Paint Rock
• Scottsboro

[edit] Junctions

SR-2 and US-72 intersect with the following major junctions in Alabama:

• Natchez Trace Parkway west of Cherokee
• U.S. Highway 43, State Route 13, and State Route 17 at Muscle Shoals. These routes overlap until they split west of Killen, except for State Route 17 which splits at Florence.
• U.S. Highway 72 Alternate and State Route 20 at Muscle Shoals. State Route 20 overlaps until it splits at Florence.
• State Route 101 at Elgin
• U.S. Highway 31 and unsigned State Route 3 south of Athens
• Interstate 65 south of Athens
• State Route 255 at Huntsville
• State Route 53 at Huntsville
• U.S. Highway 231, U.S. Highway 431 and unsigned State Route 1 at Huntsville. These routes overlap from University Drive to Sparkman Drive.
• Interstate 565 and U.S. Highway 72 Alternate at Huntsville
• State Route 79 southwest from Scottsboro
• State Route 35 at Scottsboro, Alabama

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