Alabama State Route 14

State Route 14 in Alabama, also known as SR-14, is a public highway maintained by the state of Alabama. SR-14 runs from west to east through the central portion of the state. The highway begins at the Mississippi state line at the terminus of Mississippi Highway 69 and connects the cities of Selma and Prattville before ending at State Route 147 on the western side of Auburn.

History

State Route 14 was one of the original routes in the Alabama's first statewide highway system in the 1920s. The original routing followed much of the same path as today, but was significantly shorter. The highway as built then started in Selma and ran east along its current route to Auburn. As was standard for highways of the era, SR-14 was unpaved for its full length. The first paved section was constructed in 1932 between Elmore and Wetumpka. Paving continued sporadically for the next 15 years, with the last gravel section on the route being paved in 1947.

In 1956–57, the state renumbered many highways, and as a result other state highways to the northwest of Selma were renumbered as SR-14, extending the highway to the Mississippi state line along its modern course. In the 1960s, when the first segment of Interstate 85 was constructed, bypassing Auburn and Opelika, SR-14 was extended from its eastern end at U.S. Highway 29 in Auburn along US-29 through Opelika to the northern end of that first Interstate Highway segment, at the current Exit 64. When U.S. Highway 280 was re-routed to meet Interstate 85 between Auburn and Opelika in 1998, SR-14 was truncated to its a new eastern endpoint at US-280 in Opelika. In 2009, it was further truncated to its present terminus at the junction with State Route 147.

Route description

Local Routings

• SR-14 is routed along Broad Street in Pickensville.
• SR-14 is routed along Columbus Road NW, 2nd Street NW, 1st Avenue, 3rd Street SE, and Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Highway in Aliceville.
• SR-14 is routed along Mesopotamia Street, Eutaw Avenue, Main Street, Morrow Avenue, Boligee Street, and Greensboro Street in Eutaw.
• SR-14 is routed along Hobson Street and State Street in Greensboro.
• SR-14 is routed along West Greene Street, Washington Street, and Martin Luther King Parkway in Marion.
• SR-14 shares a route with State Route 183 for five miles (8 km) between Marion and Sprott in Perry County.
• SR-14 shares a route with State Route 219 for four miles (6 km) north of U.S. Highway 80 in Selma, Alabama.
• SR-14 shares a route with U.S. Highway 80 for four miles (6 km) through Selma.
• SR-14 is routed along Highland Avenue in Selma.
• SR-14 shares a route with U.S. Highway 31 for roughly a mile in Prattville.
• SR-14 is routed along Selma Highway, Washington Street, East Main Street, North Memorial Drive, and Fairview Avenue in Prattville.
• SR-14 is routed along Elmore Road, Coosa River Parkway, and Tallassee Highway in Wetumpka.
• SR-14 shares a route with State Route 111 in Wetumpka.
• SR-14 is routed along Gilmer Avenue, Barnette Boulevard, Central Boulevard, Main Street, and Notasulga Road in Tallassee.
• SR-14 is routed along Tallapoosa Street and Auburn Road in Notasulga.

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