Alabama State Route 68

State Route 68
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length: 52.926 mi[1] (85.176 km)
Major junctions
West end: SR-75 near Albertville
  I-59 at Collinsville
US-11/SR-7 at Collinsville
US-411/SR-25 at Leesburg
East end: GA 114 at Georgia state line near Gaylesville
Location
Counties: Marshall, DeKalb, Cherokee
Highway system

Alabama State Routes

SR-67 SR-69

State Route 68 is a 53-mile (85 km) long route in the northeastern part of the state. The western terminus of the route is at its junction with State Route 75 slightly northeast of Albertville. The route continues until it reaches the Alabama-Georgia state line becoming State Route Georgia State Route 114 once it enters the Peach State.

Route description

State Route 68 begins at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains northeast of Albertville. There are numerous curves along the route as it passes through DeKalb County. The route maintains a generally eastward trajectory between Albertville and Collinsville. East of its junction with U.S. Highway 11, the route turns southeastwardly, continuing this orientation until it approaches Leesburg.

At Leesburg, State Route 68 and U.S. Highway 411 junction and begin a five-mile (8 km) concurrency[2] as they cross Weiss Lake and Dam and approach Centre. State Route 68 diverts from US-411 and creates a concurrency with State Route 9 as the two routes again cross the lake, diverting from each other at Cedar Bluff. From there, State Route 68 travels northeastwardly as it approaches the Alabama-Georgia state line.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes
Marshall
  0.000 SR-75  
DeKalb
Kilpatrick 4.810 SR-168 south  
Crossville 9.850 SR-227 south West end of SR-227 overlap
10.079 SR-227 north East end of SR-227 overlap
Collinsville 18.767 I-59  
20.001 US-11 north (SR-7) West end of US-11 overlap
20.569 US-11 south (SR-7) East end of US-11 overlap
  24.094 SR-176 north  
Cherokee
Leesburg 29.269 SR-273 east  
30.319 US-411 south (SR-25) West end of US-411 overlap
Centre 33.640 US-411 north (SR-25) East end of US-411 overlap
35.854 SR-283  
36.071 SR-9 south West end of SR-9 overlap
Cedar Bluff 41.301 SR-9 north East end of SR-9 overlap
Gaylesville 46.040 SR-35  
  52.926 SR 114 north Continuation into Georgia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus     Closed/Former     Incomplete access     Unopened

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