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 Interstate US State ← SR-67 SR-69 →

State Route 68 is a 53-mile-long (85 km) 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	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Marshall		0.000	0.000	SR-75 – Albertville
DeKalb	Kilpatrick	4.810	7.741	SR-168 west – Boaz
	Crossville	9.850	15.852	SR-227 south	West end of SR-227 overlap
		10.079	16.221	SR-227 north – Geraldine	East end of SR-227 overlap
	Collinsville	18.767	30.203	I‑59 – Chattanooga, Gadsden	I-59 exit 205
		20.001	32.188	US-11 north (SR-7) – Fort Payne	West end of US-11 overlap
		20.569	33.103	US-11 south (SR-7) – Attalla	East end of US-11 overlap
		24.094	38.776	SR-176 east / CR-3 south – Little River Canyon
Cherokee	Leesburg	29.269	47.104	SR-273 north – Blanche, Little River Canyon Mouth Park, Little River Canyon
		30.319	48.794	US-411 south (SR-25) – Gadsden	West end of US-411 overlap
	Centre	33.640	54.138	US-411 north (SR-25) – Centre	East end of US-411 overlap; west end of US-411 Truck overlap
		35.854	57.701	US-411 Truck north / SR-283	east end of US-411 Truck overlap
		36.071	58.051	SR-9 south	West end of SR-9 overlap
	Cedar Bluff	41.301	66.468	SR-9 north – Rome, GA	East end of SR-9 overlap
	Gaylesville	46.040	74.094	SR-35 – Fort Payne, Rome, GA, Little River Canyon
		52.926	85.176	SR 114 east – Summerville	Georgia state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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