Alabama State Route 21
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ALDOT | ||||
| Length: | 279.296 mi[1] (449.483 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 SR 97 at the Florida state line | |||
 US 31 in Atmore and in Montgomery I‑65 north of Atmore and again in Montgomery US 84 in Monroeville US 80 in Montgomery US 82 in Montgomery US 331 in Montgomery US 231 in Montgomery I‑85 in Montgomery US 280 in Sylacauga I‑20 in Oxford US 78 in Oxford US 431 in Anniston | ||||
| North end: |
 SR 9 at Piedmont | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Escambia, Monroe, Wilcox, Lowndes, Montgomery, Elmore, Coosa, Talladega | |||
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State Route 21 is a 279-mile (449 km) state highway that extends from Piedmont in Calhoun County to the Florida state line near Atmore in Escambia County. The route runs almost the entire length of the state from the northeast to the southwest. It is the longest signed state route in Alabama.
Route description
Starting at a junction with SR-9 in Piedmont, the route runs southwest through Jacksonville, Anniston, Talladega and Sylacauga. The route passes close to the Talladega Superspeedway and the Talladega National Forest. After Sylacauga the road is co-routed with U.S. Highway 231 as it heads almost directly south towards the state capital, Montgomery. Southeastroads.com gives this opinion on the part of the highway through Montgomery:
- "Alabama 21 gets lost in the confusion on the Boulevards of Montgomery. Quite a lack of respect for a state route that begins at the Florida state line and does not end until northeast of Anniston."
The highway is co-routed with U.S. Highways 82 and 80 around the Montgomery city center, then diverges southwest of the city. The route proceeds through Oak Hill and Beatrice to Monroeville in Monroe County, and is co-routed with SR-47 for part of this section. The route then runs continued southwest through Frisco City and Atmore to the Florida state border, where the road becomes State Road 97. The route is paved throughout and often multi-lane. Counties traversed by the route include Calhoun, Talladega, Coosa, Elmore, Montgomery, Lowndes, Wilcox, Monroe and Escambia.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Escambia | Atmore | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 97 south – Pensacola | Florida state line |
| 1.888 | 3.038 | US 31 (Nashville Avenue / SR-3) – Mobile, Brewton | |||
| 8.122 | 13.071 | I‑65 – Mobile, Montgomery | I-65 exit 57 | ||
| Monroe | Uriah | 22.372 | 36.004 |  SR 59 south – Stockton, Upper Delta Wildlife Management Area | SR 59 northern terminus |
| Frisco City |     SR 21 Truck north (Bowden Street) / CR 18 (Wild Fork Road) | ||||
| SR 21 Truck south (Highway 21 By-Pass) | |||||
| 38.087 | 61.295 |   US 84 / SR 41 south / SR 47 Truck south (SR-12) – Grove Hill, Evergreen | Southern end of SR-41 / SR-47 Truck concurrency | ||
| Ollie | 38.517 | 61.987 |  SR 136 east to I‑65 north | SR 136 western terminus | |
| Monroeville | 40.864 | 65.764 |  SR 21 Bus. north / SR 41 north (South Alabama Avenue) – Old Courthouse Museum | Northern end of SR-41 concurrency | |
| 43.128 | 69.408 | SR 21 Bus. south / SR 47 south (Pineville Road) – Monroeville | Southern end of SR-47 concurrency; northern end of Truck SR-47 concurrency (it ends at this intersection) | ||
| Beatrice | 59.336 | 95.492 |  SR 265 north (Bryan Street) – Vredenburgh, Camden | SR 265 southern terminus | |
| Riley | 64.357 | 103.573 | SR 47 north – Greenville | Northern end of SR-47 concurrency | |
| Wilcox | Oak Hill | 78.965 | 127.082 |  SR 10 – Camden, Greenville | |
| 84.111 | 135.364 |  SR 28 west – Camden | SR 28 eastern terminus | ||
| Elm Bluff | 85.183 | 137.089 |  SR 89 north – Selma | SR 89 eastern terminus | |
| Lowndes | 102.222 | 164.510 |   SR 283 south / CR 7 north – Greenville | SR 283 northern terminus | |
| Hayneville | 120.503 | 193.931 |  SR 97 (Commerce Street) – Lowndesboro, Letohatchee | ||
| 127.864 | 205.777 | US 80 west (SR-8) – Selma | Southern end of US-80 / SR-8 concurrency | ||
| Montgomery | Montgomery | 138.043 | 222.159 | US 31 south (SR-3) / US 80 east (SR-8) to I‑65 – Mobile, Hope Hull | interchange; southern end of US-31 / SR-3 concurrency; northern end of US-80 / SR-8 concurrency |
| 139.276 | 224.143 | US 31 north (West Boulevard / SR-3) / Selma-Mobile Highway – H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College | Northern end of US-31 / SR-3 concurrency | ||
| 139.836 | 225.044 | I‑65 / US 80 west / US 82 west (SR-6 west / SR-8 west) to I‑85 – Birmingham, Atlanta, Selma, Mobile, Tuscaloosa | I-65 exit 168; southern end of US-80 / US-82 / SR-6 / SR-8 concurrency | ||
| 141.419 | 227.592 | US 331 south (Court Street / SR-9) – Luverne | Southern end of SR-9 concurrency | ||
| 145.315 | 233.862 | US 82 east / US 231 south (Troy Highway / SR-6 east / SR-53 south) – Union Springs, Troy, Ozark, Dothan, H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College | northern end of US-82 / SR-6 concurrency; southern end of US-231 / SR-53 concurrency | ||
| 148.423 | 238.864 | I‑85 / US 80 east (SR-8 east) to I‑65 – Montgomery, Atlanta, Tuskegee | I-85 exit 6; north end of US-80 / SR-8 overlap | ||
| 149.8[2] | 241.1 | Atlanta Highway - Faulkner University | interchange; former US-80 east / SR-8 east | ||
| 152.883 | 246.041 |  To I‑65 (via SR-152 west) / Congressman William L. Dickinson Drive – Birmingham, Mobile, Airport, Maxwell AFB Gunter Annex, Alabama National Guard Headquarters | interchange | ||
| Elmore | Wetumpka |  To SR 111 / South Main Street | south end of SR-111 Truck overlap | ||
| 163.340 | 262.870 |  SR 170 east – Tallassee | SR-170 western terminus | ||
| Company Street - Downtown Wetumpka Historical District | former SR-14 west | ||||
| 163.681 | 263.419 |   SR 14 / SR 111 Truck north (Coosa River Parkway / Tallassee Highway) – Prattville, Tallassee, Wetumpka Sports Complex | north end of SR-111 Truck overlap | ||
| 164.428 | 264.621 | SR 9 north (Central Plank Road) – Santuck, Central | Northern end of SR-9 concurrency; Southern end of signed portion of SR-9 | ||
| Coosa | Rockford | 188.890 | 303.989 |  SR 22 | |
| Talladega | Sylacauga | 207.585 | 334.076 | US 231 north / US 280 (SR-38 / SR-53) – Airport | Interchange; Northern end of US-231 / SR-53 concurrency |
| 209.581 | 337.288 |  SR 148 east (3rd Street) | SR 148 western terminus | ||
| Winterboro | 220.745 | 355.255 |  SR 76 west | SR 76 eastern terminus | |
| Talladega | 227.879 | 366.736 |   SR 275 north to SR 77 | SR 275 southern terminus | |
| 230.454 | 370.880 | SR 77 north (East Street) – Talladega Superspeedway, International Motorsports Hall of Fame | Southern end of SR-77 concurrency | ||
| 231.631 | 372.774 | SR 77 south (Haynes Street) – Central Alabama Community College | Northern end of SR-77 concurrency | ||
| 234.805 | 377.882 | SR 275 south – Sylacauga | SR 275 northern terminus | ||
| Calhoun | Oxford | 250.915 | 403.809 | I‑20 – Birmingham, Atlanta | I-20 exit 185 |
| 251.266 | 404.373 | US 78 (Hamric Drive / SR-4) – Heflin | |||
| Anniston | 254.373 | 409.374 |  SR 202 west | SR 202 eastern terminus | |
| US 431 (Anniston Eastern Bypass / SR-1) | Trumpet/Cloverleaf interchange | ||||
| Jacksonville | 267.730 | 430.870 |  SR 204 west (Nisbet Street NW) – Angel, Crystal Springs | SR 204 eastern terminus | |
| Piedmont | 278.466 | 448.148 |   SR 200 east (Tom Bible Memorial Highway) to US 278 – Centre, Cedartown, Gadsden | SR 200 western terminus | |
| 279.296 | 449.483 | SR 9 (Main Street) – Centre, Cedartown, Heflin | Northern terminus of SR-21. Memorial Drive continues one block as a city street. | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Alabama portal
- U.S. Roads portal
References
- 1 2 "Mileposts/General Highway Maps". Alabama Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ Google Maps directions
- Rand McNally: The Road Atlas 2002, Rand McNally and Company 2001 ISBN 0-528-84446-6
External links
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