Alabama State Route 68

State Route 68 marker

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 67SR 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 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

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Marshall 0.0000.000 SR 75 Albertville
DeKalbKilpatrick4.8107.741 SR 168 west Boaz
Crossville9.85015.852 SR 227 southWest end of SR-227 overlap
10.07916.221 SR 227 north GeraldineEast end of SR-227 overlap
Collinsville18.76730.203 I59 Chattanooga, GadsdenI-59 exit 205
20.00132.188 US 11 north (SR-7) Fort PayneWest end of US-11 overlap
20.56933.103 US 11 south (SR-7) AttallaEast end of US-11 overlap
 24.09438.776 SR 176 east / CR 3 south Little River Canyon
CherokeeLeesburg29.26947.104 SR 273 north – Blanche, Little River Canyon Mouth Park, Little River Canyon
30.31948.794 US 411 south (SR-25) GadsdenWest end of US-411 overlap
Centre33.64054.138 US 411 north (SR-25) CentreEast end of US-411 overlap; west end of US-411 Truck overlap
35.85457.701
US 411 Truck north / SR 283
East end of US-411 Truck overlap
36.07158.051 SR 9 southWest end of SR-9 overlap
Cedar Bluff41.30166.468 SR 9 north Rome, GAEast end of SR-9 overlap
Gaylesville46.04074.094 SR 35 Fort Payne, Rome, GA, Little River Canyon
 52.92685.176 SR 114 east SummervilleGeorgia state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

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