Alabama State Route 21

State Route 21 marker

State Route 21
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
I65 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
I85 in Montgomery
US 280 in Sylacauga
I20 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
Highway system
  • Alabama State Routes
SR 20I22

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

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
EscambiaAtmore0.0000.000 SR 97 south PensacolaFlorida state line
1.8883.038 US 31 (Nashville Avenue / SR-3) Mobile, Brewton
 8.12213.071 I65 Mobile, MontgomeryI-65 exit 57
MonroeUriah22.37236.004 SR 59 south Stockton, Upper Delta Wildlife Management AreaNorthern terminus of SR-59
Frisco City
SR 21 Truck north (Bowden Street) / CR 18 (Wild Fork Road)

SR 21 Truck south (Highway 21 By-Pass)
 38.08761.295
US 84 / SR 41 south / SR 47 Truck south (SR-12) Grove Hill, Evergreen
Southern end of SR-41 / SR-47 Truck concurrency
Ollie38.51761.987 SR 136 east to I65 northWestern terminus of SR-136
Monroeville40.86465.764
SR 21 Bus. north / SR 41 north (South Alabama Avenue) – Old Courthouse Museum
Northern end of SR-41 concurrency
43.12869.408
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)
Beatrice59.33695.492 SR 265 north (Bryan Street) Vredenburgh, CamdenSouthern terminus of SR-265
Riley64.357103.573 SR 47 north GreenvilleNorthern end of SR-47 concurrency
WilcoxOak Hill78.965127.082 SR 10 Camden, Greenville
 84.111135.364 SR 28 west CamdenEastern terminus of SR-28
Elm Bluff85.183137.089 SR 89 north SelmaSouthern terminus of SR-89
Lowndes 102.222164.510 SR 263 south / CR 7 north GreenvilleNorthern terminus of SR-263
Hayneville120.503193.931 SR 97 (Commerce Street) Lowndesboro, Letohatchee
 127.864205.777 US 80 west (SR-8) SelmaSouthern end of US-80 / SR-8 concurrency
MontgomeryMontgomery138.043222.159 US 31 south (SR-3) / US 80 east (SR-8) to I65 Mobile, Hope Hullinterchange; southern end of US-31 / SR-3 concurrency; northern end of US-80 / SR-8 concurrency
139.276224.143 US 31 north (West Boulevard / SR-3) / Selma-Mobile Highway H. Councill Trenholm State Technical CollegeNorthern end of US-31 / SR-3 concurrency
139.836225.044 I65 / US 80 west / US 82 west (SR-6 west / SR-8 west) to I85 Birmingham, Atlanta, Selma, Mobile, TuscaloosaI-65 exit 168; southern end of US-80 / US-82 / SR-6 / SR-8 concurrency
141.419227.592 US 331 south (Court Street / SR-9) LuverneNorthern terminus of US-331; Southern end of SR-9 concurrency
145.315233.862 US 82 east / US 231 south (Troy Highway / SR-6 east / SR-53 south) Union Springs, Troy, Ozark, Dothan, H. Councill Trenholm State Technical Collegenorthern end of US-82 / SR-6 concurrency; southern end of US-231 / SR-53 concurrency
148.423238.864 I85 / US 80 east (SR-8 east) to I65 Montgomery, Atlanta, TuskegeeI-85 exit 6; north end of US-80 / SR-8 concurrency
149.8[2]241.1Atlanta Highway - Faulkner Universityinterchange; former US-80 east / SR-8 east
152.883246.041 To I65 (via SR-152 west) / Congressman William L. Dickinson Drive Birmingham, Mobile, Airport, Maxwell AFB Gunter Annex, Alabama National Guard Headquartersinterchange
ElmoreWetumpka To SR 111 / South Main Streetsouth end of SR-111 Truck overlap
163.340262.870 SR 170 east TallasseeWestern terminus of SR-170
Company Street - Downtown Wetumpka Historical Districtformer SR-14 west
163.681263.419
SR 14 / SR 111 Truck north (Coosa River Parkway / Tallassee Highway) Prattville, Tallassee, Wetumpka Sports Complex
north end of SR-111 Truck overlap
164.428264.621 SR 9 north (Central Plank Road) – Santuck, CentralNorthern end of SR-9 concurrency; Southern end of signed portion of SR-9
CoosaRockford188.890303.989 SR 22
TalladegaSylacauga207.585334.076 US 231 north / US 280 (SR-38 / SR-53) AirportInterchange; Northern end of US-231 / SR-53 concurrency
209.581337.288 SR 148 east (3rd Street)Western terminus of SR-148
Winterboro220.745355.255 SR 76 westEastern terminus of SR-76
Talladega227.879366.736 SR 275 north to SR 77Southern terminus of SR-275
230.454370.880 SR 77 north (East Street) Talladega Superspeedway, International Motorsports Hall of FameSouthern end of SR-77 concurrency
231.631372.774 SR 77 south (Haynes Street) Central Alabama Community CollegeNorthern end of SR-77 concurrency
 234.805377.882 SR 275 south SylacaugaNorthern terminus of SR-275
CalhounOxford250.915403.809 I20 Birmingham, AtlantaI-20 exit 185
251.266404.373 US 78 (Hamric Drive / SR-4) Heflin
Anniston254.373409.374 SR 202 westEastern terminus of SR-202
US 431 (Anniston Eastern Bypass / SR-1)Trumpet/Cloverleaf interchange
Jacksonville267.730430.870 SR 204 west (Nisbet Street NW) – Angel, Crystal SpringsEastern terminus of SR-204
Piedmont278.466448.148 SR 200 east (Tom Bible Memorial Highway) to US 278 Centre, Cedartown, GadsdenWestern terminus of SR-200
279.296449.483 SR 9 (Main Street) Centre, Cedartown, HeflinNorthern 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

See also

References

External links

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