U.S. Route 278 in Alabama
U.S. Route 278 | |||||||
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State Route 74 | |||||||
Route information | |||||||
Maintained by ALDOT | |||||||
Length: | 199.182 mi[1] (320.552 km) | ||||||
Major junctions | |||||||
West end: | US 278 towards Amory, MS | ||||||
East end: | US 278 towards Atlanta, GA | ||||||
Location | |||||||
Counties: | Marion, Winston, Cullman, Blount, Etowah, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | ||||||
Highway system | |||||||
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U.S. Highway 278 (US-278), mostly internally designated by the Alabama Department of Transportation as State Route 74 (SR-74), is a major east–west state highway across the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. West of Hamilton, SR-74 continues west to end at US-78 (SR-4), while US-278 turns south along US-43 (SR-17 and SR-171) to Guin, where it turns west along SR-118 to Mississippi.
Route description
For the most part, US-278 and SR-74 are routed parallel to U.S. Highway 78, along the north side of it. The only section of State Route 74 that is signed as an independent route is along the former route of US-78 between the interchange with Corridor X/Future Interstate 22 and downtown Hamilton, a distance of approximately five miles. East of Hamilton, SR-74 is partnered with U.S. Highway 278.
Until the mid-1980s, a Business U.S. 278 existed in the city of Piedmont. U.S. 278 is carried on a four lane segment that bypasses the center of Piedmont. The Business U.S. 278 routing began where the four lane segment begins on the northeast side of Piedmont, then ran southwest into the center of the city and junctioned with Alabama State Route 9 and then ran north co-signed with Alabama 9 until junctioning with the 4 lane U.S 278 on the northern edge of the city.
History
During the 1960s–1980s, there were some different variations of the routing of U.S. 278 through the cities of Gadsden and Attalla, however construction of fourlane segments on the western side of Gadsden and in Attalla allowed the route to be placed on its current route which has been in place since the mid-1980s.
A four-laning project is ongoing east of Gadsden near the town of Hokes Bluff.
Junction list
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Lamar | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 278 west / SR 118 begins – Tupelo | Continuation into Mississippi; western end of SR-118 overlap | ||||
Sulligent | 5.741 | 9.239 | SR 17 – Vernon, Hamilton | |||||
Marion | Guin | 17.785 | 28.622 | SR 142 east | ||||
19.408 | 31.234 | SR 107 south – Fayette | ||||||
19.692 | 31.691 | US 43 south / SR 118 west / SR 171 south (11th Avenue East) / SR 142 west (11th Avenue West) – Winfield | Southern end of US-43 and SR-171 overlaps; eastern end of SR-118 overlap | |||||
Hamilton | 28.054 | 45.149 | I‑22 / US 78 – Tupelo, Birmingham | |||||
32.811 | 52.804 | SR 17 south / SR 171 ends – Vernon | Southern end of SR-17 overlap; northern end of SR-171 overlap | |||||
33.163 | 53.371 | US 43 north / SR 17 north (Military Street North) / SR 74 west (Bexar Avenue West) – Hackleburg | Northern end of US-43 and SR-17 overlaps; western end of SR-74 overlap | |||||
43.486 | 69.984 | SR 253 – Hackleburg, Winfield | ||||||
47.781 | 76.896 | SR 241 north to SR 129 – Phil Campbell | ||||||
48.342 | 77.799 | SR 129 – Haleyville, Brilliant, Fayette | ||||||
Winston | Natural Bridge | 56.402 | 90.770 | SR 13 south – Tuscaloosa | Western end of SR-13 overlap | |||
56.857 | 91.502 | SR 5 south / SR 13 north – Russellville, Jasper | Eastern end of SR-13 overlap | |||||
Double Springs | 69.277 | 111.491 | SR 195 north – Haleyville | Western end of SR-195 overlap | ||||
69.742 | 112.239 | SR 33 north / SR 195 south – Double Springs, Moulton | Eastern end of SR-195 overlap | |||||
Cullman | Cullman | 105.738 | 170.169 | I‑65 – Birmingham, Huntsville | ||||
107.674 | 173.285 | US 31 (2nd Avenue SW) / SR 3 / SR 69 south | Western end of SR-69 overlap | |||||
110.736 | 178.212 | SR 69 north – Arab, Guntersville | Eastern end of SR-69 overlap | |||||
111.173 | 178.916 | SR 157 north | ||||||
Holly Pond | 120.978 | 194.695 | SR 91 south – Hanceville, Garden City | Northern terminus of SR-91 | ||||
Blount | 126.822 | 204.100 | US 231 / SR 53 – Arab, Birmingham | |||||
Brooksville | 129.322 | 208.124 | SR 79 – Guntersville, Birmingham | |||||
Snead | 134.880 | 217.068 | SR 75 – Albertville, Oneonta | |||||
Etowah | 146.360 | 235.544 | SR 132 west – Altoona, Oneonta | Eastern terminus of SR-132 | ||||
148.539 | 239.050 | SR 179 north | Southern terminus of SR-169 | |||||
Attalla | 152.840 | 245.972 | SR 77 – Albertville, Lincoln | |||||
153.338 | 246.774 | US 431 north / SR 1 – Albertville | Western end of US-431 overlap | |||||
155.253 | 249.855 | US 11 south (3rd Street SW) / SR 7 | Western end of US-11 overlap | |||||
155.585 | 250.390 | US 11 north (3rd Street NW) / SR 7 | Eastern end of US-11 overlap | |||||
156.428 | 251.746 | I‑59 – Birmingham, Chattanooga | I-59 Exit 183 | |||||
Gadsden | 159.707 | 257.024 | SR 211 north (Noccalula Road) | Southern terminus of SR-211 | ||||
161.182 | 259.397 | US 411 (Albert Rains Boulevard) / SR 25 – Centre, Rainbow City, Ashville | Interchange | |||||
161.469 | 259.859 | SR 291 south (Hood Avenue) to I‑759 | Northern terminus of SR-291 | |||||
163.243 | 262.714 | US 431 south (East Meighan Boulevard) / SR 1 – Anniston | Eastern end of US-431 overlap | |||||
Calhoun | Piedmont | 184.081 | 296.250 | SR 200 west (Tom Bible Memorial Highway) to SR 21 – Jacksonville, Anniston | Eastern terminus of SR-200 | |||
184.605 | 297.093 | SR 9 south (N. Main Street) | Western end of SR-9 overlap | |||||
184.693 | 297.235 | SR 9 north – Centre | Eastern end of SR-9 overlap | |||||
Cherokee |
No major junctions | |||||||
Cleburne | 199.182 | 320.552 | US 278 east / SR 6 east – Atlanta | Continuation into Georgia | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 "Milepost Maps". Alabama Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 21, 2015.