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| Length: | 257.352 mi[1] (414.168 km) | ||||||
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| South end: |  SR-5 near Pine Hill |
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        US-82 / SR-6 / SR-58 / SR-219 Truck in Centreville   US-78 / US-411 / SR-4 in Leeds    US-278 / US-431 / SR-1 / SR-74 in Gadsden |
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| North end: |  US 411 / SR 53 towards Rome, Georgia |
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| Counties: | Wilcox, Marengo, Hale, Bibb, Shelby, Jefferson, St. Clair, Etowah, Cherokee | ||||||
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State Route 25 is a long and relatively rural State highway in the State of Alabama. From US-78 in Leeds northeast to its terminus at the State of Georgia line, SR-25 is the unsigned partner route of U.S. Highway 411. The southwestern terminus of State Route 25 is at its junction with State Route 5 near Pine Hill in Wilcox County.
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Route description [link]
For the first 50 miles (80 km) of its route, State Highway 25 travels in a north–south direction. This highway begins by traveling through rural areas of west-central Alabama, connecting numerous small towns in the Black Belt region of Alabama. From Greensboro to its terminus, the orientation of Highway 25 is in a general northeasterly/ southwesterly direction. As this highway begins its northeastward path, it passes through rural areas, villages, and small towns, skirting the southern area of the Birmingham Metropolitan Area in Shelby County.
The Double Oak Mountain area [link]
State Highway 25 traverses one of the higher peaks in the Birmingham area, Double Oak Mountain, connecting the Coosa and Cahaba River valleys. The roadway that was constructed between 1914 and 1921 with support from Buffalo Rock founder Sidney Word Lee, who owned a 3,000-acre camp in Calcis. There is also a railroad line that runs parallel with Highway 25 between Vincent and Leeds that tunnels though Double Oak Mountain below the highway.[2]
The 19-mile (31 km) stretch of highway 25 between Vincent and Leeds is popular with motorcyclists and other outdoor enthusiasts. This road is off limits to heavy trucks except for local deliveries due to a large number of sharp curves, blind entrances and exits, and a narrow, elevated roadway. The small communities of Vandiver, Sterrett, Calcis, and Dunnavant straddle the highway in this area. The exclusive and private Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club, home of the 1984 and 1990 PGA Championships is located on Shelby County Route 41 not far from its intersection with SR-25.
Major intersections [link]
As a signed route [link]
- U.S. Highway 80 at Faunsdale
- State Route 14 and State Route 69 at Greensboro
- State Route 5 at Harrisburg in southwestern Bibb County. The two routes overlap until they split at Brent
- U.S. Highway 82 at Centreville
- U.S. Highway 31 at Calera
- Interstate 65 at Calera
- State Route 70 at Columbiana
- State Route 145 at Wilsonville
- State Route 76 north of Wilsonville
- U.S. Highway 231 and U.S. Highway 280 at Harpersville. SR-25 overlaps US-231 and SR-53 until they split at Vincent
- U.S. Highway 78 east of Leeds. These routes overlap until they intersect U.S. Highway 411 in Leeds. North of Leeds, State Route 25 ceases being a marked route, and it becomes the unsigned partner route of U.S. Highway 411. For several years in the 1970s, SR-25 was a marked route co-signed with U.S. 411 north of Leeds to the Georgia border.
As the unsigned partner route of US-411 [link]
- Interstate 20 in Leeds
- U.S. Highway 231 and south of Ashville. U.S. 231, U.S. 411, and State Routes 25 and 53 are co-routed until they split in Ashville
- Interstate 759 in Gadsden
- U.S. Highway 278 and U.S. Highway 431 and in Gadsden
References [link]
- ^ Alabama Department of Transportation, County Milepost Maps, accessed September 2007
- ^ Daniels, Malcomb (2012-02-08). "Historical marker honoring Buffalo Rock founder to be dedicated in Shelby County". The Birmingham News.
https://wn.com/Alabama_State_Route_25
U.S. Route 411
U.S. Route 411 (US 411) is an alternate parallel-highway associated with US 11. US 411 extends for about 313 miles (504 km) from US 78 in Leeds, Alabama, to US 25 in Newport, Tennessee. US 411 passes through northeastern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee. Notable towns and cities along its route include Gadsden, Alabama; Rome, Georgia; Cartersville, Georgia; Cleveland, Tennessee; Maryville, Tennessee, and Newport, Tennessee.
US 411 and US 11 never intersect with one another, though they come very close in Birmingham, Alabama, Gadsden, Alabama, Cleveland, Tennessee, and Maryville, Tennessee. US 411 also spends much of its route close to the Interstate Highway System: Interstate 40 (I-40), I-75, and I-59, though it never intersects I-59.
Route description
Most of the distance through which US 411 passes is rural countryside, with no major metropolitan areas directly along its route. However, it does pass relatively near the major cities of Birmingham, Alabama, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Knoxville, Tennessee. In Sevier County, Tennessee, south of Knoxville, US 411 is used by many tourists as a route to the northern side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. US 411 passes about 20 miles (32 km) north of the national park, but it intersects with US 441, which actually goes through this park. Although US 411 has a south–north designation, it contains long stretches that are west–east, and its overall direction is actually southwest–northeast.
U.S. Route 58
U.S. Route 58 is an east–west U.S. Highway that runs for 508 miles (818 km) from U.S. Route 25E just northwest of Harrogate, Tennessee, to U.S. Route 60 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Until 1996, when the Cumberland Gap Tunnel opened, US 58 ran only inside the commonwealth of Virginia. It was then extended southwest along a short piece of former US 25E, which no longer enters Virginia, to end at the new alignment in Tennessee.
State Route 383 is overlaid on U.S. Route 58 in Tennessee.
U.S. Route 58 is the longest numbered route in Virginia.
Route description
Tennessee
US 58 begins at a trumpet interchange with US 25E, just south of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel. The route travels northeast through the outskirts of Cumberland Gap before crossing into Virginia.
US 58 in Tennessee carries the designation State Route 383.
Virginia
US 58 enters Virginia and travels east to Jonesville, where Alternate US 58 branches off and travels to the north. East of Jonesville, US 58 intersects US 421, and the two routes stay concurrent through Duffield (where the concurrency also picks up U.S. 23), Gate City, Weber City (where the US 23 concurrency ends), and Bristol, where US 58 begins a concurrency with Interstate 81. The two routes stay concurrent until I-81 exit 19 in Abingdon, where US 58 resumes its eastward journey close to the Virginia–North Carolina state line. The route is signed as the J.E.B. Stuart Highway and the A. L. Philpott Memorial Highway. Much of the highway through the region features hairpin turns, steep grades, and load-zoned bridges.
