ALABAMA STATE ROUTE 21

'State Route 21' is a 278-mile 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.

Contents

Route description

Cities and intersections

Reference

External links

Route description

Starting at a junction with S.R. 9 in Piedmont, the route runs southwest through Anniston, Talledega 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 states:
:"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 S.R. 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 Florida S.R. 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.

Cities and intersections

From north to south, S.R. 21 passes through the following cities and towns:

★ Piedmont ★ Jacksonville ★ Anniston ★ Oxford

★ Talladega ★ Sylacauga ★ Rockford ★ Wetumpka

★ Montgomery ★ Hayneville ★ Monroeville ★ Atmore

S.R. 21 intersects the following Interstate highways, U.S. highways, and major state routes in Alabama:

★ State Route 9 at Piedmont

★ State Route 204 at Jacksonville

★ U.S. Highway 431 at Anniston. These routes overlap until they split in Oxford

★ U.S. Highway 78 at Oxford

★ Interstate 20 at Oxford

★ State Route 77 at Talladega. The two routes share a wrong-way concurrency through the city, as southbound S.R. 21 is co-routed with northbound S.R. 77

★ U.S. Highway 280 at Sylacauga

★ U.S. Highway 231 at Sylacauga. The two routes overlap until they split in Montgomery at the junction with U.S. Highway 82

★ The southern terminus of State Route 9 as a signed route at Wetumpka. From Montgomery to the Florida state line, S.R. 9 is the unsigned partner route assigned to U.S. Highway 331. S.R. 9 is co-routed with S.R. 21 until they junction U.S. 331

★ U.S. Highway 80 at Montgomery. U.S. 80 and S.R. 21 are co-routed until they intersect with Interstate 65 on the southwest side of Montgomery

★ U.S. Highway 82 at Montgomery. U.S. 82 joins the overlap with U.S. 80 and S.R. 21, and separates from S.R. 21 at the intersection with I-65

★ Interstate 65

★ U.S. Highway 31 at Montgomery. The two routes briefly overlap on the southwest side of Montgomery

★ U.S. Highway 84 at Monroeville

★ Interstate 65 north of Atmore

★ U.S. Highway 31 at Atmore

Reference

★ ''Rand McNally: The Road Atlas 2002'', Rand McNally and Company 2001 ISBN 0-528-84446-6

External links

★ Southeastroads.com web page on AL 21 with photos

★ Alabama Department of Transportation county road maps for Calhoun, Talladega, Coosa, Elmore, Montgomery, Lowndes, Wilcox, Monroe and Escambia (Adobe Acrobat reader required for maps; enlargement of maps necessary for legibility)