Alabama State Route 176

State Route 176 (SR 176) was created in September 1980 along previous County/Secondary State Roads 81 and 89 in DeKalb County and part of County/Secondary State Road 89 in Cherokee County. Part of the route took over what had been State Route 275 and forms the northern end of the Little River Canyon Rim Parkway: a scenic, but severely substandard highway following the northern rim of the limestone canyon for 22 miles (35 km).

State Route 176 marker

State Route 176

Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length25.618 mi[1] (41.228 km)
Existed1990–present
Major junctions
West end SR 68 near Sand Rock
East end SR 35 near Adamsburg
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountiesDeKalb
Highway system
  • Alabama State Highway System
← SR 175→ SR 177

Route description
Western terminus of AL 176
State Route 176 inside the Little River Canyon National Preserve

State Route 176 only follows half of that route, beginning at State Route 35 south of Fort Payne continuing west for 11 miles (18 km) before forking off from Old State Route 275 at Eberhardt's Point west to the Dogtown community. In the Dogtown community, State Route 176 (which up to that point followed former County Road 81) turns southwest at a four-way intersection along part of what had been Dekalb County Road 89. From there, the route extends into Cherokee County to State Route 68 near Collinsville where the highway ends. The road, however, continues south as Cherokee County Road 3 to Gadsden.

Major intersections

The entire route is in DeKalb County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
​0.0000.000 SR 68 – Collinsville, Sand Rock, LeesburgWestern terminus
Eberhardt Point14.022.5
 CR 148 (Little River Canyon Rim Parkway south) to CR 275		SR 176 begins to follow the Parkway
​25.61841.228 SR 35 – Gaylesville, Fort PayneEastern terminus of SR 176; northern terminus of the Parkway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Route transition

References
Template:Attached KML/Alabama State Route 176
KML is from Wikidata
  1. Alabama Department of Transportation. "Milepost Maps". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.