Alabama State Route 68

State Route 68 marker

State Route 68
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length: 52.926 mi[1] (85.176 km)
Major junctions
West end: SR 75 near Albertville
  I59 in Collinsville
US 11 / SR 7 in Collinsville
US 411 / SR 25 in Leesburg
East end: SR 114 at the Georgia state line near Gaylesville
Location
Counties: Marshall, DeKalb, Cherokee
Highway system
  • Alabama State Routes
SR 67SR 69

State Route 68 (SR 68) is a 52.926-mile-long (85.176 km) state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. The western terminus of the highway is at an intersection with SR 75 slightly northeast of Albertville. The highway continues until it reaches the Georgia state line becoming Georgia State Route 114.

Route description

SR 68 begins at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains northeast of Albertville. There are numerous curves along the highway as it travels through DeKalb County. The highway maintains a generally eastward trajectory between Albertville and Collinsville. East of an intersection with U.S. Route 11 (US 11), the highway turns to the southeast, continuing on this orientation until it approaches Leesburg.

At Leesburg, SR 68 and US 411 intersect and begin a 5 miles (8.0 km) concurrency as they cross Weiss Lake and Weiss Dam and approach Centre. SR 68 diverts from US 411 and begins a concurrency with SR 9 as the two highways again cross the lake, diverting from each other at Cedar Bluff. From there, SR 68 travels to the northeast as it approaches the Georgia state line.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Marshall0.0000.000 SR 75 AlbertvilleWestern terminus
DeKalbKilpatrick4.8107.741 SR 168 west Boaz
Crossville9.85015.852 SR 227 southWest end of SR 227 concurrency
10.07916.221 SR 227 north GeraldineEast end of SR 227 concurrency
Collinsville18.76730.203 I59 Chattanooga, GadsdenI-59 exit 205
20.00132.188 US 11 north (SR 7) Fort PayneWest end of US 11 concurrency
20.56933.103 US 11 south (SR 7) AttallaEast end of US 11 concurrency
24.09438.776 SR 176 east / CR 3 south Little River Canyon
CherokeeLeesburg29.26947.104 SR 273 north – Blanche, Little River Canyon Mouth Park, Little River Canyon
30.31948.794 US 411 south (SR 25) GadsdenWest end of US 411 concurrency
Centre33.64054.138 US 411 north (SR 25) CentreEast end of US 411 concurrency; west end of US 411 Truck conurrency
35.85457.701
US 411 Truck north / SR 283
East end of US 411 Truck concurrency
36.07158.051 SR 9 southWest end of SR 9 concurrency
Cedar Bluff41.30166.468 SR 9 north Rome, GeorgiaEast end of SR-9 overlap
Gaylesville46.04074.094 SR 35 Fort Payne, Rome, Georgia, Little River Canyon
52.92685.176 SR 114 east SummervilleGeorgia state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

Route map: Bing / Google

KML is from Wikidata
  1. 1 2 Alabama Department of Transportation. "Milepost Maps". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
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