State Route 14 (SR 14) is a major east-to-west state highway in the U.S. state of Alabama. Spanning 218.289 miles (351.302 km), the highway begins at the Mississippi state line at the terminus of Mississippi Highway 69 (MS 69) and connects the cities of Selma and Prattville before ending at SR 147 on the western side of Auburn.
History
SR 14 was one of the original routes in the Alabama's first statewide highway system in the 1920s. The original routing followed much of the same path as today, but was significantly shorter. The highway as built then started in Selma and traveled east along its current route to Auburn. As was standard for highways of the era, SR 14 was unpaved for its full length. The first paved section was constructed in 1932 between Elmore and Wetumpka. Paving continued sporadically for the next 15 years, with the last gravel section on the route being paved in 1947.
In 1956–57, the state renumbered many highways, and as a result other state highways to the northwest of Selma were renumbered as SR 14, extending the highway to the Mississippi state line along its modern course. In the 1960s, when the first segment of Interstate 85 (I-85) was constructed, bypassing Auburn and Opelika, SR 14 was extended from its eastern end at US 29 in Auburn along US 29 through Opelika to the northern end of that first Interstate Highway segment, at the current exit 64. When US 280 was re-routed to meet I-85 between Auburn and Opelika in 1998, SR-14 was truncated to a new eastern endpoint at US 280 in Opelika. In 2009, it was further truncated to its present terminus at the junction with SR 147.
Local routings
- SR 14 is routed along Broad Street in Pickensville.
- SR 14 is routed along Columbus Road NW, 2nd Street NW, 1st Avenue, 3rd Street SE, and Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Highway in Aliceville.
- SR 14 is routed along Mesopotamia Street, Eutaw Avenue, Main Street, Morrow Avenue, Boligee Street, and Greensboro Street in Eutaw.
- SR 14 is routed along Hobson Street and State Street in Greensboro.
- SR 14 is routed along West Greene Street, Washington Street, and Martin Luther King Parkway in Marion.
- SR 14 shares a route with SR 183 for 5 miles (8.0 km) between Marion and Sprott in Perry County.
- SR 14 shares a route with SR 219 for 4 miles (6.4 km) north of US 80 in Selma, Alabama.
- SR 14 shares a route with US 80 for 4 miles (6.4 km) through Selma.
- SR 14 is routed along Highland Avenue in Selma.
- SR 14 shares a route with US 82 for roughly five miles in Prattville.
- SR 14 is routed along I-65 in Prattville between Exits 179 and 181
- SR 14 is routed along Elmore Road, Coosa River Parkway, and Tallassee Highway in Wetumpka.
- SR 14 shares a route with SR 111 in Wetumpka.
- SR 14 is routed along Gilmer Avenue, Barnette Boulevard, Central Boulevard, Main Street, and Notasulga Road in Tallassee.
- SR 14 is routed along Tallapoosa Street and Auburn Road in Notasulga.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pickens | | 0.00 | 0.00 |   MS 69 north – Columbus | Mississippi state line; Western terminus |
| Pickensville | 9.41 | 15.14 |  SR 86 (Main Street) – Pickensville Campground | ||
| Aliceville | 19.26 | 31.00 |    SR 17 south – Airport | Western end of SR 17 concurrency | |
| 19.55 | 31.46 | SR 17 north (Memorial Parkway) – Carrollton | Eastern end of SR 17 concurrency | ||
| Greene | Clinton | 38.27 | 61.59 |  SR 39 south – Gainesville, Heflin Lock-Dam | |
| Eutaw | 43.43 | 69.89 |   I-20 / I-59 – Tuscaloosa, Meridian | I-20/I-59 exit 40 | |
| 46.41 | 74.69 |  US 11 south (Prairie Avenue / SR 7) – Livingston | West end of US 11 south / SR 7 south concurrency (westbound only) | ||
| 46.44 | 74.74 |  US 11 north / US 43 north (Tuscaloosa Street / SR 7 / SR 13) – Tuscaloosa | east end of US 11 south / SR 7 south concurrency (westbound only); west end of US 11 north / SR 7 north concurrency (eastbound only); west end of US 43 / SR 13 concurrency | ||
| 46.46 | 74.77 |  To US 11 south / Boligee Street – Livingston | East end of US 11 north / SR 7 north concurrency (eastbound only) | ||
| 46.99 | 75.62 | US 43 south (Demopolis Highway / SR 13) – Demopolis | Eastern end of US 43 / SR 13 concurrency | ||
| Hale | Wedgeworth | 54.21 | 87.24 |   SR 60 east – Akron, Moundville | |
| Greensboro | 67.65 | 108.87 |   SR 25 south / SR 69 south (Demopolis Street) – Faunsdale, Linden | Western end of SR 25/SR 69 concurrency | |
| 68.00 | 109.44 | SR 25 north / SR 69 north (Tuscaloosa Street) – Moundville, Brent | Eastern end of SR 25/SR 69 concurrency | ||
| 68.88 | 110.85 |  SR 61 south – Uniontown | |||
| Perry | Marion | 86.96 | 139.95 |    SR 289 south / CR 45 south (Washington Street) | |
| 88.55 | 142.51 |  SR 5 – Brent, Browns | |||
| | 89.36 | 143.81 |  SR 183 south – Uniontown | Western end of SR 183 concurrency | |
| | 91.55 | 147.34 |  SR 175 north – Brent | ||
| Sprott | 93.79 | 150.94 | SR 183 north – Maplesville | Eastern end of SR 183 concurrency | |
| Dallas | | 111.35 | 179.20 |  SR 219 north – Centreville | Western end of SR 219 concurrency |
| Valley Grande | 112.13 | 180.46 |   SR 219 south / CR 49 north | Eastern end of SR 219 concurrency | |
| Selma | 114.20 | 183.79 |     US 80 west / SR 22 Truck west (SR 8) – Meridian | Western end of US 80/SR 8/SR 22 Truck concurrency | |
| 116.28 | 187.13 |  US 80 Bus. east / SR 22 (SR 8/Broad Street) – Birmingham, Montgomery, Paul M. Grist State Park, Historic Downtown, Edmund Pettus Bridge | Eastern end of SR 22 Truck concurrency (it ends at this intersection); Eastern end of SR 8 concurrency (SR 8 follows Business US 80 through Selma.) | ||
| 117.16 | 188.55 |  US 80 east / SR 41 south | Eastern end of US 80 concurrency | ||
| Burnsville | 126.34 | 203.32 |  SR 140 west | ||
| Autauga | Prattville | 151.04 | 243.08 |  US 82 west (SR 6) / Selma Highway – Tuscaloosa, Prattville, Daniel Pratt Historic District | Western end of US 82/SR 6 concurrency |
| 153.86 | 247.61 |    US 31 south (SR 3) / US 82 east (SR 6) to I-65 – Montgomery | Eastern end of US 82/SR 6 concurrency; western end of US 31/SR 3 concurrency | ||
| 154.28 | 248.29 | US 31 north (Memorial Drive / SR 3) – Birmingham | Eastern end of US 31/SR 3 concurrency | ||
| Elmore | | 157.44 | 253.38 | I-65 – Birmingham, Montgomery | I-65 exit 181 |
| Millbrook | 160.25 | 257.90 |   SR 143 south (Main Street) / CR 7 north – Millbrook | Western end of SR 143 concurrency | |
| Elmore | 164.49 | 264.72 | SR 143 north – Speigner, Marbury | Eastern end of SR 143 concurrency | |
| Wetumpka | 170.08 | 273.72 |  SR 212 east (West Bridge Street) – Downtown Wetumpka | ||
| 171.34 | 275.75 |  SR 111 (Holtville Road) – Holtville, Downtown Wetumpka | Western end of SR 111 Truck concurrency (it ends at this intersection) | ||
| 172.87 | 278.21 |   US 231 (SR 9 / SR 53) / SR 21 / SR 111 Truck south – Rockford, Montgomery | Eastern end of SR 111 Truck concurrency | ||
| 173.69 | 279.53 |  SR 170 | |||
| Claud | 180.48 | 290.45 |  SR 63 north – Eclectic, Kowaliga, Alexander City | ||
| Tallassee | 188.45 | 303.28 |  SR 229 north – Kent, Red Hill | Western end of SR 229 concurrency | |
| 192.04 | 309.06 |  SR 229 south (Jordan Avenue) to I-85  CR 8 west (Friendship Road) | Eastern end of SR 229 concurrency | ||
| Tallapoosa | | 197.83 | 318.38 |  SR 49 – Dadeville | |
| Macon | | 200.56 | 322.77 |   SR 199 south / CR 35 north | |
| Macon–Tallapoosa county line | Liberty City | 202.19 | 325.39 |  SR 120 west | |
| Macon | Notasulga | 207.36 | 333.71 |  SR 81 south – Business District | |
| Lee | Auburn | 218.29 | 351.30 |  SR 147 (Shug Jordan Parkway) to I-85 | Eastern terminus |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b "Mileposts/General Highway Maps". Alabama Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.