Alabama State Route 176

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State Route 176
Alabama State Route 176
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length25.618 mi [1]  (41.228 km)
Existed1990–present
Major junctions
West endAlabama 68.svg SR 68 near Sand Rock
East endAlabama 35.svg SR 35 near Adamsburg
Location
Counties DeKalb
Highway system
  • Alabama Highways
Alabama 175.svg SR 175 Alabama 177.svg SR 177

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).

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Route description

Western terminus of AL 176 AL176 End Sign at AL68 (45984426741).jpg
Western terminus of AL 176
State Route 176 inside the Little River Canyon National Preserve Little River Canyon Pkwy, Alabama, April 2018 2.jpg
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
0.0000.000Alabama 68.svg SR 68  Collinsville, Sand Rock, Leesburg Western terminus
Eberhardt Point 14.022.5CR 148 jct.svgTo plate county.svg
CR 275 jct.svg
CR 148 (Little River Canyon Rim Parkway south) to CR 275
SR 176 begins to follow the Parkway
25.61841.228Alabama 35.svg SR 35  Gaylesville, Fort Payne Eastern terminus of SR 176; northern terminus of the Parkway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Route transition

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References

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    1. 1 2 Alabama Department of Transportation. "Milepost Maps". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.