Alabama State Route 210

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Alabama 210.svg
State Route 210
Ross Clark Circle
Alabama State Route 210
SR 210 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length13.766 mi [1] (22.154 km)
Major junctions
Beltway around Dothan
 US 231.svg US 231
US 84.svg US 84
US 431.svg US 431
Alabama 52.svg SR 52
Alabama 53.svg SR 53
(junctions are listed clockwise from south)
Location
Counties Houston
Highway system
  • Alabama Highways
Alabama 208.svg SR 208 Alabama 211.svg SR 211

State Route 210 (SR 210), also known as Ross Clark Circle or simply "The Circle" to locals, is a route overlaid by US 84, US 231, and US 431 encircling Dothan, Alabama in Houston County. For many years, the SR 210 designation appeared on state road maps but was not actually signed as such. This has changed in recent years and today the SR 210 designation is noted on signs along with the US Routes that share its circumference of Dothan.

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Route description

Ross Clark Circle on Dothan's east side Al210-ccw-past-us084-east.jpg
Ross Clark Circle on Dothan's east side

SR 210 forms a beltway around Dothan and is used by local traffic and motorists bound for other regions. It is a divided four-lane highway with a speed limit of 50 mph (80 km/h) for its entire circumference. The highway's mile markers are posted clockwise along the route and begins at the intersection with US 231/South Oates Street on the south side of the city.[ citation needed ] The three major U.S. routes that run through Dothan (84, 231, and 431) are all concurrent with the route at some point on the circle.

History

The road was constructed in the late 1950s and was made possible by former Alabama governor "Big Jim" Folsom who authorized the state expenditures. He directed that the road be named for Ross Clark, Folsom's brother-in-law, who had committed suicide in 1955. [2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Dothan, Houston County.

mi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
0.00.0No image wide.svgNo image.svgBusiness plate.svgNo image.svgNo image.svgBusiness plate.svgNo image.svgNo image wide.svgNo image wide.svg
US 231.svgUS 231.svgUS 431.svgAlabama 1.svgUS 431.svg US 231 / US 231 Bus. north / US 431 Bus. north (South Oates Street) / SR 1 / US 431 north
Zero milepost; Begin concurrency with US 231; End concurrency with US 431; Southern terminus of US 431
1.7932.886Alabama 52.svg SR 52 (Hartford Highway)
3.3705.423No image wide.svgNo image wide.svgBusiness plate.svg
US 84.svgAlabama 12.svgUS 84.svg US 84 / SR 12 / US 84 Bus. east (West Main Street)
Begin concurrency with US 84
4.9047.892No image wide.svgNo image.svgBusiness plate.svgNo image.svgNo image wide.svg
US 231.svgUS 231.svgAlabama 53.svg US 231 / US 231 Bus. south (Montgomery Highway) / SR 53
End concurrency with US 231
7.06211.365No image wide.svgNo image.svgBusiness plate.svgNo image.svgNo image wide.svg
US 431.svgUS 431.svgAlabama 1.svg US 431 / US 431 Bus. south / SR 1 (Reeves Street)
Begin concurrency with US 431
9.96716.040Alabama 52.svg SR 52 (Columbia Highway)Interchange via access road
10.44216.805No image wide.svgBusiness plate.svgNo image wide.svg
US 84.svgUS 84.svgAlabama 12.svg US 84 / US 84 Bus. west / SR 12 (East Main Street)
End concurrency with US 84
12.17319.591Alabama 53.svg SR 53 (East Cottonwood Road)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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    1. 1 2 Milepost Map of Houston County (PDF) (Map). Cartography by ALDOT Bureau of Transportation Planning, Survey & Mapping Division. Alabama Department of Transportation. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2010.
    2. Sailors, Jimmy (September 25, 2014). "Answer Man: Who was Ross Clark?". Dothan Eagle . Retrieved January 28, 2019.