Alabama State Route 35
State Route 35 | ||||
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Map AL 35 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ALDOT | ||||
| Length | 68.291 mi[1] (109.904 km) | |||
| Existed | 1940–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 9 northeast of Cedar Bluff | |||
 SR 68 at Gaylesville
 SR 79 northwest of Scottsboro | ||||
| North end |  US 72 near Woodville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Alabama | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Route 35 (SR 35) is a 68.291-mile-long (109.904 km) state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. The southern terminus of the highway is at its intersection with SR 9 in rural Cherokee County northeast of Cedar Bluff and near the Georgia state line. The northern terminus of the highway is at Woodville in Jackson County where it has a second intersection with U.S. Route 72 (US 72).
Route description
North of its southern terminus, SR 35 begins an ascent over Lookout Mountain as a two-lane road. The highway heads in a northwesterly direction as it travels through the Little River Canyon National Preserve along the county line dividing Cherokee County and DeKalb County leading into Fort Payne. As the highway descends Lookout Mountain, within the Fort Payne city limits, it makes a 90-degree right turn at the foot of the mountain. Numerous trucks descending this route have suffered brake failure and wrecked at this turn as a result, causing numerous fatalities. One resident living at this turn, Joe Faulkner, erected a reinforced concrete wall to protect his property. The wall assumed the popular name, "Joe's Truck Stop."[2]
From Fort Payne, SR 35 is routed along a four-lane divided highway as it heads towards Rainsville. The highway is a four-lane highway from its intersection with US 11 in Fort Payne to its intersection with US 72 in Scottsboro, except for a brief stretch from near its intersection with SR 71 in Section, to the foot of Sand Mountain and the east bank of the Tennessee River, where it intersects SR 40. The Alabama Department of Transportation plans to eventually four-lane this remaining section of the Fort Payne–Scottsboro route.[3] The highway crosses the Tennessee River over the Comer Bridge (southbound) and the Bob Jones Bridge (northbound). A new bridge is under construction to replace the Comer Bridge, and was expected to open in 2012, but finally opened May 2016.[4] In the early 1990s, a section of the highway was rerouted from a dogleg extending from Fort Payne through Pine Ridge to Rainsville along the natural slope of Sand Mountain, to the current four-lane route.[5] The current route reaches the brow of Sand Mountain along a ramp through a manmade gap in the side of the mountain.
Until 1980, the northern terminus of SR 35 was at Scottsboro, where it intersected US 72. It was extended westward along the former alignment of US 72 after the U.S. Highway was relocated to a new four-lane highway between Scottsboro and Huntsville. Although SR 35 travels in a south by southwestward trajectory as it leaves Scottsboro, it is signed as “SR 35 north” until its terminus at a second intersection with US 72 at Woodville in western Jackson County.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Cherokee | Lawrence | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 9 – Rome, Georgia, Cedar Bluff, Centre, Piedmont | Southern terminus |
| Gaylesville | 2.576 | 4.146 | SR 68 – Cedar Bluff, Summerville | ||
| Blanche | 11.205 | 18.033 |     SR 273 south / CR 15 north | Northern terminus of SR 273 | |
| DeKalb | | 14.324 | 23.052 |   SR 176 west (Little River Canyon Rim Parkway) | Eastern terminus of SR 176; northern terminus of Little River Canyon Rim Parkway |
| Fort Payne | 21.983 | 35.378 |      US 11 north (Gault Avenue / SR 7) to I-59 north | South end of US 11/SR 7 concurrency | |
| 23.038 | 37.076 | US 11 south (Gault Avenue / SR 7) – Attalla | North end of US 11/SR 7 concurrency | ||
| 24.164 | 38.888 | I-59 – Gadsden, Chattanooga | I-59 exit 218 | ||
| Rainsville | 31.743 | 51.085 |  SR 75 (McCurdy Avenue) – Fyffe, Shiloh, Sylvania, Henagar | ||
| Jackson | Section | 41.616 | 66.974 |  SR 71 north – Dutton, Trenton | Southern terminus of SR 71 |
| | 46.211 | 74.369 |   SR 40 east – Henagar | Western terminus of SR 40 | |
| Scottsboro | 49.539 | 79.725 |  US 72 / SR 279 south (SR 2) – Huntsville, Chattanooga | Interchange; south end of SR 279 concurrency | |
| 50.490 | 81.256 |  SR 279 north (Willow Street) / CR 21 north (Tupelo Pike) | North end of SR 279 concurrency | ||
| 55.008 | 88.527 | SR 79 – Guntersville, Skyline | |||
| Woodville | 68.291 | 109.904 | US 72 (SR 2) – Huntsville, Chattanooga | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b Milepost Maps (Map) (1999 ed.). Alabama Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 12, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ "Truck Hits Joe's Truck Stop," The Gadsden Times, January 31, 2006, p. 6A
- ^ "Scottsboro Mayor Seeks Money to Widen Ala. 35," The Huntsville Times, January 29, 2001, p. B2
- ^ "Work Begins on Replacing Comer Bridge," The Huntsville Times, October 11, 2007, p. B1
- ^ "Highway 35 Section to be Widened," The Huntsville Times, July 5, 1996, p. B2