Alabama State Route 176

State Route 176
Map AL 176 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length	25.618 mi (41.228 km)
Existed	1990–present
Major junctions
West end	SR 68 near Sand Rock
East end	SR 35 near Adamsburg
Location
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Counties	DeKalb
Highway system
Alabama State Highway System Interstate US State
← SR 175 → 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).

Route description

Western terminus of AL 176

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.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
​	0.000	0.000	SR 68 – Collinsville, Sand Rock, Leesburg	Western terminus
Eberhardt Point	14.0	22.5	CR 148 (Little River Canyon Rim Parkway south) to CR 275	SR 176 begins to follow the Parkway
​	25.618	41.228	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