Alabama State Route 215

Infobox road
state=AL
type=AL
route=215
alternate_name=
length_mi=8
length_round=
length_ref= [ [http://colepages.com/routes201225.html#ala215 Highway Route Info Routes 201 - 225 ] ]
established=
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=
junction= at Tuscaloosa
direction_b=North
ending_terminus= at Tuscaloosa
counties=Tuscaloosa
previous_type=AL
previous_route=213
next_type=AL
next_route=216

State Route 215, also known as SR-215, is a numbered highway located entirely within Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, barely leaving the city limits of Tuscaloosa.

Route description

The 8-mile highway is unusual in that it follows both a north-south and east-west routing (though it is signed as north-south for its entire route). The highway follows the former routings of U.S. Highway 82 and U.S. Highway 11 and thus doesn't act as a true bypass for either. Even more strangely, the north-south section parallels US-82, an even-numbered (and therefore east-west) US highway, while the east-west section follows US-11, which is odd-numbered and thus follows a north-south route.

The north-south section is named Old Montgomery Highway and Greensboro Avenue while the east-west section is named University Boulevard. The route changes direction at the intersection of Greensboro Avenue and University Boulevard in downtown Tuscaloosa.

Counties along the route

* Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Communities along the route

* Cottondale
* Tuscaloosa

Major intersections

*U.S. Highway 11 at two separate locations
*State Route 216
*U.S. Highway 82 at two separate locations

References

External links

*Alabama Department of Transportation county road maps for [http://www.dot.state.al.us/NR/rdonlyres/7E832F57-3D50-4AF2-98FF-23816DABA59F/0/co63.pdf Tuscaloosa] (Adobe Acrobat reader required for maps; enlargement of maps necessary for legibility)
* [http://www.ajfroggie.com/roadpics/al-ends/al215.htm Alabama 215 Ends]
* [http://www.southeastroads.com/al-215.html Alabama 215] at Southeastroads.com