Alabama State Route 216

Infobox road
state=AL
type=AL
route=216
alternate_name=
length_mi=25
length_round=
length_ref= [ [http://colepages.com/routes201225.html#ala216 Highway Route Info Routes 201 - 225 ] ]
established=
direction_a=West
starting_terminus=
junction=
direction_b=East
ending_terminus=
counties=Tuscaloosa
previous_type=AL
previous_route=215
next_type=AL
next_route=217

State Route 216, also known as SR-216, is a numbered state highway in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. SR-216 follows the former route of U.S. Highway 11 through eastern Tuscaloosa County.

Route description

The route starts in eastern Tuscaloosa at University Boulevard (State Route 215) and Veterans' Memorial Drive and ends just as it crosses over Interstate 20/59 and U.S. Highway 11 and State Route 5 in Bucksville, just short of the Tuscaloosa-Jefferson county line.

The highway passes through the coal-mining country of eastern Tuscaloosa County. The largest towns on the highway are Brookwood and Lake View. The highway is mostly narrow and windy and is known for the high number of fatal accidents on the Brookwood-to-Tuscaloosa stretch. [ [http://cramer.house.gov/HoR/AL06/Press+Room/Spencer+In+the+News/2005/Seeking+More+Funds+and+Fewer+Fatalities.htm $1.8 Million set aside for Highway 216] ]

Communities along the route

* Bucksville
* Abernant
* Brookwood
* Peterson
* Tuscaloosa

Major intersections

*State Route 215 in Tuscaloosa
*Interstates 20/59 near Bucksville

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)