Alabama State Route 14

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State Route 14 in Alabama, also known as SR-14, is a public highway maintained by the state of Alabama. SR-14 runs from west to east through the central portion of the state. The highway begins at the Mississippi state line at the terminus of Mississippi Highway 69 and connects the cities of Selma, Prattville, and Auburn before ending at U.S. Highway 280 (State Route 38) in Opelika.

Route description

State Route 14 passes through the following cities and towns, from west to east:
* Aliceville
* Eutaw
* Greensboro
* Marion
* Selma
* Prattville
* Millbrook
* Wetumpka
* Tallassee
* Notasulga
* Loachapoka
* Auburn
* Opelika

* SR-14 is routed along Broad Street in Pickensville.
* SR-14 is routed along Columbus Road NW, 2nd Street NW, 1st Avenue, 3rd Street SE, and Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Highway in Aliceville.
* SR-14 is routed along Mesopotamia Street, Eutaw Avenue, Main Street, Morrow Avenue, Boligee Street, and Greensboro Street in Eutaw.
* SR-14 is routed along Hobson Street and State Street in Greensboro.
* SR-14 is routed along West Greene Street, Washington Street, and Martin Luther King Parkway in Marion.
* SR-14 shares a route with State Route 183 for five miles between Marion and Sprott in Perry County.
* SR-14 shares a route with State Route 219 for four miles north of U.S. Highway 80 in Selma, Alabama.
* SR-14 shares a route with U.S. Highway 80 for four miles through Selma.
* SR-14 is routed along Highland Avenue in Selma.
* SR-14 shares a route with U.S. Highway 31 for roughly a mile in Prattville.
* SR-14 is routed along Selma Highway, Washington Street, East Main Street, North Memorial Drive, and Fairview Avenue in Prattville.
* SR-14 is routed along Elmore Road, Coosa River Parkway, and Tallassee Highway in Wetumpka.
* SR-14 shares a route with State Route 111 in Wetumpka.
* SR-14 is routed along Gilmer Avenue, Barnette Boulevard, Central Boulevard, Main Street, and Notasulga Road in Tallassee.
* SR-14 is routed along Tallapoosa Street and Auburn Road in Notasulga.
* SR-14 is routed along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Donahue Drive, Glenn Avenue, College Street, Mitchum Avenue, Gay Street, and Opelika Road in Auburn.
* SR-14 shares a route with State Route 147 for a block in downtown Auburn.
* SR-14 is routed along Pepperell Parkway in Opelika.

History

State Route 14 was one of the original routes in the Alabama's first statewide highway system in the 1920s. The original routing followed much of the same path as today, but was significantly shorter. The highway as built then started in Selma and ran east along its current route to Auburn. As was standard for highways of the era, SR-14 was unpaved for its full length. The first paved section was constructed in 1932 between Elmore and Wetumpka. Paving continued sporadically for the next 15 years, with the last gravel section on the route being paved in 1947.

In 1956-57, the state renumbered many highways, and as a result other state highways to the northwest of Selma were renumbered as SR-14, extending the highway to the Mississippi state line along its modern course. In the 1960s, when the first segment of Interstate 85 was constructed, bypassing Auburn and Opelika, SR-14 was extended from its eastern end at U.S. Highway 29 in Auburn along US-29 through Opelika to the northern end of that first interstate segment, at the current Exit 64. When U.S. Highway 280 was re-routed to meet Interstate 85 between Auburn and Opelika in 1998, SR-14 was truncated to its current eastern endpoint at US-280 in Opelika.

Future

As of 2006, the Alabama Department of Transportation is preparing to re-route SR-14 through downtown Auburn. The highway will be realigned along a more northerly path for half a mile between Donahue Drive and College Street. The realignment is scheduled to take place in 2007-2008.

Major intersections

State Route 14 intersects with the following highways:

* Mississippi Highway 69 at the Mississippi State Line.
* State Route 86 in Pickensville, Alabama.
* State Route 17 in Aliceville, Alabama.
* Interstate 20/59 north of Eutaw, Alabama, at Exit 40.
* U.S. Highway 11 (State Route 7) in Eutaw.
* U.S. Highway 43 (State Route 13) in Eutaw.
* State Route 69 in Greensboro, Alabama.
* State Route 61 in Greensboro.
* State Route 5 in Marion, Alabama.
* State Route 183 in Marion.
* U.S. Highway 80 (State Route 8) in Selma, Alabama.
* State Route 219 in Selma.
* State Route 22 in Selma.
* State Route 140 in Burnsville, Alabama.
* U.S. Highway 82 (State Route 6) in Prattville, Alabama.
* U.S. Highway 31 (State Route 3) in Prattville.
* Interstate 65 north of Prattville, at Exit 186.
* U.S. Highway 231 (Alabama SR-21 and SR-53 in Wetumpka, Alabama.
* State Route 9 in Wetumpka.
* State Route 170 in Wetumpka.
* State Route 63 in Claud, Alabama.
* State Route 229 in Tallassee, Alabama.
* State Route 49 east of Tallassee.
* State Route 120 in Liberty City, Alabama.
* State Route 81 in Notasulga, Alabama.
* State Route 267 in Auburn, Alabama.
* State Route 147 in Auburn.
* U.S. Highway 280 (State Route 38) in Opelika, Alabama.

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