U.S. Route 72 in Alabama

Infobox road
state=AL
type=US
route=72
alternate_name=State Route 2
length_mi=167.211
length_ref=Alabama Department of Transportation, [http://www.dot.state.al.us/NR/rdonlyres/7B15B300-359D-413A-A7FA-ED33C8C261CD/0/CountyMilePostMaps.pdf County Milepost Maps] , accessed September 2007]
length_round=3
established=1926
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
starting_terminus=jct|state=MS|US|72 towards Corinth, MS
junction=jct|state=AL|US|43 in Muscle Shoals
jct|state=AL|I|65 in Athens
jct|state=AL|US|231|US|431 in Huntsville
ending_terminus=jct|state=TN|US|72 towards Chattanooga, TN
previous_route=71
next_route=73
browse=al browse
previous_route=1
route=
next_route=3
U.S. Highway 72 (US-72), internally designated by the Alabama Department of Transportation as State Route 2 (SR-2), is a major east-west state highway across the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama.

Cities and towns

SR-2 and US-72 pass through the following cities and towns in Alabama:
*Cherokee
*Barton
*Tuscumbia
*Muscle Shoals
*Sheffield
*Florence
*Killen
*Center Star
*Elgin
*Rogersville
*Madison
*Huntsville
*Ryland
*Gurley
*Paint Rock
*Scottsboro

Junctions

SR-2 and US-72 intersect with the following major junctions in Alabama:
*Natchez Trace Parkway west of Cherokee
*U.S. Highway 43, State Route 13, and State Route 17 at Muscle Shoals. These routes overlap until they split west of Killen, except for State Route 17 which splits at Florence.
*U.S. Highway 72 Alternate and State Route 20 at Muscle Shoals. State Route 20 overlaps until it splits at Florence.
*State Route 101 at Elgin
*U.S. Highway 31 and unsigned State Route 3 south of Athens
*Interstate 65 south of Athens
*State Route 255 at Huntsville
*State Route 53 at Huntsville
*U.S. Highway 231, U.S. Highway 431 and unsigned State Route 1 at Huntsville. These routes overlap from University Drive to Sparkman Drive.
*Interstate 565 and U.S. Highway 72 Alternate at Huntsville
*State Route 79 southwest from Scottsboro
*State Route 35 at Scottsboro, Alabama

References