Alabama State Route 227

State Route 227
State Route 227
Route information
	Maintained by ALDOT
Length	39 mi (63 km)
Major junctions
South end	Duck Springs Road at the Etowah–DeKalb county line
	SR 68 at Crossville; SR 75 at Geraldine;
North end	US 431 / SR 79 at Guntersville
Location
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Counties	DeKalb, Marshall
Highway system
	Alabama State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

State Route 227 (SR 227) is a 39-mile-long (63 km) route that serves as a connection between the Etowah–DeKalb county line south of Crossville with U.S. Route 431 (US 431) at Guntersville in Marshall County.

Route description

The southern terminus of SR 227 is located at the Etowah–DeKalb county line to the southwest of Hendrixville. From Hendrixville, the route travels in a northwesterly direction en route to Crossville. From Crossville, it travels in a northerly direction to Geraldine where it again resumes its northwesterly track.

Upon entering Marshall County, it takes a more westerly route before turning towards the south en route to its northern terminus at US 431 in downtown Guntersville.

History

The southern terminus of SR 227 until approximately 1985 occurred on Meighan Boulevard in Gadsden, Alabama which is also US 278/US 431. The routing ran northward passing near the Noccalula Falls Park then crossing I-59 (exit 188), followed by an intersection with US 11 near Reece City and continuing onto Crossville, Alabama. The route between Meighan Boulevard in Gadsden and US 11 in Reece City is now designated as SR 211. The remainder of the former route between US 11 and the Etowah–DeKalb county line is now an Etowah county road until the SR 227 designation begins at the county line.

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Etowah–DeKalb county line		Duck Springs Road	Southern terminus; begin state maintenance
DeKalb	Crossville	SR 68 west (Main Street) – Albertville	Southern end of SR 68 concurrency
	Crossville	SR 68 east (Main Street) – Collinsville	Northern end of SR 68 concurrency
	Geraldine	SR 75 – Fyffe, Albertville
Marshall		SR 62 west (Monsanto Road)	Eastern terminus of SR 62
	Guntersville	US 431 north / SR 79 north (SR 1 north / Blount Avenue) – New Hope, Scottsboro
	Guntersville	US 431 south / SR 79 south (SR 1 south / Gunter Avenue) – Albertville, Cleveland	Northern terminus; US 431/SR 79 follows a one-way pair between Gunter Avenue and Blount Avenue
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ Highway Route Info Routes 226 – 250^{[self-published source]}

External links

KML file (edit • help)

Template:Attached KML/Alabama State Route 227

KML is from Wikidata

Alabama Department of Transportation county road maps for DeKalb & Marshall (Adobe Acrobat reader required for maps; enlargement of maps necessary for legibility)

[1] Highway Route Info Routes 226 – 250^{[self-published source]}

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