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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 231 in Alabama. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 231.

U.S. Route 231
US 231 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length	306.273 mi (492.899 km)
Existed	1926 (1926)–present
Major junctions
South end	US 231 / SR 75 at Florida state line near Madrid
Major intersections	US 84 / US 84 Bus. in Dothan US 29 in Troy US 82 near Pike Road I-85 in Montgomery I-20 in Pell City I-59 in Ashville US 11 in Ashville US 278 near Brooksville I-565 / US 72 Alt. in Huntsville US 72 in Huntsville
North end	US 231 / US 431 at Tennessee state line near Hazel Green
Location
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Counties	Houston, Dale, Coffee, Pike, Montgomery, Elmore, Coosa, Talladega, Shelby, St. Clair, Blount, Cullman, Marshall, Morgan, Madison
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Alabama State Highway System Interstate US State
← SR 229 → SR 233

U.S. Route 231 (US 231) in Alabama runs north–south up through the eastern half of Alabama for 306.273 miles (492.899 km). US 231 enters the state from Florida south of Madrid and exits into Tennessee, running councurrently with US 431 north of Hazel Green. US 231 passes through the major cities of Dothan, Troy, Montgomery, and Huntsville.

From the Florida state line to Wetumpka, US 231 is a major four-lane divided thoroughfare that connects Central Alabama to the Florida Gulf Coast and Panama City. Between Wetumpka and Arab, excluding its overlap with US 280 between Sylacauga and Harpersville as well as portions through major towns, the road is largely rural and two lanes. Between Arab and the Tennessee state line, the route returns to a four-lane divided highway; the route is upgraded to a limited-access freeway and adjoining frontage roads named Memorial Parkway within the city of Huntsville.

During its route through the state, US 231 runs concurrently with three state highways. Between the Florida state line and southern Dothan as well as between Huntsville and the Alabama state line, US 231 runs concurrent with unsigned State Route 1 (SR 1). Between northern Dothan and Huntsville, the route is overlaid with SR 53, which is unsigned along its portion with US 231 but does have a signed segment north of Huntsville. Finally, while bypassing Dothan, US 231 is overlaid with the signed SR 210.

Route description

In Alabama, US 231 is paired with unsigned State Route 53 (SR 53) from downtown Huntsville to Dothan.

US 231 enters Alabama concurrent with US Route 431. They descend into Huntsville along Memorial Parkway, where the route crosses Interstate 565. US 431 leaves the right-of-way at Governors Drive. US 231 continues south, crossing the Tennessee River on the Clement C. Clay Bridge before climbing Brindley Mountain.

It crosses the southernmost extent of the Cumberland Mountains, crossing Sand Mountain outside Oneonta. It climbs to its highest point at the top of Blount Mountain, descending down a 7% grade to its junction with Interstate 59 outside Ashville. It traverses the Valley and Ridge before reaching Interstate 20 in Pell City. From there, it parallels the Coosa River until it reaches US 280 in Harpersville. Concurrent with US 280, it crosses the Coosa River, serving Childersburg. It follows a bypass of Sylacauga, turning off of the US 280 right-of-way just south of the city.

It immediately climbs into the Upper Piedmont, following a relatively isolated routing. The only city of note along this stretch is Rockford, which has a population of just under 350. It drops down to Wetumpka, where it enters the Gulf Coastal Plain. A few miles later, it crosses the Tallapoosa River into Montgomery.

It turns onto a bypass of Montgomery, where it intersects Interstate 85. After a brief concurrency with US 80, it turns onto another major right-of-way. It leaves the city in concurrency with US 82, which leaves the concurrency a few miles later in unincorporated Montgomery County. US 231 is entirely four-laned south of Montgomery.

On its way to Dothan, the route serves as an important regional connector, serving the college town of Troy, a Walmart Distribution Center in Brundidge, and Ozark, which is a gateway to Fort Rucker.

In Dothan, the route follows the western portion of the Ross Clark Circle. It engages in a brief concurrency with US 84 after leaving a nearly 300-mile concurrency with SR 53. It turns south at a junction with US 431, approximately 333 miles south of its first junction in Huntsville.

The route takes an almost straight routing to the Florida State line, where it continues south towards Panama City.

History

When US 231 was first assigned along with the rest of the United States Numbered Highway System in 1926, the route ran only as far north as Montgomery. In 1952, the route was extended through the rest of the state and on to Indiana.

The section of US 231 in Huntsville was built as a bypass around the downtown area. The original route ran up what is now Whitesburg Drive on the south side of the city, and Meridian Street in the north.

A portion on the north side of Brindlee Mountain, south of Huntsville, was damaged by a landslide in 2020. It was replaced by an elevated section.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Houston	​	0.000	0.000	US 231 south – Panama City	Continuation into Florida
	​	0.324	0.521	SR 605 north – Rehobeth, Taylor	Southern terminus of SR 605
	​	7.520	12.102	Graceville (SR 109 south) / Eddins Road	Northern terminus of SR 109
	Dothan	13.264 0.000	21.346 0.000	US 231 Bus. north (SR 1 north / South Oates Street) / US 431 north / SR 210 (SR 52 Truck / Ross Clark Circle) to US 84 east – Ashford, Headland	North end of SR 1 overlap; south end of SR 52 Truck / SR 210 overlap; southern terminus of US 231 Bus. / US 431; mileposts switch from SR 1 to SR 210
		1.793	2.886	SR 52 (Hartford Highway) – Slocomb	North end of SR 52 Truck overlap; western terminus of SR 52 Truck
		3.370	5.423	US 84 west / US 84 Bus. east (SR 12 / West Main Street) – Enterprise	South end of US 84 overlap; western terminus of US 84 Bus.
		4.904 24.007	7.892 38.636	US 231 Bus. south (SR 53 south / Montgomery Highway) / US 84 / SR 210 east (Ross Clark Circle) to US 431 north – Eufaula	North end of US 84 / SR 210 overlap; south end of SR 53 overlap; northern terminus of US 231 Bus.; mileposts switch from SR 210 to SR 53
Dale	Midland City	29.857	48.050	CR 59 / SR 605 south	Northern terminus of SR 605; SR 605 is unsigned
		30.594	49.236	SR 134 – Midland City, Pinckard, Newton	Interchange
	Ozark	41.092	66.131	SR 123 south / CR 29 – Newton	South end of SR 123 overlap
		41.775	67.230	SR 123 north (South Union Avenue) / Lakeview Road – Downtown Ozark, Ariton	North end of SR 123; Downtown Ozark signed northbound only, Artion southbound only
		43.754	70.415	SR 27 north / SR 249 (Andrews Avenue) – Downtown Ozark, Fort Novosel	South end of SR 27 overlap
		44.700	71.938	SR 27 south – Enterprise	North end of SR 27 overlap
	​	53.911	86.761	SR 51 – Ariton, Enterprise
	​	56.010	90.139	SR 123 south – Ariton	Northern terminus of SR 123
Coffee	No major junctions
Pike	​	62.939	101.291	SR 125 south – Elba	Northern terminus of SR 125
	Brundidge	64.586	103.941	SR 93 north (East Main Street) – Brundidge	Southern terminus of SR 93
		65.830 179.592	105.943 289.025	SR 10 east / CR 3316 (S.A. Graham Boulevard) – Brundidge, Clio, Camden, Butler	South end of SR 10 overlap. Mileposts switch from SR 53 to SR 10.
	Troy	170.347	274.147	SR 87 south (Elba Highway) / SR 167 / South Brundidge Street – Elba, Enterprise	Northern terminus of SR 87 / SR 167
		168.272 77.150	270.808 124.161	US 29 / SR 10 west (SR 15) – Luverne, Union Springs	Interchange. Mileposts switch from SR 10 to SR 53.
Montgomery	​	89.421	143.909	SR 94 west	Eastern terminus of SR 94
	​	105.875 171.098	170.389 275.356	US 82 east (SR 6 east) – Union Springs, Eufaula	South end of US 82 / SR 6 overlap; mileposts switch from SR 53 to SR 6.
	Montgomery	162.008	260.727	SR 271 north (Taylor Road) to I-85	Southern terminus of SR 271
		158.668 136.185	255.351 219.169	US 80 west / US 82 west to I-65 (SR 6 west / SR 8 west / SR 9 south / SR 21 south / South Boulevard) / McGehee Road	North end of US 82 / SR 6 overlap; south end of US 80 / SR 8 / SR 9 / SR 21 overlap; mileposts switch from SR 6 to SR 8.
		139.293 107.478	224.170 172.969	I-85 / US 80 east (SR 8 east) to I-65 – Montgomery, Atlanta	North end of US 80 / SR 8 overlap; I-85 exit 6; mileposts switch from SR 8 to SR 9
				Atlanta Highway	Interchange via frontage roads; former alignment of US 80
		111.939	180.148	SR 152 west (Northern Boulevard) to I-65 – Birmingham, Mobile	Interchange; Eastern terminus of SR 152
Montgomery–Elmore county line	​	114.857	184.844	Colonel William R. Lawley Memorial Bridge over Tallapoosa River
Elmore	Wetumpka			South Main Street (SR 111 Truck south)	South end of SR 111 Truck overlap
		122.395	196.976	SR 170 east – Tallassee	Western terminus of SR 170; Tallassee signed northbound only
		122.736	197.524	SR 14 / SR 111 Truck north (Tallassee Highway / Coosa River Parkway) – Tallassee, Prattville	North end of SR 111 Truck overlap
		123.483 164.428	198.727 264.621	SR 9 north (Central Plank Road) – Santuck, Central	North end of SR 9 overlap; southern terminus of signed portion of SR 9; mileposts switch from SR 9 to SR 21
Coosa	Rockford	188.890	303.989	SR 22
Talladega	Sylacauga	207.585 43.979	334.076 70.777	US 280 east / SR 21 north (SR 38 east)	North end of SR 21 overlap; south end of US 280 / SR 38 overlap; mileposts switch to SR 38
	Childersburg	32.778	52.751	SR 76 east (First Street SW) / CR 008 west (Childersburg-Fayetteville Highway)	South end of SR 76 overlap
		32.192	51.808	SR 235 north (Coosa Pines Road) / River Run Road	Southern terminus of SR 235
Talladega–Shelby county line		31.782	51.148	John A. Teague Bridge over Coosa River
Shelby	​	31.106	50.060	SR 76 west (Klein Road) – Montevallo, Columbiana	North end of SR 76 overlap
	Harpersville	26.100 147.183	42.004 236.868	US 280 west (SR 38 west) / SR 25 south – Birmingham, Wilsonville	North end of US 280 / SR 38 overlap; south end of SR 25 overlap; mileposts switch from SR 38 to SR 25
	Vincent	150.904 202.174	242.856 325.368	SR 25 north – Leeds	North end of SR 25 overlap; mileposts switch from SR 25 to SR 53
St. Clair	Pell City	217.028	349.273	SR 34 east (Mays Drive) / 19th Street South	Western terminus of SR 34
		219.073	352.564	To US 78 (SR 4 / Cogswell Avenue)	Interchange
		220.360	354.635	I-20 – Atlanta, Birmingham	I-20 exit 158
	​	221.533	356.523	SR 174 west – Odenville	Eastern terminus of SR 174
	​	223.783	360.144	SR 144 east – Ragland, H. Neely Henry Dam	Western terminus of SR 144
	Ashville	233.103 192.786	375.143 310.259	US 411 south (SR 25 south) / CR 33 north	South end of US 411 / SR 25 overlap; mileposts switch from SR 53 to SR 25
		196.884	316.854	SR 23 south (Sixth Avenue)	Northern terminus of SR 23
		196.908 237.225	316.893 381.777	US 411 north (SR 25 north / Sixth Avenue) / SR 23	North end of US 411 / SR 25 overlap; mileposts switch from SR 25 to SR 53
		239.907	386.093	I-59 – Gadsden, Birmingham	I-59 exit 166
		241.036	387.910	US 11 (SR 7) – Attalla, Birmingham
Blount	Oneonta	253.964	408.715	SR 75 north (Second Avenue East) to SR 132	South end of SR 75 overlap
		253.999	408.772	SR 75 south (Second Avenue East) / Fifth Street North	North end of SR 75 overlap
	Cleveland	261.605	421.012	SR 160 west / CR 1 south – Hayden, Warrior	Eastern terminus of SR 160
		262.639	422.676	SR 79 south – Birmingham	South end of SR 79 overlap
	​	264.457	425.602	SR 79 north – Guntersville	North end of SR 79 overlap
	​	275.547	443.450	US 278 (SR 74) – Gadsden, Cullman, Holly Pond
	​	276.305	444.670	SR 67 north – Decatur	Southern terminus of SR 67
Cullman	No major junctions
Marshall	Arab	286.206	460.604	SR 69 – Guntersville, Arab, Cullman	Interchange; Arab signed northbound only, Cullman southbound only
Morgan	Lacey's Spring	303.348	488.191	SR 36 west – Hartselle	Eastern terminus of SR 36
Morgan–Madison county line	Huntsville	306.534	493.319	Clement C. Clay Bridge over Tennessee River
Madison				Begin freeway south of Weatherly Road
				Weatherly Road / Whitesburg Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				Meadowbrook Drive west	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				Lily Flagg Road / Logan Drive / Byrd Spring Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				Charlotte Drive / Logan Drive / Lily Flagg Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				Martin Road / Golf Road
				Airport Road / Jones Valley Road	Jones Valley Road signed northbound only
				Drake Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				Drake Avenue
				Bob Wallace Avenue
		316.864 333.702	509.943 537.041	US 431 south (SR 1 south / Governors Drive) / SR 53 north	North end of SR 53 overlap; south end of US 431 / SR 1 overlap; mileposts switch from SR 53 to SR 1
				Clinton Avenue — Downtown
		334.700	538.647	I-565 (US 72 Alt.)	I-565 exit 19A-B
		335.207	539.463	To US 72 west (SR 2 west / University Drive) / University Drive
				Cook Avenue / Oakwood Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				US 72 west (SR 2 west / University Drive) / University Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; South end of US 72 / SR 2 overlap
				US 72 east (SR 2 east / Sparkman Drive) / Max Luther Drive / Sparkman Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of US 72 / SR 2 overlap
				Oakwood Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				East Service Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				To US 72 east / Max Luther Drive / Sparkman Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				End freeway south of Mastin Lake Road
		352.958	568.031	US 231 north / US 431 north (SR 10 north)	Continuation into Tennessee
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• List of U.S. Highways in Alabama

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