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State Route 68 (SR 68) is a 52.926-mile-long (85.176 km) state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. The western terminus of the highway is at an intersection with SR 75 slightly northeast of Albertville. The highway continues until it reaches the Georgia state line becoming Georgia State Route 114 (SR 114).
The largest county is Baldwin (1,590 sq mi, 4,118 km 2) and the smallest is Etowah (535 sq mi, 1,386 km 2). [8] The Constitution of Alabama requires that any new county in Alabama cover at least 600 square miles (1,600 km 2) in area, effectively limiting the creation of new counties in the state. [9]
The Dadeville Historic District is a historic district that comprises the central portion of Dadeville, Alabama. The period of significance extends from 1842, when the district's oldest building was built, to 1970, when commercial development began to move to the outskirts of town.
Dadeville lost its charter during the Civil War, and was incorporated a second time in 1878. Dadeville has been the Tallapoosa County seat since 1838. [5] Dadeville was home to the Graefenberg Medical Institute, Alabama's first medical school, which operated from 1852 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Attempts to revive the school after the ...
Alabama State Route 49 has its northern terminus at Alabama State Route 281, which provides access to Cheaha State Park and Oxford. This junction is at about 1200 ft, 1200 ft below the highest point in the state (Mount Cheaha), just a few miles southwest. This junction is in Cleburne County, which the route spends less than a mile in.
Fultondale was a relatively stagnant community until the last decade. Growth has occurred in residential areas mainly west of Interstate 65, while retail development has focused along and near the I-65/Walkers Chapel Road exit. In the early 2000s, the Chapel Hills subdivision was begun on the west side of I-65 off of Ellard Road.
SR 169 begins at its intersection with US 431 in Seale. [2] From this point SR 169 travels in a northerly direction en route to US 80, where its shares a .543-mile (0.874 km) concurrency with it before resuming its northwesterly track.
At Boaz, the route turns northeastwardly, crossing US 431 and leading into DeKalb County. The eastern terminus of the route is at Kilpatrick, an unincorporated community near the border of DeKalb and Marshall Counties. [2] SR 168 passes several outlet malls near downtown Boaz. The malls are located west of the junction between US 431 and SR 168.