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US 90 in Prichard, AL: I-65 in Satsuma, AL; US 84 in Grove Hill, AL; US 80 in Demopolis, AL; US 11 from Eutaw to Tuscaloosa, AL; I-20 / I-59 south of Knoxville, AL; I-22 / US 78 in Hamilton, AL; US 72 from Muscle Shoals to near Killen, AL; US 64 in Lawrenceburg, TN; North end: US 31 / US 412 in Columbia, TN: Location; Country: United States: States
U.S. Route 72 (US 72) is an east–west United States highway that travels for 317.811 miles (511.467 km) from southwestern Tennessee, throughout North Mississippi, North Alabama, and southeastern Tennessee.
Alternate U.S. Route 72 (US 72 Alt.) exists in Alabama on the south side of the Tennessee River between Muscle Shoals and Decatur, while US 72 follows on the north side of the river between Florence and Athens. US 72 Alt. crosses the Tennessee River at Decatur, along with US 31, and follows the entire route of Interstate 565 (I-565).
It ended at Huntsville Road, which at the time carried US 72. In the mid-1950s, US 72 in Florence shifted to a new alignment on Florence Boulevard, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Huntsville Road. It is unclear, but SR 133 may have taken Middle Road to between Huntsville Road and Florence Blvd. to reach US 72.
State Route 20 (SR 20) is a 73.978-mile-long (119.056 km) state highway in the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama.It travels from the Tennessee state line, where it continues as Tennessee State Route 69, northwest of Florence, east to Interstate 65 (I-65), east of Decatur.
State Route 157 (SR 157) is a 91-mile-long (146 km) state highway in the northern and northwestern parts of the U.S. state of Alabama.Its southern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 278 (US 278) approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of Cullman, where it continues as County Road 719.
Chartered in 1846, [3] the 311 miles (501 km) 5 ft (1,524 mm) [4] gauge railroad ran from Memphis, Tennessee, to Stevenson, Alabama, through the towns of Corinth, Mississippi, and Huntsville, Alabama. The portion between Memphis and LaGrange, Tennessee, was originally to be part of the LaGrange and Memphis Railroad, chartered in 1838. [5]
Cherokee is situated along U.S. Route 72 west of Muscle Shoals and a few miles east of the Alabama-Mississippi state line. The Tennessee River passes to the northeast. Via US-72, Tuscumbia, the county seat of Colbert County, is 18 mi (29 km) east, and Iuka, Mississippi is 14 mi (23 km) northwest.