U.S. Route 278 in Alabama

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 278 in Alabama. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 278.

U.S. Route 278
State Route 74
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length:	199.182 mi (320.552 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US 278 towards Amory, MS
	US 43 in Guin I‑22 / US 78 near Hamilton I‑65 in Cullman US 31 in Cullman US 231 in rural Blount County US 431 west of Attalla US 11 in Attalla I‑59 in Attalla US 411 in Gadsden
East end:	US 278 towards Atlanta, GA
Location
Counties:	Marion, Winston, Cullman, Blount, Etowah, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Alabama State Routes Interstate US State ← SR 277 SR 279 → ← SR 73 SR-74 SR 75 →

U.S. Highway 278 (US-278), mostly internally designated by the Alabama Department of Transportation as State Route 74 (SR-74), is a major east–west state highway across the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. West of Hamilton, SR-74 continues west to end at US-78 (SR-4), while US-278 turns south along US-43 (SR-17 and SR-171) to Guin, where it turns west along SR-118 to Mississippi.

Route description

For the most part, US-278 and SR-74 are routed parallel to U.S. Highway 78, along the north side of it. The only section of State Route 74 that is signed as an independent route is along the former route of US-78 between the interchange with Corridor X/Future Interstate 22 and downtown Hamilton, a distance of approximately five miles. East of Hamilton, SR-74 is partnered with U.S. Highway 278.

Until the mid-1980s, a Business U.S. 278 existed in the city of Piedmont. U.S. 278 is carried on a four lane segment that bypasses the center of Piedmont. The Business U.S. 278 routing began where the four lane segment begins on the northeast side of Piedmont, then ran southwest into the center of the city and junctioned with Alabama State Route 9 and then ran north co-signed with Alabama 9 until junctioning with the 4 lane U.S 278 on the northern edge of the city.

History

During the 1960s–1980s, there were some different variations of the routing of U.S. 278 through the cities of Gadsden and Attalla, however construction of fourlane segments on the western side of Gadsden and in Attalla allowed the route to be placed on its current route which has been in place since the mid-1980s.

A four-laning project is ongoing east of Gadsden near the town of Hokes Bluff.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Lamar	​	0.000	0.000	US 278 west / SR 118 begins – Tupelo	Continuation into Mississippi; western end of SR-118 overlap
	Sulligent	5.741	9.239	SR 17 – Vernon, Hamilton
Marion	Guin	17.785	28.622	SR 142 east
		19.408	31.234	SR 107 south – Fayette
		19.692	31.691	US 43 south / SR 118 west / SR 171 south (11th Avenue East) / SR 142 west (11th Avenue West) – Winfield	Southern end of US-43 and SR-171 overlaps; eastern end of SR-118 overlap
	Hamilton	28.054	45.149	I‑22 / US 78 – Tupelo, Birmingham
		32.811	52.804	SR 17 south / SR 171 ends – Vernon	Southern end of SR-17 overlap; northern end of SR-171 overlap
		33.163	53.371	US 43 north / SR 17 north (Military Street North) / SR 74 west (Bexar Avenue West) – Hackleburg	Northern end of US-43 and SR-17 overlaps; western end of SR-74 overlap
	​	43.486	69.984	SR 253 – Hackleburg, Winfield
	​	47.781	76.896	SR 241 north to SR 129 – Phil Campbell
	​	48.342	77.799	SR 129 – Haleyville, Brilliant, Fayette
Winston	Natural Bridge	56.402	90.770	SR 13 south – Tuscaloosa	Western end of SR-13 overlap
		56.857	91.502	SR 5 south / SR 13 north – Russellville, Jasper	Eastern end of SR-13 overlap
	Double Springs	69.277	111.491	SR 195 north – Haleyville	Western end of SR-195 overlap
		69.742	112.239	SR 33 north / SR 195 south – Double Springs, Moulton	Eastern end of SR-195 overlap
Cullman	Cullman	105.738	170.169	I‑65 – Birmingham, Huntsville
		107.674	173.285	US 31 (2nd Avenue SW) / SR 3 / SR 69 south	Western end of SR-69 overlap
		110.736	178.212	SR 69 north – Arab, Guntersville	Eastern end of SR-69 overlap
		111.173	178.916	SR 157 north
	Holly Pond	120.978	194.695	SR 91 south – Hanceville, Garden City	Northern terminus of SR-91
Blount	​	126.822	204.100	US 231 / SR 53 – Arab, Birmingham
	Brooksville	129.322	208.124	SR 79 – Guntersville, Birmingham
	Snead	134.880	217.068	SR 75 – Albertville, Oneonta
Etowah	​	146.360	235.544	SR 132 west – Altoona, Oneonta	Eastern terminus of SR-132
	​	148.539	239.050	SR 179 north	Southern terminus of SR-169
	Attalla	152.840	245.972	SR 77 – Albertville, Lincoln
		153.338	246.774	US 431 north / SR 1 – Albertville	Western end of US-431 overlap
		155.253	249.855	US 11 south (3rd Street SW) / SR 7	Western end of US-11 overlap
		155.585	250.390	US 11 north (3rd Street NW) / SR 7	Eastern end of US-11 overlap
		156.428	251.746	I‑59 – Birmingham, Chattanooga	I-59 Exit 183
	Gadsden	159.707	257.024	SR 211 north (Noccalula Road)	Southern terminus of SR-211
		161.182	259.397	US 411 (Albert Rains Boulevard) / SR 25 – Centre, Rainbow City, Ashville	Interchange
		161.469	259.859	SR 291 south (Hood Avenue) to I‑759	Northern terminus of SR-291
		163.243	262.714	US 431 south (East Meighan Boulevard) / SR 1 – Anniston	Eastern end of US-431 overlap
Calhoun	Piedmont	184.081	296.250	SR 200 west (Tom Bible Memorial Highway) to SR 21 – Jacksonville, Anniston	Eastern terminus of SR-200
		184.605	297.093	SR 9 south (N. Main Street)	Western end of SR-9 overlap
		184.693	297.235	SR 9 north – Centre	Eastern end of SR-9 overlap
Cherokee	No major junctions
Cleburne	​	199.182	320.552	US 278 east / SR 6 east – Atlanta	Continuation into Georgia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

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