1. Route description

2. History

3. Major intersections

4. See also

5. References

State Route 77 or SR 77 is a {{convert|124|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} north–south state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. The southern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with U.S. Route 431 (US 431) near LaFayette. The northern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with US 431 just north of Attalla. North of Talladega, the highway passes the entrance to Talladega Superspeedway, home of the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Infinity Series, and Camping World Truck Series races that are held annually.

Route description

Alabama State Route 77 begins in Ridgeville at U.S. 431. It immediately crosses a railroad track and turns south, passing through a ridge cut, before junctioning with U.S. 278. It enters Attalla and junctions with U.S. 11. It turns east-to-west again and junctions with I-59 in Rainbow City. This junction is almost immediately below I-59's junction with I-759. It enters the main part of Rainbow City and junctions with U.S. 411 and crosses the Coosa River. It crosses over multiple forks of the Coosa River as it enters Calhoun County.

It crosses more forks of the Coosa River as it nears Ohatchee. It junctions with AL-144 and leaves Ohatchee. It crosses into Talladega County.

It enters Lincoln, where it junctions with U.S. 78. It continues south and junctions with I-20. It passes by the world-famous Talladega Superspeedway as it enters Talladega. It junctions with AL-34 and enters the city. Within the city, it junctions with AL-275 and AL-21. It turns northwest-southeast and enters the Talledega National Forest. It eventually enters Clay County.

It eventually leaves the National Forest and junctions with AL-130. It maintains an east-to-west path throughout this area. it enters Ashland and junctions with AL-9. There is a highly complex string of intersections in this city, including a point where AL-9 continues on AL-77's right-of-way and another point where the two routes parallel each other as they leave the city to the south. After a journey southeast to Meadow Valley, it junctions with AL-49. It maintains a concurrency with it as it enters the main part of Meadow Valley (the city). It continues on AL-49's right-of-way. It leaves the county near Sikesville. It enters Randolph County.

It maintains a short east-to-west path to AL-22 in Wadley. It maintains a concurrency with it until they reach Louina. AL-22 continues on AL-77's right-of-way. AL-77 turns south and enters Chambers County.

The route has no junctions with other routes of its kind as it makes the long journey south to La Fayette. It junctions with U.S. Route 431 once again in the northern part of the city. This is Alabama State Route 77's southern terminus.

This route is a minor route for travel between Gadsden and Auburn as a replacement for U.S. 431.

History

The original route of SR 77 was established in 1940, traveling from LaFayette to Ashland. By 1961, the highway was extended to its current northern terminus in northwestern Etowah County. Until 1985, the segment of the highway between Talladega and Lincoln was concurrent with US 231 Alt.

The earlier routes that predated SR 77 in Talladega and Calhoun counties include the Gilbert's Ferry road and the Jackson Trace, which was used and named after General Andrew Jackson, who, with militia used this part of the route the defeat the Creek people at the Battle Of Horseshoe Bend.

Major intersections

See also

• {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
• {{Portal-inline|Alabama}}

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