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'''U. S. Highway 11''' (also referred to as'''U.S. Route 11''') is a north-south United States highway. The route, created in 1926, follows largely the same route it did in the original plan. As of 2006, it is 1,645 miles (2,647 km) long. | '''U. S. Highway 11''' (also referred to as '''U.S. Route 11''') is a north-south United States highway. The route, created in 1926, follows largely the same route it did in the original plan. As of 2006, it is 1,645 miles (2,647 km) long. | ||
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Revision as of 15:11, 1 November 2006
U. S. Highway 11 (also referred to as U.S. Route 11) is a north-south United States highway. The route, created in 1926, follows largely the same route it did in the original plan. As of 2006, it is 1,645 miles (2,647 km) long.
Termini
As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Rouses Point, New York at the Canadian border. Its southern terminus is in the[Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge near Lake Pontchartrain, in eastern New Orleans, Louisiana at an intersection with U. S. Highway 90.
States traversed
The highway passes through the following states:
- New York
- Maryland
- West Virginia
- Virginia
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Alabama: broadly parallels I-59 to Birmingham then the I-59 and I-20 to the Mississippi state line. Throughout Alabama, U.S. 11 is paired with unsigned State Highway 7.
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
Alabama cities along the highway
- Eutaw
- Tuscaloosa
- Bessemer
- Birmingham
- Trussville
- Argo
- Springville
- Ashville
- Attalla
- Fort Payne
Intersections with other U.S. Highways, Interstates, and other major roads
- U. S. Highway 43 in Eutaw. The two routes overlap until they split in Tuscaloosa
- Interstate 359 in Tuscaloosa
- U. S. Highway 82 in Tuscaloosa
- Interstate 459 near Bessemer
- U. S. Highway 78 in Birmingham. The two routes overlap as they enter downtown Birmingham from the west.
- Interstate 65 in Birmingham
- U. S. Highway 31/U.S. Highway 280 in Birmingham
- Interstate 459 in Trussville
- U. S. Highway 231 in Ashville
- U. S. Highway 278/U. S. Highway 431 in Attalla
References
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- Endpoints of U.S. highways
- U.S. Route 11. (2006, October 24). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:04, November 1, 2006, from [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S._Route_11&oldid=83467243
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