U. S. Highway 11

U. S. Highway 11 (also referred to as U.S. Route 11) is a 1,645 mile long north-south United States highway. The route, created in 1926, closely follows that original plan. 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. Along the way, Highway 11 traverses Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.

In Alabama, Highway 11 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.

Major cities in Alabama along the route include Fort Payne, Attalla, Ashville, Springville, Argo, Trussville, Birmingham, Bessemer, Tuscaloosa, and Eutaw.

Major junctions

• 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

• Endpoints of U.S. highways
• U.S. Route 11. (2006, October 24). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:04, November 1, 2006, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_11