Alabama State Route 35
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| State Route 35 |
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| Length: | 50 mi[1] (80 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1940 | ||||||||
| South end: |  SR-9 northeast of Cedar Bluff |
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| Major junctions: |
 SR-68 at Gaylesville SR-273 at Blanche SR-176 southeast of Fort Payne US-11 at Fort Payne I-59 at Fort Payne SR-75 at Rainsville SR-71 at Section SR-40 south of Scottsboro  US-72/SR-279 at Scottsboro SR-79 northwest of Scottsboro |
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| North end: | US-72 near Woodville |
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State Route 35 is a 50-mile long state route in the northeastern part of the state. The southern terminus of the route is at its junction with State Route 9 in rural Cherokee County northeast of Cedar Bluff and near the Alabama-Georgia state line. The northern terminus of the route is at Woodville in Jackson County where the route has its second junction with U.S. Highway 72.
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[edit] Route description
North of its origin, State Route 35 begins an ascent through Lookout Mountain along a narrow two-lane road. The route heads in a northwestwardly direction as it passes through Cherokee County and enters DeKalb County leading into Fort Payne.
From Fort Payne, State Route 35 is routed along a four-lane divided highway as it leads towards Rainsville. Work is underway to extend the four-lane roadway from Rainsville to Scottsboro. Currently, the route between Rainsville and Scottsboro is a narrow, twisty road as it crosses Sand Mountain.
Until 1980, the northern terminus of State Route 35 was at Scottsboro, where it intersected U.S. Highway 72. It was extended westward along the former alignment of US-72 after the U.S. Highway was relocated to a new four-lane highway between Scottsboro and Huntsville. Although SR-35 travels in south by southwestward trajectory as it leaves Scottsboro, it is signed as “North SR-35” until its terminus at a second intersection with US-72 at Woodville in western Jackson County.
[edit] Counties traversed
[edit] Cities and towns along the route
[edit] Major intersections
- State Route 68 at Gaylesville
- State Route 273 at Blanche
- State Route 176 near Fort Payne
- U.S. Highway 11 at Fort Payne, where the routes briefly share a wrong-way concurrency
- Interstate 59 at Fort Payne
- State Route 75 at Rainsville
- State Route 71 at Section
- State Route 40 south of Scottsboro
- U.S. Highway 72 and State Route 279 at Scottsboro
- State Route 79 northwest of Scottsboro
