Alabama State Route 166

Infobox road
state=AL
type=AL
route=166
length_mi=5
length_ref= [ [http://colepages.com/routes151175.html Highway Route Info Routes 151 - 175 ] ]
length_round=
established=1972
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
starting_terminus= at Danleys Crossroads
junction=
ending_terminus=
counties=Coffee
previous_type=AL
previous_route=165
next_type=AL
next_route=167

State Route 166 is a short route in Coffee County in the southeastern part of the state. The western terminus of the route is at its junction with State Route 141 at Danleys Crossroads, an unincorporated community in the western part of the county. The eastern terminus of the route is at its junction with U.S. Highway 84 at Elba.

Route description

State Route 166 is a five-mile long route. The route traverses along a two-lane road in western Coffee County, passing through no towns or unincorporated communities until it reaches Elba.

When State Route 166 was created in 1972, its western terminus was approximately two miles south of the current terminus. The original route began at an intersection approximately 10 miles northwest of Opp. [http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States/Alabama/State%20Roads/Alabama1972a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item(Name,Description),cat(Name,Description)&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl] At this intersection, eastbound traffic on US-84 was routed onto northbound State Route 141, and through traffic on the roadway that had been carrying US-84 traffic continued on State Route 166 until it junctioned US-84 again west of Elba. In 1989, State Route 166 and US-84 exchanged routings between State Route 141 and Elba as part of improvements, including widening to four lanes, of US-84 across south Alabama. [http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States/Alabama/State%20Roads/Alabama1989a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item(Name,Description),cat(Name,Description)&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl]

Counties traversed

*Coffee County

Cities and towns along the route

*Elba

Major intersections

*Except for the routes at its western and eastern termini, State Route 166 does not junction any major routes.

References