U.S. Route 43

Infobox U.S. Route
article_route=43

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length_mi=410Droz, Robert V. [http://www.us-highways.com/usbt.htm U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830)] . URL accessed 02:55, 4 July 2006 (UTC).]
length_km=649
yrcom=1934
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
from=Jct|state=AL|US|45 in Mobile, AL
junction=Jct|state=AL|I|65 in Saraland, AL
Jct|state=AL|US|80 in Demopolis, AL
Jct|state=AL|US|11 in Eutaw, AL
Jct|state=AL|I|20|I|59 in Tuscaloosa, AL
Jct|state=AL|I|359 in Tuscaloosa, AL
Jct|state=AL|US|78 in Hamilton, AL
Jct|state=TN|US|64 in Lawrenceburg, TN
to=Jct|state=TN|US|31 in Columbia, TN

U.S. Route 43 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 410 miles (649 km) from central Tennessee to Mobile, Alabama. The highway's southern terminus is in Mobile, Alabama, at U.S. Route 45. Its northern terminus is Columbia, Tennessee, at U.S. Route 31.

Route description

Alabama

Between Mobile and Fayette and again from Killen to the Tennessee state line, U.S. 43 is paired with unsigned State Route 13. Between Fayette and Hamilton, U.S. 43 is co-routed with unsigned State Route 171. Between Hamilton and Florence, the unsigned partner for U.S. 43 is State Route 17. From its beginning in Mobile, Alabama, U.S. 43 passes through the western part of Alabama. It serves as the principal route connecting Mobile and Tuscaloosa, and from Tuscaloosa to Muscle Shoals and Florence. Prior to the completion of Interstate 65, motorists traveling from Mobile to Birmingham followed U.S. 43 to Thomasville; from there, they followed State Route 5 until its junction with U.S. Route 11 near West Blocton.

Except for Mobile, Tuscaloosa, and Muscle Shoals/Florence, U.S. 43 passes through rural areas and small towns.

Prior to the completion of Corridor X in western Alabama, U.S. 43 and U.S. 278 shared a concurrency with U.S. 78 between Guin and Hamilton.

Tennessee

Major intersections

* Interstate 65 in Mobile, Alabama
* U.S. Route 84 in Grove Hill, Alabama
* U.S. Route 80 in Demopolis, Alabama
* U.S. Route 11 in Eutaw, Alabama
* I-20/I-59 in Greene County, Alabama
* Interstate 359 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama
* U.S. Route 82 in Northport, Alabama
* U.S. Route 78 (Future I-22) in Hamilton, Alabama
* U.S. Route 72 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
* U.S. Route 64 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

ee also

*U.S. Route 43 in Alabama
*U.S. Route 43 in Tennessee

Related routes

* U.S. Route 143

References

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