State Route 104 (SR 104) is a
state highway
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completely within
Baldwin County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of
Alabama. The western terminus of the highway is at an
intersection
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with
U.S. Route 98 (US 98) in
Fairhope. The eastern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with
SR 59 in
Robertsdale.
Route description
SR 104 begins at an
intersection
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with
US 98 (North Greeno Road) in
Fairhope, in
Baldwin County. Here, the roadway continues as
CR 98 (Homestead Avenue). SR 104 travels to the east and leaves the
city limits
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of Fairhope. It has an intersection with
CR 13 and then crosses over
Fly Creek. The highway intersects
SR 181. It crosses over
Pensacola Branch,
Fish River, and
Perone Branch before intersecting the northern terminus of
CR 9 (Sedlack Road). A short distance later is an intersection with
CR 49. SR 104 enters
Silverhill, where it passes
Silverhill Elementary School, intersects
CR 55 (Broad Street), passes Oscar Johnson Park, and crosses over
Silver Creek. The highway then enters
Robertsdale. It intersects
CR 65 (Palmer Street). A short distance later, it meets its eastern terminus, an intersection with
SR 59 (Milwaukee Street). Here, the roadway continues to the east as
CR 83 (East Silverhill Avenue).
History
The western terminus of SR 104 was truncated in the mid-1950s. Prior to that time, the highway continued northward from Fairhope to an intersection with
US 90 in
Daphne.
By 1957, the section of the highway between Fairhope and Daphne was redesignated as US 98.
Major intersections
See also
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References
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104 104 may refer to:
*104 (number), a natural number
*AD 104, a year in the 2nd century AD
* 104 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
* 104 (MBTA bus), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus route
*Hundred and Four (or Council of 104), a Carthagini ...
Transportation in Baldwin County, Alabama
U.S. Route 98