State Route 204 (SR 204) is a highway that runs from

U.S. Route 431 U.S. Route 431 (US 431) is a spur of U.S. Route 31. It currently travels for approximately from US 231/Alabama State Route 210 and US 231 Business (US 231 Bus.) and US 431 Bus. in Dothan, Alabama, to Owensboro, ...

(US 431) at Crystal Springs (just north of

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) to SR 21 at

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. It is two lanes in its entirety.

Route description

SR 204 travels through rural territory except in Jacksonville. It carries a

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until entering Jacksonville. This highway is often used by motorists who travel between

and areas accessible by

US 431 U.S. Route 431 (US 431) is a spur of U.S. Route 31. It currently travels for approximately from US 231/Alabama State Route 210 and US 231 Business (US 231 Bus.) and US 431 Bus. in Dothan, Alabama, to Owensboro, ...

, such as Gadsden. Beginning at US 431 at Crystal Springs, a small water recreation park, the road makes a wide left-hand curve and then a sharp, right-hand curve just east of its western terminus. It then passes beneath a narrow, substandard railroad trestle after which an uphill curve takes the road past a former elementary school site. The road then goes straight until turning slightly right and passing a small church. It then straightens again when going past a marshy wooded area on the right and turns slightly left and uphill before passing a

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. Angel Grove Baptist Church can be seen on the right before making a left turn while going downhill. There is a

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station at the caution light before going uphill and across a high bridge over a deep valley. After a slight right-hand turn, Pleasant Valley Road can be seen at the caution light. The road again straightens and passes West Point Baptist Church. It then crosses its final bridge while slightly turning left, then turns left again before a short straightaway leading past the Jacksonville Water Treatment Plant, where the

drops to . The road then enters the Jacksonville city limits, where it becomes Nisbet Street and the

drops to as it travels across the campus of

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, passing

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, and two

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before ending at SR 21 (known as Pelham Road in Jacksonville). Bennett Boulevard continues off of SR 204 across Pelham Road and passes the JSU

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field and JSU's nursing school. Just prior to its terminus at SR 21 the road crosses the Chief Ladiga Trail which is an old railbed running northeast from Anniston to Piedmont and then eastward into Georgia where it becomes the

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before terminating near

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Major intersections

References

{{reflist 204 Transportation in Calhoun County, Alabama Jacksonville, Alabama