State Route 176 (SR 176) was created in September 1980 along previous County/Secondary State Roads 81 and 89 in
DeKalb County DeKalb County may refer to one of several counties in the United States, all of which were named for Baron Johan DeKalb:
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and part of County/Secondary State Road 89 in Cherokee County. Part of the route took over what had been
State Route 275 and forms the northern end of the
Little River Canyon Rim Parkway
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Route description
State Route 176 only follows half of that route, beginning at
State Route 35 south of
Fort Payne
Fort Payne is a city in and county seat of DeKalb County, Alabama, DeKalb County, in northeastern Alabama, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 14,877.
European-American settlers gradually developed th ...
continuing west for before forking off from Old State Route 275 at
Eberhardt's Point west to the Dogtown community. In the Dogtown community, State Route 176 (which up to that point followed former County Road 81) turns southwest at a four-way intersection along part of what had been Dekalb County Road 89. From there, the route extends into Cherokee County to
State Route 68
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* Alberta Highway 68
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near
Collinsville where the highway ends. The road, however, continues south as Cherokee County Road 3 to
Gadsden.
Major intersections
References
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Year 176 ( CLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Aper (or, less frequently, year 929 '' Ab urbe condita'') ...
Transportation in DeKalb County, Alabama