U.S. Route 84 (US 84) in Alabama travels west to east across

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for . US 84 enters the state from

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west of

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and exits into

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southeast of

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. Along its route, US 84 passes through the limits of the towns and cities of

, Coffeeville, Grove Hill,

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, River Falls,

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, Sanford, Babbie, Opp,

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, New Brockton,

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, Level Plains, Daleville,

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, Cowarts, Avon, Ashford. Between Mississippi and River Falls, with the exception of a small segment near Grove Hill, US 84 is largely a rural two-lane road. Between River Falls and Georgia, the route is a major four-lane divided highway connecting major towns of southeastern Alabama. For most of its route through Alabama, excluding a section in Dothan where it is alternatively known as East and West Main Street, US 84 is internally designated by the state of Alabama as State Route 12 (SR 12).

History

When U.S. Route 84 was initially designated in 1926, its western terminus was located in

. In 1934, the route was extended west, overlapping

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southward from Grove Hill to end at Chatom, quite a distance south of its present route. By around 1950, this gap had been removed. While US 84's western terminus was extended further westward into Mississippi in 1935 and eventually Texas by the next year, there remained a gap in US 84 between Chatom and

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. By 1950, this gap had been removed and the highway become continuous. It is unknown when US 84 was moved to its current route through Coffeeville.

Major intersections

References

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