State Route 215 (SR 215) is a numbered

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. SR 215 partially follows the former routes of

U.S. Route 82 U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is an east–west United States highway in the Southern United States. Created on July 1, 1931 across central Mississippi and southern Arkansas, US 82 eventually became a 1,625-mile (2,615 km) route extending from ...

(US 82) and

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. The route stays almost completely within the city limits of

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Route description

The highway is unusual in that it follows both a north–south and east–west routing (though it is signed as north–south for its entire route). The highway follows the former routing of

US 82 U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is an east–west United States highway in the Southern United States. Created on July 1, 1931 across central Mississippi and southern Arkansas, US 82 eventually became a 1,625-mile (2,615 km) route extending from ...

and formerly followed the former routing of

. Thus, it does not act as a true bypass for either route. Even more strangely, the north–south section parallels US 82, an even-numbered (and therefore east–west) US highway, while the east–west section follows US 11, which is odd-numbered and thus follows a north–south route. The north–south section is named Old Montgomery Highway and Greensboro Avenue while the east–west section was formerly routed on University Boulevard. In 2015, in order to divert traffic from the campus of the

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, the east-west segment of the route was removed from University Boulevard and diverted onto Veterans Memorial Parkway, which becomes 15th Street at its intersection with US 82. The route changes direction at the intersection of Greensboro Avenue and 15th Street south of downtown Tuscaloosa.

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at Southeastroads.com Transportation in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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Transportation in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama U.S. Route 11 U.S. Route 82