Airport Boulevard (Mobile, Alabama)
| Location | Mobile, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | West end: 30°38′13″N 88°24′29″W / 30.63694°N 88.40806°W East end: 30°40′35″N 88°5′18″W / 30.67639°N 88.08833°W |
Airport Boulevard is one of the main thoroughfares in Mobile County, Alabama, and is one of the few non-federal roads in the county that enters the city of Mobile, having entered Mobile County at the Mississippi state line. It is an east–west highway.
In Mississippi, Airport Boulevard is known as Mississippi Highway 614. When it crosses the Alabama state line, its designation changes to Mobile County Highway 56 and its name changes to Airport Boulevard.
Airport Boulevard is the most important east–west thoroughfare in the county which does not enter the downtown business district. Airport Boulevard is a two-lane highway from the Mississippi state line until it passes Baker High School in the western part of the county. It becomes a four-lane highway near the Mobile Regional Airport, territory which recently was annexed into the city. Its first major intersection in the city limits is with Schillinger Road, a four-lane highway which has become a major shopping district in the last 15 years, which is what prompted the city to annex it. Airport continues as a four-lane highway until it reaches Cody Road (Mobile County Highway 37, the pre-2007 city limit in this area). Once it crosses Cody, Airport becomes a six-lane highway.
Airport continues through Mobile, having major intersections at Hillcrest, University, McGregor/Azalea, Downtowner, Montlimar/Yester Oaks, Interstate 65, Bel Air, Sage and Florida. East of the Florida Street intersection, Airport reverts to a four-lane highway until it reaches Williams Street where it becomes a two-lane road (with a turn lane) before transitioning into a two-lane side street. The last two major intersections of Airport Boulevard are with Dauphin Island Parkway (for which Airport serves as the northern end) and the Government Street (U.S. Highway 90)/Houston Street intersection. Airport continues east of Government Street very briefly where it finally terminates at Old Government Street.
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