Alabama State Route 202
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| Length: | 9.1 mi (14.6 km) | |||
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 I‑20 west of Oxford
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 SR 21 in Anniston
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| Counties: | Calhoun, Talladega | |||
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State Route 202 or SR-202 is a 9.1-mile-long (14.6 km) route that serves as a connection between Interstate 20 west of the Anniston/Oxford area and Anniston in Calhoun County.
SR-202 begins at an interchange with Interstate 20 (I-20) at exit 179 near the Coldwater community. From this point, the route travels in a northeasterly direction before reaching its eastern terminus at SR-21 in downtown Anniston.
The western portion of Alabama 202 was changed in 2008 upon completion of the four lane parkway which comprises the Anniston Western Bypass. Alabama 202 formerly traveled westward across several substandard bridges parallel and just south of the Anniston Army Depot. It then passed through the Bynum community and one of the two main entrances to the Anniston Army Depot before terminating at US-78 just east of the Eastaboga community.
The new routing follows the new fourlane parkway southward crossing US-78 in the Coldwater community and then terminates at the interchange with Interstate 20 at exit marker 179. With this new routing, the entire route of Alabama 202 is now a four laned highway.
Alabama 202 (prior to 2008) was the original alignment of US-78, before being abandoned in favor of the straighter alignment which runs parallel with Interstate 20 in the 1950s.
For many years there had been preliminary plans and discussions concerning bypasses of downtown Anniston for north/south travelers. Discussions centered on two routes, one which would run west of Anniston and connect US-431 with Interstate 20, and the other, which would run east of Anniston and connect US-431 and Alabama State Route 21 with Interstate 20 east of Anniston.
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