Alabama State Route 73
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| Length: | 11.219 mi (18.055 km) | |||
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 SR 71 at Higdon
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| North end: |
 SR 377 near South Pittsburg, TN
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| Counties: | Jackson | |||
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State Route 73 (SR 73), is a 11.219-mile-long (18.055 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Alabama. The southern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with SR 71 in Higdon north to the Tennessee state line, where it becomes Tennessee State Route 377 (SR 377). SR 73 travels through rural areas in eastern Jackson County, serving the community of Bryant.
The SR 73 designation was first used for present-day CR 29 between Piedmont in Calhoun County and Forney in Cherokee County, existing in the 1930s and 1940s. In the 1950s, SR 207 was briefly assigned to the road between Higdon and Bryant before it received the SR 73 designation. SR 73 was extended in the 1980s north to the Tennessee state line to connect to SR 377.
SR 73 begins at an intersection with SR 71 in the community of Higdon, heading north on a two-lane undivided road. The highway heads through rural areas of farms and woods with some homes, curving to the northwest. The highway heads north again as it crosses under several power lines radiating from the Widows Creek Power Plant along the Tennessee River. SR 73 continues northeast past homes and businesses in the Bryant area on top of Sand Mountain prior to going north through more forested areas with a few rural homes. The highway travels through a mix of farm and woodland before it turns east into forests. SR 73 makes a sharp curve north again to traverse Sand Mountain as it comes to the Tennessee state line. At this point, the road continues into Tennessee as Tennessee State Route 377 (SR 377), which ascends Sand Mountain to end at SR 156, east of South Pittsburg, Tennessee.
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