{{short description|State highway in Alabama, United States}} {{update|date=May 2019}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=AL |type=AL |route=189 |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=220|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Alabama State Route 189}}}} |map_custom=yes |maint=ALDOT |length_mi=32.857 |length_round=3 |length_ref=<ref name="ALDOT Map">{{cite map|url=http://www.dot.state.al.us/NR/rdonlyres/7B15B300-359D-413A-A7FA-ED33C8C261CD/0/CountyMilePostMaps.pdf |publisher=Alabama Department of Transportation |title=Milepost Map of Coffee & Crenshaw Counties |date=1999 |cartography=ALDOT Bureau of Transportation Planning, Survey & Mapping Division |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625024846/http://www.dot.state.al.us/NR/rdonlyres/7B15B300-359D-413A-A7FA-ED33C8C261CD/0/CountyMilePostMaps.pdf|archivedate=2008-06-25}}</ref> |established= |decommissioned= |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=AL|AL|52}} |junction={{jct|state=AL|US|84|AL|12}}<br>{{jct|state=AL|AL|87}} |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=AL|US|331|AL|9}} |counties=Coffee, Crenshaw |system= |previous_type=AL |previous_route=188 |next_type=AL |next_route=191 }}
'''State Route 189''' ('''SR 189''') is a {{convert|32.857|mi|km|adj=on}} state highway in Coffee and Crenshaw counties, in Alabama, United States, that serves as a connection between Kinston, Elba and Brantley. SR 189 intersects SR 52 at its southern terminus and US 331 at its northern terminus.
==Route description== SR 189 begins at its intersection with SR 52 in the central business district of Kinston.<ref name="ST">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=31.215958,-86.170084&spn=0.011194,0.022724&z=16 |title=Overview map of SR 189's southern terminus |access-date=May 1, 2010 }}</ref> From this terminus, the route travels in an easterly direction prior to turning to the north as it exits the town.<ref name="north">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=31.220234,-86.160278&spn=0.011194,0.022724&z=16 |title=Overview map of SR 189 east of Kingston |link=no |access-date=May 1, 2010 }}</ref> From this point, SR 189 generally travels in a north-northeast direction where it intersects both SR 134 and SR 141 en route to Elba.<ref name="ktoE">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=31.337217,-86.087494&spn=0.178876,0.363579&z=12 |title=Overview map of SR 189 (Kingston to Elba) |link=no |access-date=May 1, 2010 }}</ref> Within Elba, the route turns north in a concurrency with SR 203 and joins US 84 on the west side of the town.<ref name="Elba">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=31.418116,-86.065006&spn=0.04468,0.090895&z=14 |title=Overview map of SR 189 in Elba |link=no |access-date=May 1, 2010 }}</ref> Upon leaving their brief concurrency with US 84, SR 189 and 203 turn north and east in a bypass of Elba. SR 189 then leaves SR 203<ref name="Elba"/> and generally travels in a northwesterly direction en route to its northern terminus at US 331 south of Brantley.<ref name="NT">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=31.48987,-86.140709&spn=0.178585,0.363579&z=12 |title=Overview map of SR 189's northern terminus |link=no |access-date=May 1, 2010 }}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="ALDOT Map"/>|state=AL}} {{ALint |county=Coffee |cspan=7 |location=Kinston |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=AL|SR|52|city1=Geneva|city2=Opp}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{ALint |location=none |mile=4.957 |road={{jct|state=AL|SR|134|city1=Enterprise|city2=Opp}} |notes= }} {{ALint |location=none |mile=10.228 |road={{jct|state=AL|SR|141|city1=Brantley}} |notes=Southern terminus of SR 141 }} {{ALint |location=Elba |lspan=4 |mile=15.453 |road={{jct|state=AL|SR|203}} |type=concur |notes=Southern terminus of SR 203; southern terminus of SR 189 / SR 203 concurrency }} {{ALint |mile=16.37 |road={{jct|state=AL|US|84|SR|12|dir1=east|dir2=east|city1=Elba}} |type=concur |notes=Southern terminus of SR 189 / US 84 / SR 12 concurrency }} {{ALint |mile=16.46 |road={{jct|state=AL|US|84|SR|12|dir1=west|dir2=west|city1=Brantley|city2=Opp}} |type=concur |notes=Northern terminus of SR 189 / US 84 / SR 12 concurrency }} {{ALint |mile=17.55 |road={{jct|state=AL|SR|203|SR|87|dir1=north|to2=yes|city1=Troy}} |type=concur |notes=Northern terminus of SR 189 / SR 203 concurrency }} {{ALint |county=Crenshaw |location=none |mile=32.80 |road={{jct|state=AL|US|331|SR|9|city1=Opp|city2=Brantley}} |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm}}
==See also== {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
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189 Category:Transportation in Coffee County, Alabama Category:Transportation in Crenshaw County, Alabama