{{Short description|Highway in Alabama}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox road |state=AL |type=AL |route=197 |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|type=line|from=Alabama State Route 197.map}} |map_custom=yes |maint=ALDOT |alternate_name=Martin Luther King Boulevard |length_mi=1.023 |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 Bullock County |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=June 25, 2008 }}</ref> |established= |decommissioned= |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=AL|US|29}} in Union Springs |junction= |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=AL|US|29|US|82}} in Union Springs |counties=Bullock |system= |previous_type=AL |previous_route=196 |next_type=AL |next_route=198 }}
'''State Route 197''' ('''SR 197''') is a {{convert|1.023|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway that travels completely within the north-central part of Bullock County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It serves as an alternate route between U.S. Route 29 (US 29) and US 82 through Union Springs. SR 197 is also signed as '''U.S. Route 29 Truck''' ('''US 29 Truck''') and '''Martin Luther King Boulevard'''.
==Route description== SR 197 begins at an intersection with US 29 (South Prairie Street) in the south-central part of Union Springs. The route travels to the north-northeast on Martin Luther King Boulevard South. After passing L Avenue, it curves to a nearly due-north orientation and continues this direction until it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with US 29/US 82 in the central part of Union Springs.<ref name="Google">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Martin+Luther+King+Blvd+S%2FU.S.+29+-+Truck+Route&daddr=Martin+Luther+King+Blvd%2FU.S.+29+-+Truck+Route&hl=en&ll=32.136283,-85.713336&spn=0.015426,0.033023&sll=32.142762,-85.712687&sspn=0.001928,0.004128&geocode=FdI-6gEd-xfk-g%3BFel36gEd1R3k-g&oq=Manch,+GA&dirflg=h&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=19&t=h&z=16|title=Route of SR-197 (US-29 Truck)|accessdate=November 16, 2013}}</ref>
SR 197 is not part of the National Highway System, a system of roadways important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.<ref name="NHS Alabama">{{cite web|title=National Highway System: Alabama|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/alabama/al_alabama.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=United States Department of Transportation|date=November 7, 2013|access-date=November 16, 2013}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="ALDOT Map"/>|state=AL|county=Bullock|location=Union Springs}} {{ALint |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=AL|US|29|name1=South Prairie Street/SR 15|city1=Banks|city2=Troy}} |notes=Southern terminus}} {{ALint |mile=1.023 |road={{jct|state=AL|US|29|US|82|name2=Blackmon Street/Martin Luther King Boulevard/SR 15/SR 6|city1=Montgomery|city2=Tuskegee|city3=Midway}} |notes=Northern terminus}} {{jctbtm}}
==See also== * {{portal-inline|United States}} * {{portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
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197 Category:Transportation in Bullock County, Alabama Category:U.S. Route 29