{{short description|State highway in Alabama, United States}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=AL |type=AL |route=215 |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=260|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Alabama State Route 215}}}} |map_custom=yes |alternate_name= |length_mi=12.1 |length_round= |length_ref=<ref name="ALDOT Map">{{cite map |url=http://www.dot.state.al.us/NR/rdonlyres/7E832F57-3D50-4AF2-98FF-23816DABA59F/0/co63.pdf |publisher=Alabama Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map of Tuscaloosa County |year=1999 |cartography=ALDOT Bureau of Transportation Planning, Survey & Mapping Division |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081124143807/http://www.dot.state.al.us/NR/rdonlyres/7E832F57-3D50-4AF2-98FF-23816DABA59F/0/co63.pdf |archivedate=2008-11-24 }}</ref> |established= |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=AL|US|82}} in Tuscaloosa |junction={{jct|state=AL|SR|216}} in Tuscaloosa |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=AL|US|11}} in Cottondale |counties=Tuscaloosa |previous_type=AL |previous_route=213 |next_type=AL |next_route=216 }}
'''State Route 215''' ('''SR 215''') is a numbered state highway in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. SR 215 partially follows the former routes of U.S. Route 82 (US 82) and US 11. The route stays almost completely within the city limits of Tuscaloosa.
==Route description== The {{convert|8|mi|km|adj=on}} highway is unusual in that it follows both a north–south and east–west routing (though it is signed as north–south for its entire route). The highway follows the former routing of US 82 and formerly followed the former routing of US 11. Thus, it does not act as a true bypass for either route. Even more strangely, the north–south section parallels US 82, an even-numbered (and therefore east–west) US highway, while the east–west section follows US 11, which is odd-numbered and thus follows a north–south route.
The north–south section is named Old Montgomery Highway and Greensboro Avenue while the east–west section was formerly routed on University Boulevard. In 2015, in order to divert traffic from the campus of the University of Alabama, the east-west segment of the route was removed from University Boulevard and diverted onto Veterans Memorial Parkway, which becomes 15th Street at its intersection with US 82. The route changes direction at the intersection of Greensboro Avenue and 15th Street south of downtown Tuscaloosa.
==Major intersections== thumb|Northern terminus in Cottondale [[File:Alabama 215 in Alberta City.jpg|thumb|right|University Boulevard (the former routing of State Route 215) in Alberta City, Tuscaloosa]] {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="ALDOT Map"/>|state=AL|county=Tuscaloosa}} {{ALint |location=Tuscaloosa |lspan=4 |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=AL|US|82|name1=McFarland Boulevard East/SR 6}}<ref name="google-ST">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.14764,-87.52357&spn=0.005587,0.011362&t=h&z=17 |title=SR 215/Southern terminus |accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> |notes=Southern terminus }} {{ALint |mile=1.8 |road={{jct|state=AL|US|11|name1=Skyland Boulevard/SR 7|city1=Moundville|location2=Columbus|city3=Birmingham}}<ref name="google-11South">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.165437,-87.54477&spn=0.002793,0.005681&t=h&z=18 |title=SR 215/US 11 |accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> |notes= }} {{ALint |mile=7.8 |road={{jct|state=AL|US|82|name1=McFarland Boulevard East/SR 6}}<ref name="google-82UA">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.206139,-87.524471&spn=0.002792,0.005681&t=h&z=18 |title=SR 215/US 82 |accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> |notes= }} {{ALint |mile=10.7 |road={{jct|state=AL|SR|216|name1=Old Birmingham Highway|city1=Brookwood}}<ref name="google-216">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.19718,-87.47896&spn=0.002792,0.005681&t=h&z=18 |title=SR 215/SR 216 |accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> |notes= }} {{ALint |location=Cottondale |mile=12.1 |road={{jct|state=AL|US|11|name1=Skyland Boulevard East/SR 7|city1=Bessemer|city2=Birmingham}}<ref name="google-NT">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.189243,-87.457137&spn=0.002792,0.005681&t=h&z=18 |title=SR 215/Northern terminus |accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm|col=5}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[http://www.ajfroggie.com/roadpics/al-ends/al215.htm Alabama 215 Ends] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070305162141/http://www.southeastroads.com/al-215.html Alabama 215] at Southeastroads.com
Category:Transportation in Tuscaloosa, Alabama 215 Category:Transportation in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Category:U.S. Route 11 Category:U.S. Route 82