{{Short description|State highway in Alabama, United States}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=AL |type=AL |route=23 |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 23}}}} |map_custom=yes |length_mi=12.611 |length_ref=<ref name="ALDOT">{{cite web|url=http://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/milepostinternet/default.aspx |title=Milepost Maps |last=Alabama Department of Transportation |author-link=Alabama Department of Transportation |accessdate=June 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727134739/http://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/milepostinternet/default.aspx |archivedate=July 27, 2011 }}</ref> |established=1953 |direction_a=South |direction_b=North |terminus_a={{Jct|state=AL|US|11}} at Springville |junction={{Jct|state=AL|I|59}} near Springville |terminus_b={{Jct|state=AL|US|231|US|411}} at Ashville |counties=St. Clair |previous_type=AL |previous_route=22 |next_type=AL |next_route=24 }}
'''State Route 23''' ('''SR 23''') is a {{convert|12.611|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway in St. Clair County. The highway serves as a connector between U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in Springville and US 231/US 411 in Ashville. Although signed as a north–south route, the orientation of SR 23 is virtually east–west. Besides the intersections with US 11 and US 231/US 411, the only other route that SR 23 intersects is Interstate 59 (I-59) near Springville.
==History== Prior to 1953, SR 23 was concurrent with US 11 between Springville and Gadsden, and with US 411 between Gadsden and Centre. Northeast of Centre, SR 23 continued along the route of present-day SR 9. By 1956, the route assumed its current alignment.
==Major intersections== {{Jcttop|state=AL|county=St. Clair|length_ref=<ref name="ALDOT" />}} {{ALint |location=Springville |mile=0.000 |road={{Jct|state=AL|US|11|name1=SR 7}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{ALint |location=none |mile=0.398 |road={{Jct|state=AL|I|59|city1=Gadsden|city2=Birmingham}} |notes=I-59 exit 156}} {{ALint |location=Ashville |mile=12.611 |road={{Jct|state=AL|US|231|US|411|name2=5th Street / 6th Avenue / Court Street<!--both East and West?--> / SR 25 / SR 53}} |notes=Northern terminus }} {{Jctbtm}}
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|United States}} * {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
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023 Category:Transportation in St. Clair County, Alabama
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