# Alabama State Route 49
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{{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=49
|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 49}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|length_mi=82.684
|length_ref=[{{cite map|url=http://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/MilepostPDF/co15mp.pdf |title=Milepost Map - Cleburne County, Alabama |date=August 1999 |publisher=[Alabama Department of Transportation](/source/Alabama_Department_of_Transportation) |accessdate=January 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419174207/http://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/MilepostPDF/co15mp.pdf |archivedate=April 19, 2014 }}]
|length_round=3
|established=1940
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|terminus_a={{jct|state=AL|I|85}} in [Franklin](/source/Franklin%2C_Alabama)
|junction={{jct|state=AL|AL|14}} near [Tallassee](/source/Tallassee%2C_Alabama)
{{jct|state=AL|US|280}} in [Dadeville](/source/Dadeville%2C_Alabama)
{{jct|state=AL|AL|22}} in [New Site](/source/New_Site%2C_Alabama)
{{jct|state=AL|AL|77}} in [Mellow Valley](/source/Mellow_Valley%2C_Alabama)
{{jct|state=AL|AL|9|AL|48}} in [Lineville](/source/Lineville%2C_Alabama)
|terminus_b={{jct|state=AL|AL|281}} in [Cheaha State Park](/source/Cheaha_State_Park)
|counties=[Macon](/source/Macon_County%2C_Alabama), [Tallapoosa](/source/Tallapoosa_County%2C_Alabama), [Clay](/source/Clay_County%2C_Alabama), [Cleburne](/source/Cleburne_County%2C_Alabama)
|previous_type=AL
|previous_route=48
|next_type=AL
|next_route=50
}}
'''State Route 49''' ('''SR 49''') is an {{convert|82.684|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [state highway](/source/State_highway_(US)) in the central and eastern parts of the U.S. state of [Alabama](/source/Alabama). The southern terminus of the highway is at an [interchange](/source/Interchange_(road)) with [Interstate 85](/source/Interstate_85_in_Alabama) (I-85) at [Franklin](/source/Franklin%2C_Alabama) in [Macon County](/source/Macon_County%2C_Alabama). The northern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with [SR 281](/source/Alabama_State_Route_281) east of [Cheaha State Park](/source/Cheaha_State_Park) in southern [Cleburne County](/source/Cleburne_County%2C_Alabama).
==Route description==
Alabama State Route 49 has its northern terminus at [Alabama State Route 281](/source/Alabama_State_Route_281), which provides access to [Cheaha State Park](/source/Cheaha_State_Park) and [Oxford](/source/Oxford%2C_Alabama). This junction is at about 1200 ft, 1200 ft below the highest point in the state (Mount Cheaha), just a few miles southwest. This junction is in [Cleburne County](/source/Cleburne_County%2C_Alabama), which the route spends less than a mile in.
Quickly descending down the mountain into rural [Clay County](/source/Clay_County%2C_Alabama), the route winds its way south through foothills to [Lineville](/source/Lineville%2C_Alabama), where it junctions with [Alabama State Route 9](/source/Alabama_State_Route_9). A few miles south of Lineville is a two-mile concurrency with [Alabama State Route 77](/source/Alabama_State_Route_77).
Crossing into [Tallapoosa County](/source/Tallapoosa_County%2C_Alabama) several miles later, the route crosses through [Goldville](/source/Goldville%2C_Alabama) before reaching [New Site](/source/New_Site%2C_Alabama), the location of a mile-long concurrency with [Alabama State Route 22](/source/Alabama_State_Route_22). It then winds its way south through [Jacksons' Gap](/source/Jacksons'_Gap%2C_Alabama) and reaches [Dadeville](/source/Dadeville%2C_Alabama), the location of a mile-long concurrency with [U.S. Route 280](/source/U.S._Route_280_in_Alabama).
After weaving through rural Tallapoosa County for several more miles, the route crosses into [Macon County](/source/Macon_County%2C_Alabama), where it enters [Franklin](/source/Franklin%2C_Alabama). It makes a left turn onto the [right-of-way](/source/Right-of-way_(property_access)) of County Road 36, which carries it to its southern terminus at [Interstate 85](/source/Interstate_85_in_Alabama). Travelers can access [Auburn](/source/Auburn%2C_Alabama), [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia), [Montgomery](/source/Montgomery%2C_Alabama), and [Tuskegee](/source/Tuskegee%2C_Alabama) from this intersection.
==History==
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When SR 49 was formed in 1940, the highway traveled only from [Tallassee](/source/Tallassee%2C_Alabama) to [Dadeville](/source/Dadeville%2C_Alabama). As a result of several northward extensions, by 1969 the highway extended to an intersection with [US 78](/source/U.S._Route_78_in_Alabama) near [Heflin](/source/Heflin%2C_Alabama). In 1973, the highway was extended southward to its current terminus at I-85 in [Macon County](/source/Macon_County%2C_Alabama). When [SR 281](/source/Alabama_State_Route_281) was formed in 1995, the northernmost section of the route was truncated.
==Major intersections==
{{jcttop|state=AL|length_ref=[[Alabama Department of Transportation](/source/Alabama_Department_of_Transportation), [http://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/milepostinternet/default.htm Milepost Maps] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012055542/http://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/milepostinternet/default.htm |date=2013-10-12 }}, accessed May 2014]}}
{{ALint
|county=Macon
|cspan=2
|location=Franklin
|lspan=2
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=AL|CR|51|county1=Macon|dir1=south|city1=Tuskegee}}
|notes=South end of state maintenance}}
{{ALint
|mile=0.120
|road={{jct|state=AL|I|85|location1=[Atlanta](/source/Atlanta)|city2=Montgomery}}
|notes=I-85 exit 32}}
{{ALint
|county=Tallapoosa
|cspan=7
|location=none
|mile=9.006
|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|14|city1=Tallassee|city2=Notasulga}}
|notes=
}}
{{ALint
|location=Reeltown
|mile=12.403
|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|120|dir1=east|city1=Notasulga}}
|notes=Western terminus of SR 120
}}
{{ALint
|location=Walnut Hill
|mile=20.524
|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|50|location1=[Martin Dam](/source/Martin_Dam)|city2=Camp Hill}}
|notes=
}}
{{ALint
|type=concur
|location=Dadeville
|lspan=2
|mile=30.170
|road={{jct|state=AL|US|280|dir1=east|name1=[SR 38](/source/Alabama_State_Route_38)|city1=Camp Hill}}
|notes=South end of US 280/SR 38 concurrency}}
{{ALint
|type=concur
|mile=31.328
|road={{jct|state=AL|US|280|dir1=west|name1=[SR 38](/source/Alabama_State_Route_38)|city1=Alexander City|city2=Birmingham}}
|notes=North end of US 280/SR 38 concurrency}}
{{ALint
|type=concur
|location=New Site
|lspan=2
|mile=47.268
|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|22|dir1=west|city1=Alexander City}}
|notes=South end of SR 22 concurrency}}
{{ALint
|type=concur
|mile=48.287
|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|22|dir1=east|city1=Roanoke|city2=Wadley}}
|notes=North end of SR 22 concurrency}}
{{ALint
|type=concur
|county=Clay
|cspan=3
|location=none
|mile=60.234
|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|77|dir1=south|city1=Wadley}}
|notes=South end of SR 77 concurrency}}
{{ALint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=62.415
|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|77|dir1=north|city1=Ashland}}
|notes=North end of SR 77 concurrency}}
{{ALint
|location=Lineville
|mile=68.517
|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|9|city1=Heflin|city2=Ashland}}
|notes=
}}
{{ALint
|county=Cleburne
|location=none
|mile=82.684
|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|281|name1=Talladega Scenic Drive|location1=[Cheaha State Park](/source/Cheaha_State_Park)}}
|notes=Northern terminus}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==See also==
* {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
* {{Portal-inline|United States}}
==References==
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049
Category:Transportation in Macon County, Alabama
Category:Transportation in Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Category:Transportation in Clay County, Alabama
Category:Transportation in Cleburne County, Alabama
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Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alabama State Route 49](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_49) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_49?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.