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.header-ISL{background:#ffd200;border:2px solid #000}.mw-parser-output .header-ISR{background:#007e00;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-ISR-freeway{background:#0000fe;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-JPN{background:#0066b3;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-JPN-Exp{background:#005d35;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-KOS{background:#06c;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-KOS-R,.mw-parser-output .header-PHL{background:#093;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-MDG{background:#fff;color:#af1e2d;border:2px solid #000}.mw-parser-output .header-NOR{background:#f2a900}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"></div><div style="margin:0 0 0.1em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_45.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="U.S. Route 45 marker" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US_45.svg/72px-US_45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="72" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US_45.svg/108px-US_45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US_45.svg/144px-US_45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div><div style="margin:0.1em;">U.S. Route 45</div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 290px; height: 240px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="290" data-height="240" data-overlays="["_9f1f27fac2467bb2522ea8bfa4b637e5652fb546"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,290x240.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=U.S._Route_45_in_Alabama&revid=1270159211&groups=_9f1f27fac2467bb2522ea8bfa4b637e5652fb546" width="290" height="240" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,290x240@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=U.S._Route_45_in_Alabama&revid=1270159211&groups=_9f1f27fac2467bb2522ea8bfa4b637e5652fb546 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div><div class="infobox-caption">US 45 highlighted in red</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-USA">Route information</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Maintained by <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Department_of_Transportation" title="Alabama Department of Transportation">ALDOT</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">59.181 mi<sup id="cite_ref-ALDOT_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALDOT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (95.243 km)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-USA"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Major junctions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">South end</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/US_98.svg/40px-US_98.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/US_98.svg/60px-US_98.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_98_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 98 in Alabama">US 98</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="display:none;">Major intersections</span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-65.svg/24px-I-65.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-65.svg/36px-I-65.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-65.svg/48px-I-65.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_65_in_Alabama" title="Interstate 65 in Alabama">I-65</a> in <a href="/wiki/Prichard,_Alabama" title="Prichard, Alabama">Prichard</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Alabama_17.svg/24px-Alabama_17.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Alabama_17.svg/36px-Alabama_17.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Alabama_17.svg/48px-Alabama_17.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_17" title="Alabama State Route 17">SR 17</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Deer_Park,_Alabama" title="Deer Park, Alabama">Deer Park</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">North end</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US_45.svg/24px-US_45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US_45.svg/36px-US_45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US_45.svg/48px-US_45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_45_in_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 45 in Mississippi">US 45</a> near <a href="/wiki/State_Line,_Mississippi" title="State Line, Mississippi">State Line, Mississippi</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-USA"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Counties</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mobile_County,_Alabama" title="Mobile County, Alabama">Mobile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Alabama" title="Washington County, Alabama">Washington</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-USA">Highway system</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Numbered_Highway_System" title="United States Numbered Highway System">United States Numbered Highway System</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Numbered_Highways" title="List of United States Numbered Highways">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_special_routes_of_the_United_States_Numbered_Highway_System" title="List of special routes of the United States Numbered Highway System">Special</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_divided_U.S._Routes" title="List of divided U.S. Routes">Divided</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Alabama State Highway System</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Interstate_Highways_in_Alabama" title="List of Interstate Highways in Alabama">Interstate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._Highways_in_Alabama" title="List of U.S. Highways in Alabama">US</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_Alabama" title="List of state routes in Alabama">State</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241597584">.mw-parser-output .browse-table{width:100%;background:none;border-collapse:collapse;display:table;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .browse-table+.browse-table,.mw-parser-output .browse-table+link+.browse-table,.mw-parser-output .browse-table+style+.browse-table{margin-top:3px}.mw-parser-output .browse-table td{padding:0;border:none;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .browse-table tr:not(:first-child) td{padding-top:3px}</style><table class="browse-table" style="margin-top:-3px"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left">← <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Alabama_44.svg/40px-Alabama_44.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Alabama_44.svg/60px-Alabama_44.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_44" title="Alabama State Route 44">SR 44</a></span></td><td style="padding-right:6px;padding-left:6px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap"><b>US 45</b></td><td style="text-align:right;direction:rtl">→ <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Alabama_46.svg/40px-Alabama_46.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Alabama_46.svg/60px-Alabama_46.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_46" title="Alabama State Route 46">SR 46</a></span></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">← <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Alabama_56.svg/40px-Alabama_56.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Alabama_56.svg/60px-Alabama_56.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_56" title="Alabama State Route 56">SR 56</a></span></td><td style="padding-right:6px;padding-left:6px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap"><b>SR 57</b></td><td style="text-align:right;direction:rtl">→ <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/I-59.svg/24px-I-59.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/I-59.svg/36px-I-59.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/I-59.svg/48px-I-59.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_59_in_Alabama" title="Interstate 59 in Alabama">I-59</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>, <b>U.S. Route 45</b> (<b>US 45</b>) is a 60-mile-long (97 km) north–south <a href="/wiki/United_States_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Highway">United States Highway</a> in the <a href="/wiki/East_South_Central_states" title="East South Central states">east south central state</a> of Alabama. It travels from <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> state line, just east of <a href="/wiki/State_Line,_Mississippi" title="State Line, Mississippi">State Line, Mississippi</a>. The highway's southern terminus is in Mobile, at an <a href="/wiki/Intersection_(road)" title="Intersection (road)">intersection</a> with <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_98_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 98 in Alabama">US 98</a>. Its northern terminus in the state of Alabama is at the Mississippi state line. </p><p>In Alabama, all of the U.S. Highways have one or more <a href="/wiki/Unsigned_highway" title="Unsigned highway">unsigned</a> <a href="/wiki/State_highway_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="State highway (US)">state highways</a> designated along its length. US 45 travels <a href="/wiki/Concurrency_(road)" title="Concurrency (road)">concurrently</a> with <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_17" title="Alabama State Route 17">State Route 17</a> (SR 17) from its southern terminus to just north of <a href="/wiki/Deer_Park,_Alabama" title="Deer Park, Alabama">Deer Park</a>. For the rest of its length in the state, the highway travels concurrently with <b>State Route 57</b> (<b>SR 57)</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Route_description">Route description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=U.S._Route_45_in_Alabama&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Route description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>US 45 begins at the <a href="/wiki/Intersection_(road)" title="Intersection (road)">intersection</a> of St. Stephens Road and Spring Hill Avenue west of downtown <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile</a>. Spring Hill Avenue carries <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_98_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 98 in Alabama">US 98</a> to the east and west while St. Stephens Road heads to the northwest through the city and into <a href="/wiki/Prichard,_Alabama" title="Prichard, Alabama">Prichard</a>. There lies an <a href="/wiki/Interchange_(road)" title="Interchange (road)">interchange</a> with <a href="/wiki/Interstate_65_in_Alabama" title="Interstate 65 in Alabama">Interstate 65</a> (I-65).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further north in the <a href="/wiki/Eight_Mile,_Alabama" title="Eight Mile, Alabama">Eight Mile</a> neighborhood, it intersects the southern ends of <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_213" title="Alabama State Route 213">SR 213</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_217" title="Alabama State Route 217">SR 217</a> in quick succession. The highway then meets <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_158" title="Alabama State Route 158">SR 158</a> at an interchange near the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mobile" title="University of Mobile">University of Mobile</a>. It curves to the north and northwest as it travels through <a href="/wiki/Mauvilla,_Alabama" title="Mauvilla, Alabama">Mauvilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chunchula,_Alabama" title="Chunchula, Alabama">Chunchula</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Citronelle,_Alabama" title="Citronelle, Alabama">Citronelle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GoogleMobile_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GoogleMobile-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> US 45 continues to the northwest, through rural <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Alabama" title="Washington County, Alabama">Washington County</a>. Just north of <a href="/wiki/Deer_Park,_Alabama" title="Deer Park, Alabama">Deer Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_17" title="Alabama State Route 17">SR 17</a> splits off to the northeast toward <a href="/wiki/Chatom,_Alabama" title="Chatom, Alabama">Chatom</a> at a <a href="/wiki/Three-way_junction" title="Three-way junction">Y intersection</a>. The highway curves back to the northwest and goes through <a href="/wiki/Fruitdale,_Alabama" title="Fruitdale, Alabama">Fruitdale</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Yellow_Pine,_Alabama" title="Yellow Pine, Alabama">Yellow Pine</a>. It continues to the north-northwest and crosses into <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GoogleWashington_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GoogleWashington-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAAA20087_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAAA20087-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=U.S._Route_45_in_Alabama&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1910s_and_1920s">1910s and 1920s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=U.S._Route_45_in_Alabama&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1910s and 1920s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The road that would become US 45 in Alabama was designated at least as early as 1914. This road traveled in Mobile and Prichard as an "improved hard surface road" (<a href="/wiki/Macadam" title="Macadam">macadam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gravel_road" title="Gravel road">gravel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chert" title="Chert">chert</a>) and from Prichard to Citronelle as an "improved soil road". There was also a segment from about Deer Park to Yellow Pine as an "unimproved road".<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1914_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1914-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1925, the roadway was entirely built in the state. It was designated as <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_28" title="Alabama State Route 28">SR 28</a>, and it is an "existing road upon which state has done no work".<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1924_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1924-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1925_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1925-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, US 45 was designated along its entire length in the state. The entire highway was an "existing road upon which the state has done no work" except for a segment from just north of Gulfcrest to Fruitdale, which was indicated to be <a href="/wiki/Grading_(engineering)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grading (engineering)">graded</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1925_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1925-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1926_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1926-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1928, the segment from Mobile to just north of Gulfcrest was indicated to be "unimproved", while the segment from Fruitdale to the Mississippi state line was indicated to be graded, in addition to the Gulfcrest-to-Fruitdale segment. Also, SR 57 was designated along the entire length of the highway.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1927_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1927-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1928_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1928-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1930s">1930s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=U.S._Route_45_in_Alabama&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1930s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1930, the highway was indicated to have a "hard surface" in Mobile and Citronelle; a gravel/chert or a sand-clay/<a href="/wiki/Topsoil" title="Topsoil">topsoil</a> surface from Mobile to Citronelle; and "graded" from Citronelle to the Mississippi state line.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1929_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1929-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1930_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1930-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, the entire Mobile County segment was indicated to have a "hard surface". The entire Washington County segment was indicated to have been graded.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1930_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1930-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1931_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1931-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of 1934, US 43, along with SR 5 were designated in Mobile, but the state maps are unclear as to whether they traveled concurrently with US 45/SR 57.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1933_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1933-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1934_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1934-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1935, the entire Mobile County segment was indicated to have a "pavement" surface. The entire Washington County segment was indicated to have a "gravel or chert" surface.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1935_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1935-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1936_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1936-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1939, the highway was indicated to be under construction from the Mobile–Washington county line to about Fruitdale.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1938_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1938-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1939_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1939-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1940s_to_1980s">1940s to 1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=U.S._Route_45_in_Alabama&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1940s to 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1941, the highway was indicated to be under construction from just southeast of Fruitdale to just northwest of Yellow Pine.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1939_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1939-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1940_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1940-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1942, US 45 was indicated to be paved for its entire length in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1941_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1941-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1942_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1942-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1952, SR 57 was <a href="/wiki/Decommissioned_highway" title="Decommissioned highway">decommissioned</a> south of the Deer Park area. It was replaced by SR 17, as it exists today.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1951_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1951-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1952_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1952-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1957, SR 5, which was concurrent with US 43 in Mobile was truncated farther north. It was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_13" title="Alabama State Route 13">SR 13</a>. However, it was still not clear whether US 43 and SR 13 were concurrent with US 45 in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1955_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1955-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1957_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1957-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1983, US 43 and SR 13 were moved off of US 45 and SR 17 in Mobile.<sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1981_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1981-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alabama_1983_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alabama_1983-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future">Future</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=U.S._Route_45_in_Alabama&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>State legislatures in both Mississippi and Alabama have called for US 45 to be expanded to four-lanes along its entire length in Alabama. Although mentioned by ALDOT, this project has been shelved for now.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_intersections">Major intersections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=U.S._Route_45_in_Alabama&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Major intersections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">County</th><th scope="col">Location</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Miles">mi</abbr><sup id="cite_ref-ALDOT_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALDOT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Kilometers">km</abbr></th><th scope="col">Destinations</th><th scope="col">Notes</th></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Mobile_County,_Alabama" title="Mobile County, Alabama">Mobile</a></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">0.000</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">0.000</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Concurrency terminus" style="background-color:#ddffdd"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/US_98.svg/40px-US_98.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/US_98.svg/60px-US_98.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_98_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 98 in Alabama">US 98</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_42" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama State Route 42">SR 42</a> / Springhill Avenue) – <a href="/wiki/Semmes,_Alabama" title="Semmes, Alabama">Semmes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Fort,_Alabama" title="Spanish Fort, Alabama">Spanish Fort</a></td><td rowspan="1" title="Concurrency terminus" style="background-color:#ddffdd">Southern end of SR 17 overlap</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Prichard,_Alabama" title="Prichard, Alabama">Prichard</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">4.340</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">6.985</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-65.svg/24px-I-65.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-65.svg/36px-I-65.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-65.svg/48px-I-65.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/To_plate_blue.svg/24px-To_plate_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/To_plate_blue.svg/36px-To_plate_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/To_plate_blue.svg/48px-To_plate_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/I-10.svg/24px-I-10.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/I-10.svg/36px-I-10.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/I-10.svg/48px-I-10.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_65_in_Alabama" title="Interstate 65 in Alabama">I-65</a> to <a href="/wiki/Interstate_10_in_Alabama" title="Interstate 10 in Alabama">I-10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery</a></td><td rowspan="1">I-65 exit 8</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">6.297</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">10.134</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/North_plate.svg/24px-North_plate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/North_plate.svg/36px-North_plate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/North_plate.svg/48px-North_plate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Alabama_213.svg/30px-Alabama_213.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Alabama_213.svg/45px-Alabama_213.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Alabama_213.svg/60px-Alabama_213.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_213" title="Alabama State Route 213">SR 213</a> north (South Shelton Beach Road) – <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mobile" title="University of Mobile">University of Mobile</a>, Chickasabogue Park</td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">6.477</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">10.424</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/North_plate.svg/24px-North_plate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/North_plate.svg/36px-North_plate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/North_plate.svg/48px-North_plate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Alabama_217.svg/30px-Alabama_217.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Alabama_217.svg/45px-Alabama_217.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Alabama_217.svg/60px-Alabama_217.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_217" title="Alabama State Route 217">SR 217</a> north (Lott Road)</td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">9.618</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">15.479</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Alabama_158.svg/30px-Alabama_158.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Alabama_158.svg/45px-Alabama_158.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Alabama_158.svg/60px-Alabama_158.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/To_plate_blue.svg/24px-To_plate_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/To_plate_blue.svg/36px-To_plate_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/To_plate_blue.svg/48px-To_plate_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-65.svg/24px-I-65.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-65.svg/36px-I-65.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-65.svg/48px-I-65.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_158" title="Alabama State Route 158">SR 158</a> (Industrial Parkway) to <a href="/wiki/Interstate_65_in_Alabama" title="Interstate 65 in Alabama">I-65</a> – <a href="/wiki/Saraland,_Alabama" title="Saraland, Alabama">Saraland</a></td><td rowspan="1">Interchange</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Alabama" title="Washington County, Alabama">Washington</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">43.054</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">69.289</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Concurrency terminus" style="background-color:#ddffdd"><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/North_plate.svg/24px-North_plate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/North_plate.svg/36px-North_plate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/North_plate.svg/48px-North_plate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Alabama_17.svg/24px-Alabama_17.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Alabama_17.svg/36px-Alabama_17.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Alabama_17.svg/48px-Alabama_17.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_17" title="Alabama State Route 17">SR 17</a> north (Jordan Street) / SR 57 begins – <a href="/wiki/Chatom,_Alabama" title="Chatom, Alabama">Chatom</a></td><td rowspan="1" title="Concurrency terminus" style="background-color:#ddffdd">Northern end of SR 17 overlap; southern end of SR 57 overlap</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">59.181</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">95.243</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Concurrency terminus" style="background-color:#ddffdd"><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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