State Route 5 | ||||
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| Maintained by ALDOT | ||||
| Length | 197.775 mi[1] (318.288 km) | |||
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| South end |  US 43 in Thomasville | |||
| North end |    US 278 / SR 13 / SR 74 in Natural Bridge | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Alabama | |||
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State Route 5 (SR 5) is a 198-mile-long (319 km) south–north state highway in the western part of the U.S. state of Alabama. Prior to the renumbering of the highways of Alabama in 1957, it extended from Mobile north to the Tennessee state line and was one of the major routes between Mobile and Birmingham.[2] It has since been shortened to about half of its former length, having been superseded by newer highways such as Interstate 65 (I-65).
- ^ Alabama Department of Transportation, County Milepost Maps Archived June 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, accessed September 2007
- ^ State Farm, Road Map: United States, Rand McNally & Company, 1953: note how SR 5 is one of only a few highways that are not U.S. Highways shown on the map of Alabama. Archived October 24, 2009.[dead link]