State Route 118 (SR 118) is a state highway in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama.
History
Prior to the completion of sections of Interstate 22 (I-22), SR 118 served only as the unsigned partner route of U.S. Route 278 (US 278) between the Mississippi state line, west-southwest of Sulligent, and Guin. As new sections of I-22 were opened, US 78 has been rerouted onto the new Interstate highway, and the old sections of US 78 were designated as SR 118, thus extending the highway eastward by nearly . The current eastern terminus of the highway is in the western part of Jasper, at an intersection with SR 69.
Route description
SR 118 begins at the state line betwwen Mississippi and Alabama, but is an independent route only along the former routing of US 78, beginning at its junction with US 43/SR 171 and SR 142 at Guin, leading towards Jasper.
Much of the signed segment of the route is aligned along a two-lane road. The roadway expands to four lanes as it passes through Winfield but returns to two lanes as it leaves that city. At Carbon Hill, the highway briefly expands to four lanes, only to revert to a two-lane road as it heads southeasterly towards Jasper. It has an interchange with I-22/US 78/SR 4 east of Carbon Hill and again west of Jasper before it ends at SR 69.
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