Alabama State Route 210

State Route 210 (SR 210), also known as Ross Clark Circle or simply "The Circle" to locals, is a route overlaid by US 84, US 231, and US 431 encircling Dothan, Alabama in Houston County. For many years, the SR 210 designation appeared on state road maps but was not actually signed as such. This has changed in recent years and today the SR 210 designation is noted on signs along with the US Routes that share its circumference of Dothan.

State Route 210
Ross Clark Circle
SR 210 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ALDOT
Length13.766 mi[1] (22.154 km)
Major junctions
Beltway around Dothan
  US 231
US 84
US 431
SR 52
SR 53
(junctions are listed clockwise from south)
Location
CountiesHouston
Highway system
  • Alabama Highways
← SR 208SR 211 →

Route description
Ross Clark Circle on Dothan's east side

SR 210 is highly developed and heavily used both by those who live and work in Dothan and by motorists bound for beach destinations in Florida who use it as a bypass of the city. It is a divided four-lane highway and carries a speed limit of 50 mph (80 km/h) for its entire circumference. As with all other state highways in Alabama, mile markers are posted along the route. Numbering begins and ends at the intersection with US 231/South Oates Street on the south side of the city.

The road was constructed in the late 1950s and was made possible by former Alabama governor "Big Jim" Folsom who authorized the state expenditures. He directed that the road be named for Ross Clark, Folsom's brother-in-law, who had committed suicide in 1955.[2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Dothan, Houston County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.00.0
US 231 / US 231 Bus. north / US 431 Bus. north (South Oates Street) / SR 1 / US 431 north		Zero milepost; Begin concurrency with US 231; End concurrency with US 431; Southern terminus of US 431
1.7932.886 SR 52 (Hartford Highway)
3.3705.423
US 84 / SR 12 / US 84 Bus. east (West Main Street)		Begin concurrency with US 84
4.9047.892
US 231 / US 231 Bus. south (Montgomery Highway) / SR 53		End concurrency with US 231
7.06211.365
US 431 / US 431 Bus. south / SR 1 (Reeves Street)		Begin concurrency with US 431
9.96716.040 SR 52 (Columbia Highway)Interchange via access road
10.44216.805
US 84 / US 84 Bus. west / SR 12 (East Main Street)		End concurrency with US 84
12.17319.591 SR 53 (East Cottonwood Road)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

KML is from Wikidata
  1. Milepost Map of Houston County (PDF) (Map). Cartography by ALDOT Bureau of Transportation Planning, Survey & Mapping Division. Alabama Department of Transportation. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-25.
  2. "Answer Man: Who was Ross Clark?". Dothan Eagle. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
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