Alabama State Route 210
{{short description|Highway in Alabama, bypass of Dothan}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox road
|state=AL
|type=AL
|route=210
|alternate_name=Ross Clark Circle
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|frame-lat=31.221|frame-long=-85.396|zoom=12|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Alabama State Route 210}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=SR 210 highlighted in red
|length_mi=13.766
|length_round=
|length_ref={{cite map
|url=http://www.dot.state.al.us/NR/rdonlyres/7B15B300-359D-413A-A7FA-ED33C8C261CD/0/CountyMilePostMaps.pdf
|publisher=Alabama Department of Transportation
|title=Milepost Map of Houston County
|date=1999
|cartography=ALDOT Bureau of Transportation Planning, Survey & Mapping Division
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325140604/http://www.dot.state.al.us/NR/rdonlyres/7B15B300-359D-413A-A7FA-ED33C8C261CD/0/CountyMilePostMaps.pdf
|archivedate=March 25, 2010
}}
|established=
|beltway_city=Dothan
|junction={{jct|state=AL|US|231}}
{{jct|state=AL|US|84}}
{{jct|state=AL|US|431}}
{{jct|state=AL|AL|52}}
{{jct|state=AL|AL|53}}
(junctions are listed clockwise from south)
|counties=Houston
|previous_type=AL
|previous_route=208
|next_type=AL
|next_route=211
}}
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.
Route description
Image:Al210-ccw-past-us084-east.jpg
SR 210 forms a beltway around Dothan and is used by local traffic and motorists bound for other regions. It is a divided four-lane highway with a speed limit of {{convert|50|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} for its entire circumference. The highway's mile markers are posted clockwise along the route and begins at the intersection with US 231/South Oates Street on the south side of the city.{{cn|date=September 2020}} The three major U.S. routes that run through Dothan (84, 231, and 431) are all concurrent with the route at some point on the circle.
History
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.{{cite news |last=Sailors |first=Jimmy |date=September 25, 2014 |title=Answer Man: Who was Ross Clark? |url=https://www.dothaneagle.com/townnews/politics/answer-man-who-was-ross-clark/article_4268f1a0-44f7-11e4-a2cf-001a4bcf6878.html |work=Dothan Eagle |access-date=January 28, 2019}}
Major intersections
{{jcttop|length_ref=|state=AL|county=Houston|location=Dothan}}
{{ALint
|mile=0.0
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=AL|US|231|US-Bus|231|dab2=Dothan|dir2=north|US-Bus|431|dab3=Dothan|dir3=north|name3=South Oates Street|SR|1|US|431|dir5=north}}
|notes=Zero milepost; Begin concurrency with US 231; End concurrency with US 431; Southern terminus of US 431
}}
{{ALint
|mile=1.793
|road={{jct|state=AL|SR|52|name1=Hartford Highway}}
|notes=
}}
{{ALint
|type=concur
|mile=3.370
|road={{jct|state=AL|US|84|SR|12|US-Bus|84|dab3=Dothan|dir3=east|name3=West Main Street}}
|notes=Begin concurrency with US 84
}}
{{ALint
|mile=4.904
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=AL|US|231|US-Bus|231|dab2=Dothan|dir2=south|name2=Montgomery Highway|SR|53}}
|notes=End concurrency with US 231
}}
{{ALint
|mile=7.062
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=AL|US|431|US-Bus|431|dab2=Dothan|dir2=south|SR|1|name3=Reeves Street}}
|notes=Begin concurrency with US 431
}}
{{ALint
|mile=9.967
|road={{jct|state=AL|SR|52|name1=Columbia Highway}}
|notes=Interchange via access road
}}
{{ALint
|type=concur
|mile=10.442
|road={{jct|state=AL|US|84|US-Bus|84|dab2=Dothan|dir2=west|SR|12|name3=East Main Street}}
|notes=End concurrency with US 84
}}
{{ALint
|mile=12.173
|road={{jct|state=AL|SR|53|name1=East Cottonwood Road}}
|notes=
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur|col=4}}
References
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Category:Transportation in Houston County, Alabama