Alabama State Route 56

{{short description|State highway in Alabama, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox road

|state=AL

|type=AL

|route=56

|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Alabama State Route 56}}}}

|map_custom=yes

|length_mi=27.696

|length_ref={{cite web|url=http://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/milepostinternet/default.aspx |title=Milepost Maps |last=Alabama Department of Transportation |author-link=Alabama Department of Transportation |accessdate=June 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727134739/http://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/milepostinternet/default.aspx |archivedate=July 27, 2011 }}

|established=1940

|direction_a=West

|direction_b=East

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=MS|MS|42}} at Mississippi state line

|junction={{Jct|state=AL|AL|17}} at Chatom

|terminus_b={{Jct|state=AL|US|43}} at Wagarville

|counties=Washington

|previous_type=AL

|previous_route=55

|next_type=AL

|next_route=57

}}

State Route 56 (SR 56) is a {{convert|27.696|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway completely within Washington County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. The western terminus of the highway is at the Mississippi state line at an intersection with U.S. Route 45 (US 45) and Mississippi Highway 42 (MS 42). The eastern terminus of the highway is at Wagarville, where it intersects US 43.

SR 56 was part of US 84 until 1958, when the Coffeeville Bridge opened over the Tombigbee River.{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}