Alabama State Route 73
{{Short description|Highway in Alabama}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=AL
|type=AL
|route=73
|length_mi=11.219
|length_ref={{cite map|publisher=Alabama Department of Transportation |title=Milepost Map Jackson County, Alabama |url=https://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/MilepostPDF/web/co36mp.pdf |edition=1999 |section= |access-date=March 27, 2011 |format=PDF }}
|map=Alabama 73 map.png
|established=
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|terminus_a={{jct|state=AL|AL|71}} at Higdon
|junction=
|terminus_b={{jct|state=TN|Sec|377}} at the Tennessee state line near New Hope, TN
|counties=Jackson
|previous_type=US
|previous_route=72
|next_type=AL
|next_route=74
}}
State Route 73 (SR 73), is a {{convert|11.219|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway in the U.S. state of Alabama. The southern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with SR 71 in Higdon north to the Tennessee state line, where it becomes Tennessee State Route 377 (SR 377). SR 73 travels through rural areas in eastern Jackson County, serving the community of Bryant.
Route description
File:AL SR 73 northbound at CR 318.jpg
SR 73 begins at an intersection with SR 71 in the community of Higdon, heading north on a two-lane undivided road. The highway heads through rural areas of farms and woods with some homes, curving to the northwest. The highway heads north again as it crosses under several power lines radiating from the Widows Creek Power Plant along the Tennessee River. SR 73 continues northeast past homes and businesses in the Bryant area on top of Sand Mountain prior to going north through more forested areas with a few rural homes. The highway travels through a mix of farm and woodland before it turns east into forests. SR 73 makes a sharp curve north again to traverse Sand Mountain as it comes to the Tennessee state line. At this point, the road continues into Tennessee as SR 377, which ascends Sand Mountain to end at SR 156 in New Hope, TN, a town just east of South Pittsburg, TN.{{cite map|publisher=Alabama Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map Jackson County, Alabama |url=https://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/GeneralHighwayPDF/web/co36.pdf|edition=2006 |section= |access-date=March 27, 2011 |format=PDF }}{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Alabama+71+%26+Alabama+73,+Long+Island,+Jackson,+Alabama+35979&daddr=alabama+73+and+tennessee+377&hl=en&geocode=FTLmEwIdt6Tl-im5YaGPurRhiDELBOcS-HTThQ%3BFZbSFQId9azl-ilrF5UKN61hiDEsN3a3XJm0gg&mra=ls&sll=34.926475,-85.630531&sspn=0.126387,0.338173&ie=UTF8&ll=34.92169,-85.623322&spn=0.126394,0.338173&t=h&z=12|title=overview of Alabama State Route 73|access-date=March 27, 2011}}
History
The SR 73 designation was first assigned in 1934 to an unimproved road connecting SR 74 in Piedmont and SR 62 in Forney, traveling through Spring Garden and Rock Run.{{cite map|publisher=General Drafting |title=State Road Map of Alabama |url=http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States/Alabama/State%20Roads/Alabama1934a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name,Description%29,cat%28Name,Description%29&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl |edition=1934 |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407104935/http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States%2FAlabama%2FState%20Roads%2FAlabama1934a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name%2CDescription%29%2Ccat%28Name%2CDescription%29&style=simple%2Fview-dhtml.xsl |archive-date=April 7, 2011 }} By 1948, this road was removed from the state highway system, becoming CR 29 in Calhoun and Cherokee counties by 1955.{{cite map|publisher=Alabama State Highway Department |title=Alabama Highways |url=http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States/Alabama/State%20Roads/Alabama1948a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name,Description%29,cat%28Name,Description%29&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl |edition=1948 |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407105714/http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States%2FAlabama%2FState%20Roads%2FAlabama1948a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name%2CDescription%29%2Ccat%28Name%2CDescription%29&style=simple%2Fview-dhtml.xsl |archive-date=April 7, 2011 }} What would become the current SR 73 south of Bryant became a part of SR 207 by 1955; at this time, the portion of road was a paved highway.{{cite map|publisher=Alabama State Highway Department |title=Alabama Highways |url=http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States/Alabama/State%20Roads/Alabama1955a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name,Description%29,cat%28Name,Description%29&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl |edition=1955 |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918194723/http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States%2FAlabama%2FState%20Roads%2FAlabama1955a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name%2CDescription%29%2Ccat%28Name%2CDescription%29&style=simple%2Fview-dhtml.xsl |archive-date=September 18, 2009 }} SR 207 was redesignated SR 73 by 1957.{{cite map|publisher=Alabama State Highway Department |title=Official 1957 Alabama Highway Map |url=http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States/Alabama/State%20Roads/Alabama1957a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name,Description%29,cat%28Name,Description%29&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl |edition=1957 |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720062351/http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States%2FAlabama%2FState%20Roads%2FAlabama1957a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name%2CDescription%29%2Ccat%28Name%2CDescription%29&style=simple%2Fview-dhtml.xsl |archive-date=July 20, 2011 }} By 1987, SR 73 was extended north from Bryant to the Tennessee state line.{{cite map|publisher=Alabama State Highway Department |title=Official Alabama Highway Map, 1987-88 |url=http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States/Alabama/State%20Roads/Alabama1987a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name,Description%29,cat%28Name,Description%29&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl |edition=1987 |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918103949/http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States%2FAlabama%2FState%20Roads%2FAlabama1987a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name%2CDescription%29%2Ccat%28Name%2CDescription%29&style=simple%2Fview-dhtml.xsl |archive-date=September 18, 2009 }}
Major intersections
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{{ALint
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=AL|AL|71|city1=Pisgah|location2=Trenton, GA}}
|location=Higdon
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{ALint
|mile=11.219
|road={{jct|state=TN|Sec|377|dir1=north|city1=New Hope}}
|location=Bryant
|notes=Tennessee state line
}}
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See also
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