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Byway: Alabama - Selma to Montgomery March Byway
Byway Description: Journey through history along the trail that marks one of the major historic events in 20th-century American history, the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Wind through the streets of Selma, past farmland and gently rolling hills, to campsites where marchers spent the night on their way to Montgomery, the state's capital.
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Selma, Alabama
Altitude: 131 feet
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Selma, Alabama, a city located in Dallas County, Alabama, known for three Civil Rights Marches to Montgomery that started from here. Selma to Montgomery March Byway starts here on combined State Highway #22/2/8. Traveling this Byway is a journey through history that marks one of the major historic events in 20th Century American history, the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March, led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Selma boasts the state's largest historic district, over 1,250 structures. Excellent places to find the rich history of the city are Sturdivant Hall Museum, National Voting Rights Museum, Historic Water Avenue, Martin Luther King Jr. Street Historic Walking Tour, Old Depot Museum, Old Town Historic District, Vaughan-Smitherman Museum, Old Live Oak Cemetery and the Heritage Village. The arts and museums of the city include the Mira's Avon Fan Club House, Performing Arts Centre, and the Selma Art Guild Gallery. Some of the local attractions are the Paul M. Grist State Park, Old Cahawba Archaeological Park, and the Edmund Windwon Pettus Bridge.
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State Highway #41
Altitude: 121 feet
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State Highway #41, Selmont-West Selmont, Alabama, a community located in Dallas county, Alabama, along the Selma to Montgomery March Byway. On the South, Craig AFB, Craig Field, a public-use airport.
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Access Road
Altitude: 157 feet
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Access Road to Craig AFB, Craig Field, Alabama
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18.7
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11.6
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Country Route
Altitude: 217 feet
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Country Route to Community of Polk, Alabama, on the South and Community of Tyler, Alabama on the North.
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24.9
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15.5
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Benton, Alabama
Altitude: 135 feet
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Benton Road, Benton, Alabama, a town in Lowndes County, Alabama, located on United States Highway #80 on the banks of the Tennessee River in Alabama
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32.6
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20.3
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Tridem, Alabama
Altitude: 210 feet
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Country Road 17 / Bonnie Circle, Community of Tridem, Alabama, White Hall, Alabama, a town located in Lowndes County, Alabama.
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46.0
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28.6
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Junction
Altitude: 387 feet
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Junction State Highway #97, Lowndesboro, Alabama, a town located just off the State Highway #80/8, South of this location, on State Highway #97 lies Hayneville, Alabama, a town in Lowndes County Alabama.
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34.2
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Junction
Altitude: 230 feet
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Junction State Highway #21, to Hayneville, Alabama,
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55.6
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34.5
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Manack, Alabama
Altitude: 217 feet
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Road connecting the Selma to Montgomery March Byway with Brown Hill Road, Community of Manack, Alabama
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56.2
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34.9
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Letohatchee, Alabama
Altitude: 203 feet
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Road to Letohatchee, Alabama, a community located in Lowndes County, Alabama.
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59.8
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37.2
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Cantelou Road
Altitude: 180 feet
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Cantelou Road, connects Selma to Montgomery March Byway with Old Selma Road, in the North near Catoma Creek, Alabama
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62.5
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38.8
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Mitchell Young Road
Altitude: 210 feet
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Mitchell Young Road to Catoma Creek, Alabama
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67.7
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42.1
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Dannelly Field
Altitude: 190 feet
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Dannelly Field Access Road, Dannelly Field Air Guard Sation, Montgomery Regional Airport, is a joint civil-military public airport located southwest of Montgomery, a city in Montgomery County, Alabama
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71.4
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Junction
Altitude: 171 feet
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Junction State Highway #3, United States Highway #31, Community of Hope Hull, Alabama located south of Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama.
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73.5
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45.7
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Intersection
Altitude: 171 feet
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Intersection State Highway #152/21, United States Highway #82
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75.6
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47.0
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Hayneville Road
Altitude: 213 feet
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Hayneville Road, Airbase Boulevard, Maxwell Storage Annex
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77.6
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48.2
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Intersection
Altitude: 197 feet
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Intersection Interstate Highway #65/State Highway #6,
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49.5
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East Fairview Avenue
Altitude: 246 feet
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East Fairview Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama, Huntingdon College, located near here is a coeducational liberal arts college in Montgomery, Alabama. Montgomery Country Club, Alabama.
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51.2
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Montgomery, Alabama
Altitude: 266 feet
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Montgomery, Alabama, the capital city of the state of Alabama, located in Montgomery County, Alabama. Reverend Dr. Martin L. King Jr. gained national attention for civil rights issues during his tenure as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, two blocks from the State Capitol Building. A civil rights memorial has been erected near the still-active church. This is where the Selma to Montgomery March Byway ends.
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