State Route 163 or SR-163 is a 11.104 miles (17.9 km) state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 that serves as a north-south connection between Mobile

Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

 and Theodore

Theodore, Alabama

Theodore is a census-designated place in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 6,811 at the 2000 census. It is a part of the Mobile metropolitan statistical area...

 through Mobile County

Mobile County, Alabama

Mobile County[p] is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of a tribe of Indians, the Maubila tribe . As of 2011, its population was 415,704. Its county seat is Mobile, Alabama...

. SR-163 intersects SR-193

Alabama State Route 193

State Route 193 or SR-193 is a long route that serves as the primary travel route into Dauphin Island through southern Mobile County. South of its intersection with Laurendine Road, SR-193 is known as Dauphin Island Parkway, with the northern half of Dauphin Island Parkway routed along State...

 at its southern terminus and US-90 at its northern terminus.

Route description

State Route 163 begins at its intersection with SR-193 in Theodore. From its terminus, SR-163 travels in a northeasterly direction on Hollingers Island and passes the Mobile Downtown Airport

Mobile Downtown Airport

Mobile Downtown Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles south of the central business district of Mobile, a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is also known as Brookley Field. The airport is part of the Brookley Complex, an industrial complex which lies on the...

 in route to its intersection with I-10. From its junction with I-10, SR-163 continues in a northerly direction to its northern terminus at Government Street in central Mobile.

Major intersections

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