State Route 171 or SR-171 is a 73.355 miles (118.1 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 Northport

Northport, Alabama

Northport is a city in Tuscaloosa County in the west central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. Located on the Black Warrior River across from downtown Tuscaloosa, it is currently the 24th largest city in Alabama with an estimated population of 23,442 in 2009...

 and Hamilton

Hamilton, Alabama

Hamilton is a city in Marion County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 6,786. The city is the county seat of Marion County.-Geography:Hamilton is located at , along the Buttahatchee River....

 through Fayette

Fayette County, Alabama

Fayette County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette , who aided General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. As of 2010 the population was 17,241...

, Marion

Marion County, Alabama

Marion County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Marion County was created by an act of the Alabama Territorial General Assembly on February 13, 1818. The county is located in the northwestern part of the state, bounded on the west by the state of Mississippi. It encompasses . Marion County...

 and Tuscaloosa Counties

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Tuscaloosa County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.It is named in honor of the pre-Choctaw chief Tuskaloosa. In 2010, the population was 194,656...

. SR-171 intersects US-43 at its southern terminus and SR-17

Alabama State Route 17

State Route 17, or SR-17, is a long state route that runs the virtual length of the state. Between Mobile and Deer Park in Washington County, SR-17 is the unsigned partner route assigned to U.S. Highway 45, and from Hamilton to Florence, it serves as the signed partner route assigned to U.S...

 at its northern terminus.

Route description

State Route 171 begins at its intersection with US-43 in Northport. From this point, SR-171 travels in a northerly direction through rural portions of northern Tuscaloosa County in route to Fayette

Fayette, Alabama

Fayette is a city in Fayette County, Alabama, United States. The 2000 census lists the population as 4,922. The city is the county seat of Fayette County.-Geography:Fayette is located at .According to the U.S...

. In Fayette, SR-171 intersects SR-159

Alabama State Route 159

State Route 159 or SR-159 is a state highway that serves as a north-south connection between Gordo and Fayette through Fayette and Pickens Counties. SR-159 intersects US-82 at its southern terminus and SR-171 at its northern terminus.-Route description:...

 and US-43 near its central business district

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 and both SR-129 and SR-102

Alabama State Route 102

State Route 102 is an east–west route in the western part of the state. The western terminus of the route is at its junction with U.S. Highway 43 approximately six miles north of Fayette...

 on its north side. The route continues in its northerly track and intersects US-78 and Interstate 22 in route to its northern terminus at SR-17 in Hamilton. Additionally, between Fayette and its northern terminus SR-171 has a 37.869 miles (60.9 km) concurrency

Concurrency (road)

A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...

with US-43.

Major intersections

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