State Route 172 or SR-172 is a 24.42 miles (39.3 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 an east-west connection between Vina

Vina, Alabama

Vina is a town in Franklin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 400.-Geography:Vina is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

 and Bear Creek

Bear Creek, Alabama

Bear Creek is a town in Marion County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,053. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 1,021. -Geography:Bear Creek is located at ....

 through Franklin

Franklin County, Alabama

Franklin County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Benjamin Franklin, famous statesman, scientist, and printer. As of 2010, the population was 31,704...

 and Marion Counties

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...

. SR-172 intersects SR-19

Alabama State Route 19

State Route 19 is a long route in the northwestern part of the state. The southern terminus of the route is at the junction with State Route 17 at Detroit in northern Lamar County...

 at its western terminus and SR-13

Alabama State Route 13

State Route 13 is a state highway in the western part of the U.S. state of Alabama. Except for a portion roughly between Berry and Russellville, SR-13 is the unsigned designation for U.S. Highway 43...

 at its eastern terminus.

Route description

State Route 172 begins at its intersection with AL-19 in Vina. From this point, SR-172 travels in a southeasterly direction where it meets SR-187

Alabama State Route 187

State Route 187 or SR-187 is a state highway that serves as a north-south connection through central Franklin and Marion Counties. SR-187 intersects US-43 at its southern terminus and SR-24 at its northern terminus.-Route description:...

 in Hodges

Hodges, Alabama

Hodges is a town in Franklin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 261.-Geography:Hodges is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

. From Hodges, the route continues generally in its eastern direction and intersects US-43 in Hackleburg

Hackleburg, Alabama

Hackleburg is a town in Marion County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 1,430. It is also the hometown of country music singer Sonny James. James had numerous country and cross over pop hits starting in the 1950s though the 1970s...

. From this point, SR-172 again continues generally in an easterly direction and intersects SR-237

Alabama State Route 237

State Route 237 or SR-237 is a long route that serves as a connection between State Route 172 east of Hackleburg with State Route 5 and State Route 13 in Phil Campbell.-Route description:...

, in addition to sharing a 0.435 mile (0.7000629 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 SR-241

Alabama State Route 241

State Route 241 or SR-241 is a long route that serves as a connection between State Route 237 south of Phil Campbell with U.S. Highway 278 at Whitehouse.-Route description:...

, prior to reaching its eastern terminus at SR-13 in Bear Creek.

Major intersections

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