State Route 59 is a 94 miles (151.3 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...

 in Baldwin

Baldwin County, Alabama

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*85.7% White*9.4% Black*0.7% Native American*0.7% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.5% Two or more races*4.4% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

 and Monroe

Monroe County, Alabama

Monroe County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States. As of 2010, the population was 23,068. Its county seat is Monroeville. It is a dry county, in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or...

 counties in the southwestern portion of the state. The route extends from Gulf Shores

Gulf Shores, Alabama

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 on the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

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 coast to Uriah

Uriah, Alabama

Uriah is located in Monroe County in the southern United States state of Alabama. Uriah serves as the junction of State Route 21 and State Route 59.-Education:...

 in rural southwestern Alabama.

Route description

Starting at a junction with State Route 182 in Gulf Shores, the route runs north through Foley

Foley, Alabama

Foley is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.The 2000 census lists the population of the city as 7,590.Foley is a principal city of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Baldwin County....

, Robertsdale

Robertsdale, Alabama

Robertsdale is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,782. It is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

, Loxley

Loxley, Alabama

Loxley is a town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 1,348. It is part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley micropolitan area...

 and Bay Minette

Bay Minette, Alabama

Bay Minette is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 7,820. According to the 2007 U.S. Census estimates, the city had an population of about 7,726 people. The city is the county seat of Baldwin County...

, where it junctions with State Route 287. This portion of the route is a four-lane highway, known as the Gulf Shores Parkway, that was widened in the 1990s for hurricane evacuation purposes. Part of the road is co-routed with U.S. Highway 31.

North of Bay Minette the route becomes a much more rural road as it proceeds northeasterly towards Uriah and its final junction with State Route 21

State Route 21 (Alabama)

State Route 21 is a state highway that extends from Piedmont in Calhoun County to the Florida state line near Atmore in Escambia County. The route runs almost the entire length of the state from the northeast to the southwest.-Route description:...

.

Major intersections

SR-59 intersects the following Interstate highways, U.S. highways, and major state routes in Alabama:

• State Route 182 at Gulf Shores
• U.S. Highway 98 at Foley
• U.S. Highway 90 at Robertsdale
• Interstate 10 north of Loxley
• U.S. Highway 31 south of Bay Minette
• State Route 287 at Bay Minette
• Interstate 65 north of Bay Minette
• State Route 21
  State Route 21 (Alabama)
  State Route 21 is a state highway that extends from Piedmont in Calhoun County to the Florida state line near Atmore in Escambia County. The route runs almost the entire length of the state from the northeast to the southwest.-Route description:...
  
   at Uriah

External links

• Southeastroads.com web page on SR-59 with photos
• Alabama Department of Transportation county road maps for Baldwin and Monroe (Adobe Acrobat
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