U.S. 231 South - Memorial Parkway

U.S. 72 west and U.S. 231/431 south along what is now the Memorial Parkway southbound frontage road ahead of Max Luther Drive. Max Luther Drive connects Memorial Parkway with Blue Spring Road to the west and Meridian Street (old U.S. 231 Business / old U.S. 241) to the east.

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Reassurance markers for U.S. 72 west and U.S. 231/431 south posted along the frontage road of Memorial Parkway southbound after Max Luther Drive. Completion of the freeway for Memorial Parkway between Sparkman Drive and U.S. 72 east occurred on April 10, 2012.¹

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All traffic from the original Memorial Parkway shifted to the freeway portion of the roadway just north of Oakwood Avenue. This changed with the 2012 completion of the freeway north toward Mastin Lake Road as U.S. 72-231-431 now travel elevated lanes down the middle of Memorial Parkway.

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Six lanes of Memorial Parkway elevated to pass over Oakwood Avenue ahead of the U.S. 72 westbound split from U.S. 231/431 south at University Avenue.

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U.S. 72 departs Memorial Parkway for the southbound side frontage road to University Drive west to the University of Alabama at Huntsville and Madison.

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A return ramp joins U.S. 231/431 (Memorial Parkway) southbound ahead of the University Drive under crossing. The next southbound ramp connects with I-565/U.S. 72 Alternate.

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A slip ramp joins the southbound frontage road ahead of the ramp for I-565/U.S. 72 Alternate west to Huntsville International Airport (HSV) and Decatur.

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A pair of reassurance markers follow the southbound off-ramp for I-565 along the Memorial Parkway mainline.

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The southbound frontage road is three lanes wide ahead of the I-565/U.S. 72 Alternate westbound ramp. I-565 heads 19 miles west to Interstate 65 near Mooresville, with U.S. 72 Alternate continuing from there to Decatur.

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The I-565 westbound ramp departs as the Memorial Parkway frontage road merges with U.S. 231/431 southbound. A loop ramp immediately follows for I-565/U.S. 72 Alternate east to Chapman Mountain.

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U.S. 231/431 (Memorial Parkway) leave the directional cloverleaf interchange with I-565/U.S. 72 Alternate and pass over Holmes Avenue (former U.S. 72). A loop ramp follows onto Clinton Avenue, the former alignment of SR 20 west to Governors Drive.

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A folded diamond interchange joins Memorial Parkway with Clinton Avenue as the main route between U.S. 231/431 to Downtown Huntsville.

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The Memorial Parkway frontage road system resumes from Clinton Avenue southward. A slip ramp quickly joins the southbound service road and carries U.S. 431 south to SR 53 (Governors Drive) north. U.S. 431 and hidden SR 1 follow Governors Drive east to Huntsville Mountain, with the pair continuing southeast from Huntsville to Guntersville.

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U.S. 231 combines with unmarked SR 53 south from Governors Drive to Dothan. Memorial Parkway ascends to pass over Pinhook Creek and U.S. 431 ahead of the off-ramp for Bob Wallace Avenue.

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A slip ramp joins the southbound service road through a commercialized stretch leading to Bob Wallace Avenue. Bob Wallace Avenue provides a through road to the adjacent Mayfair and West Huntsville communities.

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An entrance ramp joins U.S. 231 (Memorial Parkway) southbound from near Leeman Ferry Road as the freeway crosses over Bob Wallace Drive along the Disabled Americans Veterans Bridge.

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A temporary style sign preceded the next exit from U.S. 231 south to Drake Avenue.

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Commercial frontage continues along both sides of Memorial Parkway to Drake Avenue. Drake Avenue leads west to Huntsville Park and the Goss Road gate of Red Stone Arsenal. Eastward the road ties into Greenwycke Village beyond Garth Mountain.

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Airport Road meets U.S. 231 (Memorial Parkway) next by Huntsville Municipal Golf Course. The arterial derives its name from the site of former Huntsville Municipal Airport between Memorial Parkway and Johnson Road.

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A return ramp from the Memorial Parkway frontage road joins U.S. 231 (Memorial Parkway) south just after the Airport Road off-ramp.

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The next southbound exit of Memorial Parkway leaves U.S. 231 for the frontage road midway between Airport Boulevard and Golf Road Southwest. A Texas U-turn ramp provides access onto the northbound frontage road for Jones Valley Drive east to the Fleming Meadows community.

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The off-ramp for Vermont Road west and Martin Road leaves U.S. 231 south after the Golf Road underpass.

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Vermont Road stems west from the southbound frontage road of Memorial Parkway to a municipal water facility. Martin Road travels west from Whitesburg Drive South (old SR 38) to Redstone Arsenal.

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As the freeway portion of Memorial Parkway concludes, the southbound frontage road splits with the two lane off-ramp to Martin Road west and a single lane ramp onto U.S. 231 south.

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Memorial Parkway passes under Martin Road and downgrades into a surface arterial. The parclo interchange between U.S. 231 and Martin Road only serves traffic west to Redstone Arsenal.

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A traffic light at Boulevard South follows Martin Road on U.S. 231 (Memorial Parkway) south at an adjacent business park.

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