Bear Meat Cabin Road

Bear Meat Cabin Road (HMQUL)

Location: Arab, AL 35016 Marshall County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 20.434', W 86° 30.2'

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Starting as an ancient Indian trail, the north-south road through Arab in 1816 was known as Bear Meat Cabin Road. By 1818, it had become an important Federal trade route through the Alabama Territory known as the St. Stephens - Huntsville Road. Designated as a post road in 1822, it became the main mail route between New Orleans and Cincinnati over which Alabama's first stage line traveled. Philip Clack received a State charter to operate the section through Arab as Clack's Turnpike.

With the opening of the Tennessee River Bridge at Whitesburg in 1929, the road again became an important north-south route through Alabama. During the 1940's it was known as the Florida Short Route. By 1945 it was paved and became Federal Highway 231 known as "The Heart of Dixie Highway". The Arab by-pass was built in 1960 and the highway from Arab to Whitesburg was widened to four lanes in 1970.
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Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 12:51pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 545682 N 3800030
Decimal Degrees34.34056667, -86.50333333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 20.434', W 86° 30.2'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 20' 26.04" N, 86° 30' 12.00" W
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Area Code(s)256
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1286-1298 N Brindlee Mountain Pkwy, Arab AL 35016, US
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