Alabama State Route 59
State Route 59 is a state highway in Baldwin and Monroe counties in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. The highway extends from Gulf Shores on the Gulf of Mexico coast to Uriah in rural southwestern Alabama. The route extends some 80.8 miles in Baldwin County, by far the longest mileage that any signed highway spends in a single county in Alabama.
Route description
The route begins at a junction with SR 21 in Uriah. It follows the ridgeline of the Mobile Delta to Stockton, where it turns inland. It crosses Interstate 65 and continues south before turning onto the Gulf Shores Parkway in Bay Minette. Turning south, it meanders through more rural country before crossing Interstate 10 and entering the Gulf Coastal Lowlands. Before reaching the Intracoastal Waterway, it serves as the main thoroughfare through Loxley, Robertsdale, and Foley. After crossing the Waterway, it serves the city of Gulf Shores before ending at SR 182, under half a mile from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.The route is four or more lanes from its junction with SR 287 in Bay Minette south to its southern terminus. Even so, the route has some of Alabama's highest state route traffic numbers, with a southbound stretch in Gulf Shores seeing an average of 60,600 cars in July 2024.