beside the Natchez Trace Parkway. The route becomes Tennessee State Route 227, which loops around and acts as the northern terminus to Alabama State Route 101. This route is an important connector between multiple cities in Northwestern Alabama with S.R. 20, S.R. 24, and S.R. 13. History Most of the length of SR 157 was constructed between 1957 and 1962. In 1969, the route was rerouted in Cullman County onto a new road, from an older two-lane road. This older routing is now discontinuous and impossible to traverse at once without using the new route, compiled of modern-day County Road 1188, County Road 1181, County Road 1174; and (on the east side of Interstate 65) 'Old Highway 157' and St. Joseph Street NW. After that point, S.R. 157 was routed onto the modern-day routing, also a two-lane road. This new routing featured an interchange with Interstate 65 and continued straight to U.S. Route 31. Over the last several years, this routing has been widened and extended to be a continuous four-lane divided highway from U.S. Route 31 to the county line; and now extends all the way to U.S. Route 278 on the east side of the city. The stretch between SR 36 at Oakville and SR 33 at Moulton was constructed later, between 1967 and 1968. SR 157 has been four-laned along almost its entire length. This project, which began in the 1980s, was finally completed in the summer of 2007. Major intersections See also References External links 157 Transportation in Cullman County, Alabama Transportation in Lawrence County, Alabama Transportation in Colbert County, Alabama Transportation in Lauderdale County, Alabama Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area Florence, Alabama Bypasses in Alabama