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Alabama

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With over 3% of the state's surface area covered in water, Alabama boasts America's second-largest inland waterway system. Mountainous north Alabama is cleft by the Tennessee River, which flows through a valley rich in creeks, rivers and lakes. Natural Bridge, Alabama (population 28) is home to "Natural Bridge" rock, a rock arch that forms the 127-foot natural bridge that gives the town its name. The bridge is the longest such formation east of the Rocky Mountains.

Alabama's $160 billion economy is driven by agricultural outputs including poultry and eggs, cattle, peanuts, and cotton, the latter lending the state the moniker "the Cotton State". Alabama ranks eighth in cotton production in the U.S. Industrial output in Alabama includes iron and steel products, paper, lumber, plastic, as well as aerospace and electronic products. With its neighboring states of Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida, Alabama is part of the fastest growing industrial region in America and the state ranks 4th in the country in automobile output.

Incidents


Fatal Truck Accidents: 148 per year
Non-Fatal Truck Accidents: 3,307 per year
Accident Locales: 33% (Rural), 67% (Urban)
Carrier Fact: 41% of Alabama's truck accidents involve carriers whose principle place of business is not Alabama.

In 84% of Alabama truck accidents, weather conditions were NOT a factor.

Roads

Interstate 10:  Spanning from California to Florida, I-10 is one of America's major Interstates. Passing through 67 miles of Alabama, it intersects with I-65 in Mobile.

Interstate 20:  I-20 runs from Texas to South Carolina. Its 214 miles in Alabama pass through Birmingham and Tuscaloosa.

Interstate 59:  A north-south route running from Louisiana to Georgia, I-59 spends 241 miles in Alabama, where it intersects with Interstate 65 in Birmingham.

Interstate 65:  The southern terminus of I-65 begins is in Mobile, Alabama and its northern terminus is in Gary, Indiana. It spends 367 of its miles in Alabama where it passes through the major cities of Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Huntsville.

Interstate 85:  Though it spends only 80 miles in Alabama, I-85 is lengthy overall spanning the distance from Montgomery, Alabama to Virginia. Its Alabama miles include passage through the cities of Auburn and Montgomery.

Counties


Autauga County - Baldwin County - Barbour County - Bibb - Blount County - Bullock County - Butler County - Calhoun County - Chambers County - Cherokee County - Chilton County - Choctaw County - Clarke County - Clay County - Cleburne County - Coffee County - Colbert County - Conecuh County - Coosa County - Covington County - Crenshaw County - Cullman County - Dale County - Dallas County - DeKalb County - Elmore County - Escambia County - Etowah County - Fayette County - Franklin County - Geneva County - Greene County - Hale County - Henry County - Houston County - Jackson County - Jefferson County - Lamar County - Lauderdale County - Lawrence County - Lee County - Limestone County - Lowndes County - Macon County - Madison County - Marengo County - Marion County - Marshall County - Mobile County - Monroe County - Montgomery County - Morgan County - Perry County - Pickens County - Pike County - Randolph County - Russell County - Shelby County - St. Clair County - Sumter County - Talladega County - Tallapoosa County - Tuscaloosa County - Walker County - Washington County - Wilcox County - Winston County