Selma to Montgomery March Byway
Driving Directions

Driving the Byway

From Selma to Montgomery (All-American Designation)

• Begin at the First Baptist Trail site at the corner of ML King Jr. Street and Jeff Davis Avenue.
• To tour this area, take city streets southeast past many points of interest in Selma.
• Cross Edmund Pettus Bridge at Broad St. and Water Avenue, the site of Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965).
• Continue south onto Hwy. 80. You will pass through Benton, Petronia, Lowndesboro, Mt. Sinai, and other towns on the 43-mile journey to the State Capitol Building in Montgomery, Alabama.

From Montgomery to Selma

• Begin at the State Capitol Building at the corner of Washington Avenue and McDonough Street in Montgomery.
• Bear left on Court Street.
• Turn right to take the ramp onto I-85 South.
• Take the MOBILE Left exit onto I-65 South.
• Take Exit 167/Selma onto US-80 West.
• Continue on US Highway 80 East.
• Continue on Broad Street(AL-22) to arrive in Selma.