page_title: Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
section_title: Major highways
hierarchical_section_title: Tuscaloosa County, Alabama / Transportation / Major highways
caption_attribution_description: English: Lake Tuscaloosa in Tuscaloosa, AL.
context_page_description: Tuscaloosa County is a county in the northwest-central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, its population was 194,656. Its county seat and largest city is Tuscaloosa, the former state capital from 1826 to 1845. The county is named in honor of Tuskaloosa, a paramount chief of the Mississippian culture, who are considered ancestors of the historic Choctaw people of the region.
  Tuscaloosa County is included in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is the home of the University of Alabama, Shelton State Community College, and Stillman College.
context_section_description: I-20 / I-59
   I-359
   US 11
   US 43
   US 82
   SR 5
   SR 69
   SR 171
   SR 215
   SR 216
   SR 297
   SR 300 (Unsigned route)
caption: Lake Tuscaloosa
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