[2] From this terminus, the route travels in an easterly direction prior to turning to the north as it exits the town.

[4] Within Elba, the route turns north in a concurrency with SR 203 and joins US 84 on the west side of the town.

[5] Upon leaving their brief concurrency with US 84, SR 189 and 203 turn north and east in a bypass of Elba.

SR 189 then leaves SR 203[5] and generally travels in a northwesterly direction en route to its northern terminus at US 331 south of Brantley.

[6] U.S. roads portal Media related to Alabama State Route 189 at Wikimedia Commons