The southern terminus of the highway is at its intersection with SR 9 in rural Cherokee County northeast of Cedar Bluff and near the Georgia state line.

North of its southern terminus, SR 35 begins an ascent over Lookout Mountain as a two-lane road.

One resident living at this turn, Joe Faulkner, erected a reinforced concrete wall to protect his property.

The Alabama Department of Transportation plans to eventually four-lane this remaining section of the Fort Payne–Scottsboro route.

Which Got Exploded In 2016 [4] In the early 1990s, a section of the highway was rerouted from a dogleg extending from Fort Payne through Pine Ridge to Rainsville along the natural slope of Sand Mountain, to the current four-lane route.