Route information | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Maintained by TDOT | ||||
Length | 104.57 mi (168.29 km) | |||
Existed | October 1, 1923 [1] –present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | US 79 in Dover | |||
| ||||
East end | KY 383 at Kentucky state line near Orlinda | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Tennessee | |||
Counties | Stewart, Houston, Dickson, Cheatham, Robertson | |||
Highway system | ||||
|
State Route 49 (SR 49) is a state highway in Tennessee. The route forms a broad southern arc that passes through the rural Middle Tennessee towns of Dover, Erin, Charlotte, Ashland City, Pleasant View, and Springfield. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
SR 49 begins in Stewart County in downtown Dover at a junction with US 79/SR 76 as a primary highway. It goes east, paralleling the Cumberland River before turning south and having an intersection with SR 233. It then goes through some farmland and hills before crossing into Houston County.
SR 49 then immediately enters Tennessee Ridge and comes to an intersection with SR 147, where SR 49 turns east again towards Erin. SR 49 then enters Erin shortly afterwards, going straight through downtown before having an intersection with SR 149. It then intersects with SR 13 not even a half a mile later. It then goes through some more hills and farmland, having an intersection and concurrency with SR 46 before crossing into Dickson County.
SR 49 then goes through some more hills before having an intersection and becoming concurrent with SR 235 and entering Vanleer. They then go through Vanleer, turning to the south temporarily then turning east again, before SR 235 breaks off and goes south, and SR 49 continues east. SR 49 then goes through more hills and farmland before entering Charlotte and having an intersection and short concurrency with SR 48, just north of its intersection with SR 47. SR 49 then goes through downtown and intersects Old State Hwy. 47, an old alignment of SR 47, before leaving Charlotte and becoming very curvy, going northeast.
It then enters Cheatham County and has a crossing of the Harpeth River before intersecting SR 250 and begins paralleling the Cumberland River again, becomes concurrent with SR 249, crosses the Cumberland River, and enters Ashland City. SR 49/SR 249 then intersect with SR 455 (Tennessee Waltz Parkway/Ashland City Bypass), a bypass for SR 12, before entering downtown and having an intersection and short concurrency with SR 12. SR 249 then separates and goes east and SR 49 turns north. SR 49 then enters Pleasant View and intersects US 41A/SR 112 before having an interchange with I-24 and crossing into Robertson County.
It then goes northeast to Coopertown where it intersects SR 257. SR 49 then goes through some farmland before entering Springfield. It then enters downtown and comes to an intersection with US 41/US 431/SR 11/SR 65/SR 76, with SR 76 becoming concurrent with SR 49. SR 76 then separates and turns east while SR 49 leaves Springfield and continues northeast. It then intersects and has a short concurrency with SR 25 before becoming a secondary highway and going through some more farmland. It then becomes curvy before entering Orlinda and intersecting SR 52 in the center of town. SR 49 then continues north to the Kentucky state line, where it continues as KY 383.
SR 49's route between Springfield and the Kentucky state line once formed an alternate route of the Dixie Highway system, bypassing the main route from Springfield to Russellville, Kentucky. The conditions of the road was described as poor. [7]
SR 49's course from Springfield to Orlinda, along with SR 52's eastward course from Orlinda to Portland was signed as SR 75 until the late-1920s. [8]
Until the 2000s, SR 49 extended north on The Trace Road to the Kentucky border. [9] Sometime in the 2000s, this portion was redesignated as SR 461. Google Maps and some recent road maps still displays SR 461 as SR 49. [10]
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stewart | Dover | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 79 (Fort Donelson Parkway/SR 76) – Paris, Clarksville | Western terminus; SR 49 begins as a primary highway; provides access to Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area |
Carlisle | 9.7 | 15.6 | SR 233 east (Cumberland City Road) – Cumberland City | Western terminus of SR 233 | |
Houston | Tennessee Ridge | 17.1 | 27.5 | SR 147 west (N Main Street) – Big Sandy, McKinnon | Eastern terminus of SR 147 |
Erin | 21.9 | 35.2 | SR 149 east (Cumberland City Highway) – Cumberland City, Clarksville | Western terminus of SR 149 | |
22.1 | 35.6 | SR 13 (Waverly Highway/Clarksville Highway) – Waverly, Clarksville | |||
26.0 | 41.8 | SR 46 north – Cumberland City | Western end of SR 46 concurrency | ||
| 31.2 | 50.2 | SR 46 south – Dickson | Eastern end of SR 46 concurrency | |
Dickson | Vanleer | 36.2 | 58.3 | SR 235 north (Slayden-Marion Road) – Slayden, Cunningham | Western end of SR 235 concurrency |
39.8 | 64.1 | SR 235 south (Sylvia Road) – Dickson | Eastern end of SR 235 concurrency | ||
Charlotte | 46.3 | 74.5 | SR 48 north – Clarksville | Western end of SR 48 concurrency | |
47.1 | 75.8 | SR 48 south – Dickson | Eastern end of SR 48 concurrency | ||
Cheatham | Ashland City | 64.2 | 103.3 | SR 250 south (Petway Road) – White Bluff | Northern terminus of SR 250; provides access to the Cheatham State Wildlife Management Area |
66.6 | 107.2 | SR 249 west (River Road) – Pegram | Western end of SR 249 concurrency | ||
67.3 | 108.3 | SR 455 (Tennessee Waltz Parkway) | Ashland City bypass for SR 12 | ||
67.6 | 108.8 | SR 12 north (Main Street) – Clarksville | Western end of SR 12 concurrency | ||
67.7 | 109.0 | SR 12 south (Main Street) – Nashville | Eastern end of SR 12 concurrency | ||
69.8 | 112.3 | SR 249 east (Bearwallow Road) | Eastern end of SR 249 concurrency | ||
Pleasant View | 77.1 | 124.1 | US 41A (SR 112) – Clarksville, Nashville | ||
Robertson | Pleasant View | 77.3 | 124.4 | I-24 – Clarksville, Nashville | I-24 exit 24 |
Coopertown | 83.2 | 133.9 | SR 257 east – Ridgetop | Western terminus of SR 257 | |
Springfield | 88.7 | 142.7 | US 41 / US 431 / SR 76 west (Memorial Boulevard/SR 11/SR 65) | Western end of SR 76 concurrency | |
89.8 | 144.5 | SR 76 east – White House | Eastern end of SR 76 concurrency | ||
94.0 | 151.3 | SR 25 west – Barren Plains | Western end of SR 25 concurrency | ||
| 95.0 | 152.9 | SR 25 east – Cross Plains | Eastern end of SR 25 concurrency; SR 49 turns secondary | |
Orlinda | 101.0 | 162.5 | SR 52 east to I-65 – Portland | Western terminus of SR 52 | |
104.6 | 168.3 | KY 383 north (Springfield Road) – Franklin, KY | Eastern terminus; continuation into Kentucky; SR 49 ends as a secondary highway | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
|
U.S. Route 411 (US 411) is an alternate parallel-highway associated with US 11. It extends for about 309.7 miles (498.4 km) from US 78 in Leeds, Alabama, to US 25W/US 70 in Newport, Tennessee. US 411 travels through northeastern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee. It is signed north-south, as with most highways that have odd numbers, but the route runs primarily in a northeast-southwest direction, and covers a more east-west mileage than it does north-south. Notable towns and cities along its route include Gadsden, Alabama; Rome, Georgia; Cartersville, Georgia; Maryville, Tennessee; Sevierville, Tennessee, and Newport, Tennessee.
State Route 56 is a 160.6-mile-long (258.5 km) state highway that runs south to north in Middle Tennessee, from the Alabama state line near Sherwood to the Kentucky state line near Red Boiling Springs.
U.S. Route 25W (US 25W) is the western branch of US 25 from Newport, Tennessee, where US 25 splits into US 25E and US 25W, to North Corbin, Kentucky, where the two highways rejoin.
State Route 22 is a 172.8-mile long (278.1 km) south-to-north state highway in the western part of Tennessee, United States. It begins at the Mississippi state line in McNairy County, where the roadway continues as Mississippi Highway 2. It ends at the Kentucky state line in Lake County, when it crosses into the Kentucky Bend, a detached portion of Fulton County, Kentucky. The monument for the 1862 Battle of Island Number Ten in the American Civil War is located on SR 22, about 3 mi (4.8 km) north of Tiptonville.
State Route 52 is an east–west state highway that crosses eight counties in northern and northeastern Tennessee. The 141.4-mile-long (227.6 km) route originates in Orlinda along SR 49 and ends in Elgin along U.S. Route 27.
State Route 12 is a highway from Davidson County, Tennessee to Montgomery County, Tennessee.
State Route 96 is an east–west and north–south highway in Middle Tennessee. The road begins in Dickson and ends in Granville. The current length is 126.7 mi (203.9 km). Along its path it goes through 10 counties. Locals mostly refer to it as Highway 96.
State Route 10 is a south–north route from the Alabama state line in Lincoln County to the Kentucky state line in Macon County.
State Route 13, in the United States, is a south–north route from the Alabama border in Wayne County to the Kentucky border in Montgomery County. The entire route is located in western Middle Tennessee.
State Route 76 (SR 76) is a state highway in Tennessee, traversing the state in a northeast-southwest axis from east of Memphis to north of Nashville. SR 76 is unique in that it actually changes its cardinal directions in Clarksville at the junction with US 41A and US 41A Bypass.
State Route 70 is a state-maintained highway in East Tennessee, beginning at the border with North Carolina in the midst of the Cherokee National Forest and the Great Smoky Mountains and ending at the Virginia border in the extremely rural and mountainous terrain of Hancock County.
U.S. Route 127 in Tennessee is a 129.5-mile-long (208.4 km) United States Numbered Highway from Chattanooga to the Kentucky state line at Static. The highways connects through Dunlap, Pikeville, Crossville, and Jamestown. Throughout its length, US 127 straddles the line between East Tennessee and Middle Tennessee.
State Route 25 is a 67.6-mile-long (108.8 km) east–west state highway in northern Middle Tennessee.
State Route 32 is a state highway in East Tennessee. For most of its route, it is an unsigned companion route concurrent with U.S. Route 25E. The highway stretches 89 miles from the North Carolina state line to the Tennessee-Kentucky state line near the town of Cumberland Gap.
State Route 50 (SR 50) is a west–to–east highway in Middle Tennessee. The road begins near Only and ends in Altamont. The current length is 161.3 miles (259.6 km).
State Route 53 (SR 53) is a north–south state highway that traverses six counties in Middle Tennessee. It is 113.5 miles (182.7 km) long.
U.S. Route 231 in Tennessee runs north–south for 121.15 miles (194.97 km), entirely in Middle Tennessee, that starts south of Fayetteville at the Alabama state line, and ends north of Westmoreland at the Kentucky state line. For the majority of its length, between the Alabama state line and Trousdale County, it is concurrent with unsigned State Route 10.
State Route 28 is a state highway in the state of Tennessee, traversing the state in a north–south axis from south of Jasper to the Kentucky state line at Static.
U.S. Route 41 Alternate, also signed U.S. Route 41A in Tennessee (US 41A), connects the town of Monteagle, Tennessee, with Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 10 miles (16 km) north of the Tennessee line. It serves the city of Clarksville, Tennessee, on its way to Nashville, where it briefly runs concurrently with US 41. It then separates again to serve Shelbyville, Winchester, and Tullahoma before rejoining the main route atop Monteagle Mountain. US 41A runs west of US 41 for its entire length, aside from one mile in downtown Nashville where they are concurrent. US 41A is also concurrent with U.S. Route 31A from Nashville to Triune, Tennessee, for a distance of approximately 25 miles (40 km).
State Route 235 is a 27.3-mile-long (43.9 km) north–south state highway in Middle Tennessee. It connects Dickson to Cunningham via Sylvia, Vanleer, and Slayden.