Tennessee State Route 240
State Route 240 (SR 240) is a 17.2-mile-long (27.7 km) north–south state highway in Lawrence County, Tennessee. Except for a short stretch in Summertown, the entire route of SR 240 is known simply as Turnpike.
State Route 240 | ||||
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Turnpike | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by TDOT | ||||
Length | 17.2 mi (27.7 km) | |||
Existed | July 1, 1983[1]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 64 near Deerfield | |||
SR 241 near Henryville SR 242 in Henryville | ||||
North end | US 43 in Summertown | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Tennessee | |||
Counties | Lawrence | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route description
SR 240 begins as Turnpike just west of Deerfield at an intersection with US 64/SR 15. It goes northeast along the southern edge of Laurel Hill Wildlife Management Area to pass through farmland and have a short concurrency with SR 241 before passing through Henryville, where it has an intersection with SR 242. The highway then crosses the Buffalo River passes through a mix of farmland and wooded areas before entering Summertown, where it turns east to have a concurrency with SR 20 before turning south along Monument road and coming to an end at an intersection with US 43/SR 6. The entire route of SR 240 is a two-lane highway.[2][3]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Lawrence County.
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Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | US 64 (Waynesboro Highway/SR 15) – Waynesboro, Lawrenceburg | Southern terminus | |
| SR 241 north (Napier Road) | Southern end of wrong-way SR 241 concurrency | |||
| SR 241 south (Red Hill-Center Road) – Deerfield | Northern end of wrong-way SR 241 concurrency | |||
Henryville | SR 242 south (Henryville Road) – Lawrenceburg | Northern terminus of SR 242 | |||
Bridge over the Buffalo River | |||||
Summertown | SR 20 west – Hohenwald | Southern end of SR 20 concurrency | |||
SR 20 east | Northern end of SR 20 concurrency | ||||
17.2 | 27.7 | US 43 (Andrew Jackson Highway/SR 6) – Lawrenceburg, Ethridge, Mount Pleasant, Columbia | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- "The Road To 100 Years" (PDF). Tennessee Road Builder. Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- "Lawrence County" (PDF). Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- Google (October 24, 2022). "TN-240" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 24, 2022.