Tennessee State Route 240
Turnpike | ||||
SR 240 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by TDOT | ||||
Length | 17.2 mi (27.7 km) | |||
Existed | July 1, 1983[1]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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North end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Tennessee | |||
Counties | Lawrence | |||
Highway system | ||||
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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.
Route description
[edit]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
[edit]The entire route is in Lawrence County.
yLocation | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Southern terminus | |
| ![]() ![]() | Southern end of wrong-way SR 241 concurrency | |||
| ![]() ![]() | Northern end of wrong-way SR 241 concurrency | |||
Henryville | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 242 | |||
Bridge over the Buffalo River | |||||
Summertown | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 20 concurrency | |||
![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 20 concurrency | ||||
17.2 | 27.7 | ![]() | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "TN-240" (Map). Google Maps. Google. October 24, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2022.