 State Route 111 | ||||
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 TN 111 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byTDOT | ||||
| Length | 116 mi (187 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 27 inSoddy-Daisy | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| North end |  US 127 inStatic, Kentucky | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Tennessee | |||
| Counties | Hamilton,Sequatchie,Van Buren,White,Putnam,Overton,Pickett | |||
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State Route 111 (SR 111) is a north–south highway inMiddle andEast Tennessee. The road begins inSoddy-Daisy and ends north ofByrdstown in the community ofStatic, at the Tennessee/Kentucky state line. The length is 116 mi (186.7 km).[1]
The highway begins at an interchange withU.S. Route 27/SR 29 (US 27/SR 29) inSoddy-Daisy. SR 111 travels generally northwest as acontrolled access highway before it crosses into Sequatchie County. The controlled-access sections of SR 111 are unusual, as they contain 70 mph speed limits, which are generally reserved forInterstate highways. It then proceeds overWalden Ridge and into theSequatchie Valley, where it comes to an interchange withUS 127 and starts a concurrency withSR 8 inDunlap, where the freeway ends. The concurrency goes up theCumberland Plateau, continuing as a 4-lane road, albeit without a dividing median or wide shoulders, and into the northern part of the county where it narrows to an improved 2-lane road and SR 8 splits off and continues toMcMinnville. SR 111 turns north at this point and crosses intoVan Buren County. Beyond this point, the entire road until passing Livingston is either a four-lanedivided highway or a five-lane road with a continuous center turn lane, in both cases with wide, paved shoulders.
In Van Buren County, the highway travels through the small town ofSpencer, passing just west ofFall Creek Falls State Park, and continues intoWhite County at theCaney Fork River. In this area SR 111 runs a brief concurrency withSR 285. The highway then proceeds north as Harold "Mose" Sims Memorial Highway and joins the concurrency ofUS 70S/SR 1. The concurrency continues to the west side ofSparta, at which point the highways split up and SR 111 becomes controlled access again, continuing north intoPutnam County.
Entering Putnam County by crossing theFalling Water River, the highway runs a brief concurrency withSR 136 before continuing north and passing through easternCookeville, once again losing its status as a controlled-access highway. Here it intersectsInterstate 40 (I-40) andUS 70N as it turns north-northeastward and into the town ofAlgood. After passing Algood, SR 111 turns northeastward and entersOverton County.
In Overton County, SR 111 becomes Cookeville Highway and then Veterans Memorial Parkway as it approachesLivingston. It becomes a bypass around the northwest of town, known as Bradford Hicks Drive, before exiting Livingston as an improved two-lane highway and continuing northeast as Byrdstown Highway. It crosses intoPickett County and becomes Livingston Highway. Then, it crosses theObey River, impounded as Dale Hollow Lake, and entersByrdstown.
After bypassing the center of Byrdstown, the highway continues northeastward as Robert H. Roberts Memorial Highway before ending atUS 127/SR 28 inStatic, just yards from the Kentucky state line. From this intersection, US 127 runs northwestward toAlbany, Kentucky, and southeastward towardJamestown, Tennessee, whileKentucky Route 1076 continues northeastward toKY 696, which crosses Poplar Mountain in the direction ofMonticello, Kentucky. If not for the mountain, this would be the straightest route along the western edge of the Cumberland Plateau from Byrdstown to Monticello (and from I-40 at Cookeville to I-75 at Mt. Vernon, Ky.). With the creation of interchanges in Pulaski County, Kentucky, has been suggested that TN 111 and parts of US 127,KY 90, the south end ofKY 1247, the north end ofKY 914,KY 80 andKY 461 be renumberedUS 111 (a route that no longer exists) to create a major-numbered route along the scenic western edge of the plateau, connectingInterstates 75,40 and24.[2]
SR 111 existed by 1938,[3] but only as a short portion of the current SR 111 route between the town ofSpencer inVan Buren County andDoyle inWhite County and maintained this alignment at least through 1951.[4] By 1963, it had been extended south from Spencer to theSR 8 junction inSequatchie County north ofCagle. Between 1975 and 1978, SR 111 was extended north toCookeville replacingSR 42 in that section.[5] Between 1987 and 1989 the highway was extended northward over the remainder of the path of SR 42 toStatic; this section was signed as SR 24 prior to the mid-1930s.[6] Between 1988 and 1994, the section between SR 8 in Dunlap andUS 27 betweenSoddy-Daisy andBakewell was built. This extension was four lanes on the downgrades of Walden Ridge, and two lanes elsewhere, with the intent of eventually expanding the entirety to four lanes.[7] The section opened to traffic on December 13, 1994, and cost $96 million.[8] This was expanded to a four lanecontrolled-access highway between 2000 and 2004, which included replacing the four-way intersection with US 127 with an overpass and interchange.[citation needed]
 State Route 42 | |
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| Location | Sparta toStatic |
| Existed | October 1, 1923[9]–1989 |
State Route 42 (SR 42) was the former designation of a state highway inTennessee that ran fromUS 70S inSparta north throughCookeville, and ending in the town of Static atUS 127 near theKentucky state line. The number was decommissioned when SR 111 was created. Except for a few bypasses, SR 111 follows the entire route of former SR 42.
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Hamilton | Soddy-Daisy | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 27 (SR 29) –Chattanooga,Dayton | Southern terminus; freeway continues as US 27 south (SR 29 south) |
| 0.8 | 1.3 | Back Valley Road | |||
| | 4.4 | 7.1 | Jones Gap Road | ||
| Sequatchie | | 10.9 | 17.5 | Lewis Chapel Road | |
| | 14.6 | 23.5 | East Valley Road | ||
| Dunlap | 17 | 27 | US 127 (Rankin Avenue/SR 8 south/SR 28) –Pikeville,Dunlap | Northern end of freeway; southern end of SR 8 concurrency; interchange | |
| Cagle | 25.3 | 40.7 |   SR 399 west (Rifle Range Road) –Palmer,Gruetli-Laager | Eastern terminus of SR 399; provides access toSavage Gulf State Natural Area (South Cumberland State Park) | |
| | 29.3 | 47.2 |   SR 8 north –McMinnville | Northern end of SR 8 concurrency | |
| Van Buren | | 36 | 58 |   SR 284 east (Baker Mountain Road) –Fall Creek Falls State Park | Interchange; western terminus of SR 284 |
| Spencer | 44.1 | 71.0 |  SR 30 (College Street) –McMinnville,Pikeville,Fall Creek Falls State Park | Interchange via access road; provides access to downtown | |
| | 48.6 | 78.2 |  SR 285 east (Cane Creek Cummingsville Road) | Southern end of SR 285 concurrency | |
| White | | 50.4 | 81.1 | SR 285 west (Gooseneck Road) –Doyle | Northern end of SR 285 concurrency |
| | 52.9 | 85.1 |  US 70S west (Memorial Highway/SR 1 west) –McMinnville | Southern end of US 70S/SR 1 concurrency; interchange; provides access toRock Island State Park | |
| Sparta | 56.4 | 90.8 |  SR 1 east (Mayberry Street) –Sparta | Interchange; northern end of SR 1 concurrency | |
| 57.8 | 93.0 |  US 70S end /US 70 (W Bockman Way/SR 26) –Sparta,Smithville | Interchange; eastern terminus of US 70S | ||
| 59.8 | 96.2 |   SR 289 south (N Spring Street) –Sparta | Interchange; northern terminus of SR 289; south end of freeway | ||
| | 61.7 | 99.3 |  SR 135 (Burgess Falls Road) | Interchange | |
| | 63.5 | 102.2 | O'Connor Road | Interchange | |
| Hampton Crossroads | 66.1 | 106.4 |   SR 136 south (Old Kentucky Road) –Hampton Crossroads | South end of SR 136 concurrency; interchange; provides access toUpper Cumberland Regional Airport | |
| Putnam | Cookeville | 69.3 | 111.5 | SR 136 north (S Jefferson Avenue) –Cookeville | North end of SR 136 concurrency; interchange; north end of freeway |
| 71.9 | 115.7 |  I-40 –Nashville,Knoxville | I-40 exit 288; interchange; at-grade on SR 111 | ||
| 73.1 | 117.6 |  US 70N (E Spring Street/SR 24) –Cookeville,Monterey | Interchange; south end of freeway | ||
| 75.2 | 121.0 | Cookeville,Algood (10th Street) | Interchange; north end of freeway | ||
| Overton | Rickman | 83.7 | 134.7 |  SR 293 east (Rickman Monterey Highway) –Rickman | Southern end of SR 293 concurrency |
| 83.9 | 135.0 | SR 293 west (Tommy Dodson Highway) | Northern end of SR 293 concurrency | ||
| Livingston | 90.1 | 145.0 |  SR 84 –Monterey | Interchange; at-grade on SR 111 | |
| 91.1 | 146.6 |  SR 85 west (Hilham Highway) –Gainesboro | Southern end of SR 85 concurrency | ||
| 91.5 | 147.3 | SR 85 east (Main Street) –Livingston | Northern end of SR 85 concurrency | ||
| 92.8 | 149.3 |  SR 52 (Celina Highway/Church Street) –Celina,Livingston | Provides access toStanding Stone State Park | ||
| 94.3 | 151.8 |  SR 294 south (East Main Street) –Livingston | Southern end of SR 294 concurrency | ||
| Monroe | 97.8 | 157.4 | SR 294 north (Willow Grove Highway) –Dale Hollow Lake | Northern end of SR 294 concurrency | |
| Pickett | Byrdstown | 109.9 | 176.9 |  SR 325 west (Cordell Hull Memorial Drive) –Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park | Southern end of SR 325 concurrency; provides access toDale Hollow Lake |
| 110.6 | 178.0 | SR 325 east (West Main Street) –Byrdstown Business District | Northern end of SR 325 concurrency; provides access toSgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park | ||
| 112.4 | 180.9 |  SR 295 east (North Main Street) – Downtown | Western terminus of SR 295 | ||
| Static | 116 | 187 | US 127 (N York Highway/SR 28 south) –Albany KY,Jamestown,Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park | Northern terminus; northern terminus of SR 28; road continues intoKentucky as US 127 north | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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