Tennessee State Route 5
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length: | 120.00 mi[1] (193.12 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1917 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 US 45 at the Mississippi state line | |||
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   US 70A / US 79 / SR 76 in Humboldt  US 45W / SR 21 in Union City  US 51 / SR 3 in Union City | ||||
| North end: |
 KY 125 north-northwest of Woodland Mills | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | McNairy, Chester, Madison, Gibson, Obion | |||
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State Route 5 (abbreviated SR-5) is a 120-mile-long (190 km) north–south state highway in the western part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Except for the section northwest of Union City, it is entirely concurrent with U.S. Route 45 (US-45) and US-45W.
Route description
SR 5 is the hidden designation for US 45 and US 45W for most of the highway's length through the state. SR 5 at its southern terminus is a 4-lane, divided, limited-access expressway and is designated as a primary state highway. In contrast, the northern terminus is quite rural in nature and exists as a two-lane secondary state highway. SR 5 follows Highland Avenue through the City of Jackson, Tennessee and US 45 Business through Humboldt, Tennessee. At Union City, Tennessee, SR 5 becomes a fully signed secondary highway and follows First Street and Main Street through the city. At its junction with US 51, SR 5 continues along Main Street and becomes a primary state highway which overlaps Tennessee State Route 22. At Lake Drive in Union City, Tennessee State Route 22 turns west toward Samburg, Tennessee. SR 5 past Lake Drive is signed as a secondary state highway and continues north toward the state line. The signed portion of SR 5 exists entirely within Obion County, Tennessee and is approximately 7.8 miles (12.6 km) in length.[2]
History
Several old alignments (most are two-lane) of SR 5 exist throughout the state with the most notable examples being near the Mississippi state line, a section of old highway 45 between Bethel Springs and Selmer, Tennessee State Route 367 through Trenton, and a long stretch of old highway between Trenton and Rutherford.
Originally, SR 5 north of Trenton followed a much different route from the current alignment. From Trenton, SR 5 bent to the northeast, following the old Dresden Road as far as Greenfield, where it turned north and roughly followed the present-day SR 43. As evidenced by road maps published by the National Map Company and Rand McNally, sometime between 1927 and 1935, SR 5 was rerouted to follow the former SR 41 north to Kenton and on to Union City.
Future
TDOT has proposed widening SR 5 in Obion County as part of The 2008-2010 Transportation Improvement Program. Right-of-way acquisition will begin in FY 2008 on a section of SR 5 from Troy Station Road to Allie Campbell Road and in FY 2010 for the section between Allie Campbell Road and SR 22. This will leave a two-lane section of SR 5 from Rutherford, Tennessee to a point just north of the Obion River.[3][4]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[5] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| McNairy | | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 45 south | Southern end of US 45 concurrency |
| Eastview | 5.7 | 9.2 |  SR 57 | To Shiloh National Park & Pickwick Landing State Park | |
| Selmer | 10.3 | 16.6 |  SR 142 east – Stantonville | ||
| 11.6 | 18.7 |  US 64 east (East Poplar Avenue) / SR 15 – Savannah | Southern end of US 64 concurrency; US 64 Bus. continues west through downtown Selmer | ||
| 16.9 | 27.2 | US 64 west (Cherry Avenue) / SR 15 – Memphis | Northern end of US 64 concurrency; US 64 Bus. continues east through downtown Selmer | ||
| | 29.0 | 46.7 |  SR 199 east (Finger-Leapwood Road) – Finger | ||
| Chester | Henderson | 34.5 | 55.5 |  SR 100 – Whiteville, Decaturville | |
| 34.8 | 56.0 |  SR 365 north (Main Street) – Henderson | |||
| 37.2 | 59.9 | SR 365 south (White Avenue) – Henderson | |||
| Madison | Pinson | 40.6 | 65.3 |  SR 197 east (Ozier Road) – Pinson | To Pinson Mounds, Beech Bluff & Mifflin |
| Jackson | 47.5 | 76.4 |  SR 18 south (Bolivar Highway) – Bolivar | ||
| Northern end of primary designation and southern end of secondary designation | |||||
| 51.4 | 82.7 |     US 45 Byp. north / US 70 / SR 1 (unsigned) | Southern end of US 45 Byp./US 70 concurrency | ||
| 54.4 | 87.5 |    US 412 Bus. (North Parkway) / SR 20 | |||
| 55.7 | 89.6 |  I-40 / US 412 – Memphis, Nashville | |||
| 60.6 | 97.5 |  US 45 Byp. south (Keith Short Bypass) / SR 186 – Jackson | Southern end of unsigned SR 186 concurrency | ||
| Northern end of secondary designation and southern end of primary designation | |||||
| Three Way | 62.4 | 100.4 |  US 45W / US 45E / SR 186 / SR 43 – Humboldt, Milan | Northern end of US 45 concurrency and southern end of US 45W concurrency | |
| Gibson | Humboldt | 66.5 | 107.0 | US 45W Bus. north | Southern end of US 45W Bus. concurrency; southern end of unsigned SR 366 concurrency; northern end of primary designation and southern end of secondary designation |
| 68.0 | 109.4 | US 70A east / US 79 north (22nd Avenue) / SR 76 | Southern end of US 70A/US 79 concurrency | ||
| 68.4 | 110.1 | US 70A west / US 79 south (Main Street) / SR 76 | Northern end of US 70A/US 79 concurrency | ||
| 68.7 | 110.6 |  SR 152 (Mitchell Street) | |||
| 69.6 | 112.0 | US 70A Byp. / US 79 Byp. / SR 366 | Northern end of US 45W Bus.; northern end of secondary designation and southern end of primary designation | ||
| | 73.3 | 118.0 |  SR 420 east – Gibson | ||
| Trenton | 76.9 | 123.8 |   SR 457 west / SR 367 north – Dyersburg, Trenton | ||
| 78.9 | 127.0 |  SR 54 south (Armory Street) – Alamo | Southern end of unsigned SR 54 concurrency | ||
| 79.3 | 127.6 |  SR 186 south (Gibson Road) – Gibson | |||
| 79.9 | 128.6 |   SR 104 / SR 77 east – Dyersburg, Milan | Southern end of unsigned SR 77 concurrency | ||
| 81.3 | 130.8 | SR 54 north (Halliburton Street) – Bradford | Northern end of unsigned SR 54 concurrency | ||
| 82.4 | 132.6 | SR 367 south – Trenton | |||
| Dyer | 87.9 | 141.5 |   SR 77 west / SR 185 east – Yorkville, Dyer | Northern end of unsigned SR 77 overlap | |
| Rutherford | 91.7 | 147.6 |  SR 105 – Trimble, Bradford | ||
| | Northern end of expressway | ||||
| Obion | Kenton | 97.3 | 156.6 |  SR 89 – Trimble, Sharon | Short SR 89 concurrency |
| | 107.9 | 173.6 |  SR 21 west (Troy-Rives Road) – Troy | Southern end of unsigned SR 21 concurrency | |
| | 109.0 | 175.4 |  SR 216 east | ||
| Union City | 112.9 | 181.7 |  US 45W north / SR 431 / SR 184 | Northern end of US 45W concurrency; southern end of unsigned SR 21 concurrency; northern end of primary designation and southern end of secondary designation | |
| 113.7 | 183.0 | SR 21 east | Northern end of SR 21 concurrency | ||
| 114.3 | 183.9 |  US 51 / SR 22 south / SR 3 | Southern end of SR 22 concurrency; northern end of secondary designation and southern end of primary designation | ||
.svg.png){kind=small} Future I-69 | Future southern temporary terminus of I-69 in Tennessee and Union City Bypass; unknown opening date | ||||
| 115.5 | 185.9 | SR 22 north – Tiptonville, Samburg | Northern end of SR 22 concurrency; northern end of primary designation and southern end of secondary designation; to Reelfoot Lake State Park | ||
| | 120.0 | 193.1 | KY 125 north | Continuation into Kentucky | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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Tennessee portal -
U.S. Roads portal - List of state routes in Tennessee