Tennessee State Route 5
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| State Route 5 |
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| U.S. Highway 45, U.S. Highway 45W Maintained by TDOT |
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| Length: | 120 mi[1] (193.12 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1917 | ||||||||
| South end: |  US 45 at Mississippi/Tennessee State Line |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 64 at Selmer
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| North end: |  KY 125 near Woodland Mills |
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| Counties: | McNairy, Chester, Madison, Gibson, Obion | ||||||||
| Major cities: | Selmer, Henderson, Jackson, Humboldt, Trenton, Union City | ||||||||
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State Route 5 (abbreviated SR 5) is a major south-north highway in West Tennessee. SR 5 is 120 miles long and, except for the section north of Union City, is overlapped with US 45 & 45W.
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[edit] 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 in length.[2]
[edit] Counties traversed
SR 5 traverses the following counties (south to north) shown in the table below.[1]
| County | miles | kilometers |
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| McNairy | 28.17 | 45.34 |
| Chester | 9.74 | 15.68 |
| Madison | 26.29 | 42.31 |
| Gibson | 32.46 | 52.24 |
| Obion | 23.34 | 37.56 |
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[5] | Intersects | Notes |
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Unsigned  begins at Mississippi State Line. overlap for 60.6 miles. |
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| McNairy | Eastview | 5.7 |  SR-57 |
To Shiloh National Park & Pickwick Landing State Park |
| Selmer | 10.3 |  SR-142 east – Stantonville |
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| 11.6 |  US-64 east (E. Poplar Avenue) / SR-15 (unsigned) – Savannah |
Begin US 64 (westbound), US 45 (northbound), SR 5 overlap around Selmer. US 64 BUS continues west through downtown Selmer | ||
| 16.9 | US-64 west (Cherry Avenue) / SR-15 (unsigned) – Memphis |
End US 64 overlap. US 64 BUS continues east through downtown Selmer | ||
| 29.0 |  SR-199 east (Finger-Leapwood Road) – Finger |
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| Chester | Henderson | |||
| 34.5 |  SR-100 – Whiteville, Decaturville |
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| 34.8 |  SR-365 south (Main Street) – Henderson |
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| 37.2 | SR-365 north (White Avenue) – Henderson |
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| Madison | Jackson | |||
| 47.5 |  SR-18 south (Bolivar Highway) – Bolivar |
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Unsigned  changes to secondary designation. |
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| 51.4 |    US-45 north / US-70 / SR-1 (unsigned) |
US 45 Bypass (northbound) and US 70 (westbound) overlap. US 45 and SR 5 continue northbound through downtown Jackson. | ||
| 54.4 |    US-412 (North Parkway) / SR-20 (unsigned) |
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| 55.7 |  I-40 / US-412 – Memphis, Nashville |
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| 60.6 |  US-45 south (Keith Short Bypass) / SR-186 (unsigned) – Jackson |
US 45 and SR 5 continue northbound. Unsigned SR 186 overlaps US 45 / SR 5. | ||
Unsigned changes to primary designation.  overlap begins. |
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| 62.4 |   US-45W / US-45E / SR-186 (unsigned) / SR-43 (unsigned) – Humboldt, Milan |
End US 45. SR 5 overlaps US 45W and continues northbound. Unsigned SR 186 overlaps US 45E and continues northbound. Unsigned SR 43 begins and follows US 45E. | ||
| Gibson | Humboldt | |||
| 66.5 | US-45W north |
Unsigned SR 366 (northbound) begins overlap with US 45W. | ||
| Unsigned changes to secondary designation. Business overlap begins. |
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| 68.0 |    US-70A east / US-79 north (North 2nd Avenue) / SR-76 (unsigned) |
SR 5 and US 45W overlaps with US 70A BUS and US 79 BUS through downtown Humboldt. | ||
| 68.4 | US-70A west / US-79 south (Main Street) / SR-76 (unsigned) |
SR 5, US 45W, US 70A BUS, US 79 BUS overlap ends. SR 5 and US 45W continue north along Central Avenue. | ||
| 68.7 |  SR-152 (Mitchell Street) |
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| 69.6 |  US-70A / US-79 / SR-366 (unsigned) |
End US 45W BUS. US 45W and SR 5 continues northbound. | ||
| Unsigned changes to primary designation. overlap resumes for 43.3 miles. |
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| 73.3 |  SR-420 east – Gibson |
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| 76.9 |   SR-457 west / SR-367 north – Dyersburg, Trenton |
US 45W and SR 5 turns right and continues north. SR 457 turns left to Dyersburg. SR 367 continues north through downtown Trenton. | ||
| 78.9 |  SR-54 south (Alamo Highway) – Alamo |
Begin unsigned SR 54 overlap with US 45W and SR 5. | ||
| 79.3 |  SR-186 south (Gibson Road) |
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| 79.9 |   SR-104 / SR-77 east – Dyersburg, Milan |
Begin Unsigned SR 77 overlap. | ||
| 81.3 | SR-54 north (Bradford Highway) – Bradford |
End Unsigned SR 54 overlap with US 45W and SR 5. | ||
| 82.4 | SR-367 south – Trenton |
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| Dyer | 87.9 |  SR-77 west |
End Unsigned SR 77 overlap. | |
| Rutherford | 91.7 |  SR-105 – Trimble, Bradford |
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| Limited Access Expressway Ends. Unsigned continues north as a two-lane road. |
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| Obion | Kenton | 97.3 |  SR-89 – Trimble, Greenfield |
SR 89 overlaps with US 45W and SR 5 for a short distance in Kenton. |
| 107.9 |  SR-21 west (Troy-Rives Road) – Troy |
Begin Unsigned SR 21 Overlap. | ||
| 109.0 |  SR-216 east |
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| Union City | ||||
| 112.9 |   US-45W north / SR-431 / SR-184 (unsigned) |
US 45W departs SR 5 overlapped with unsigned SR 184. SR 5 continues north overlapped with unsigned SR 21. | ||
| changes to secondary designation and continues north as a signed highway through downtown Union City. overlap ends. |
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| 113.7 | SR-21 east |
SR 21 Overlap Ends. | ||
| 114.3 |    US-51 / SR-22 south / SR-3 (unsigned) |
Begin SR 22 overlap. SR 5 changes to primary designation. | ||
| 115.5 | SR-22 north – Tiptonville, Samburg |
End SR 22 Overlap. SR 5 changes to secondary designation and continues north. To Reelfoot Lake State Park |
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