State Route 217 (SR 217) is a 2.9-mile-long (4.7 km) north–south state highway that lies along the eastern edge of the Dresden city limits in Weakley County, Tennessee.
 State Route 217 | ||||
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 SR 217 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length | 2.9 mi (4.7 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1983[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 22 in Dresden | |||
 SR 54 in Dresden | ||||
| North end |  SR 89 near Dresden | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Tennessee | |||
| Counties | Weakley | |||
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Route description
editSR 217 begins as County Maintenance Road in Dresden at an intersection with SR 22, directly beside Dresden High School. It heads north to leave Dresden and pass through wooded areas to come to an intersection and have a short concurrency with SR 54, where SR 217 very briefly renters the Dresden city limits. The highway then heads north through farmland along Klutts Road to come to an end at an intersection with SR 89. The entire route of SR 217 is a two-lane highway.[2][3]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Weakley County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Dresden | 0.0 | 0.0 | SR 22 – Gleason, Dresden, Martin | Southern terminus | |
| | 1.5 | 2.4 |  SR 54 east (Paris Highway) – Como, Paris | Southern end of SR 54 concurrency | |
| Dresden | 1.9 | 3.1 |  SR 54 west (E Main Street) – Dresden | Northern end of SR 54 concurrency | |
| | 2.9 | 4.7 | SR 89 (Palmersville Highway) – Dresden, Palmersville | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
editKML is not from Wikidata
- ^ "The Road To 100 Years" (PDF). Tennessee Road Builder. Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ^ Long Range Planning Divisions Office of Data Visualization (n.d.). Weakley County (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^ "State Route 217" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 14, 2019.