Tennessee State Route 218

State Route 218
State Route 218
Paris Bypass
	SR 218 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by TDOT
Existed	July 1, 1983–present
Major junctions
South end	US 641 north of Paris
	SR 69 northwest of Paris; US 79 west of Paris; US 641 in Paris; US 79 east of Paris;
North end	SR 140 in Buchanan
Location
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Counties	Henry
Highway system
	Tennessee State Routes; Interstate; US; State;

State Route 218 (SR 218) is a state highway and bypass around the city of Paris, in the western portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

The first section of the route opened in 2010 and finished in 2013.^[2]

Route description

It begins at an intersection with US 641 north of Paris. The route then travels west to an intersection with SR 69 northwest of Paris. The route travels to the south to intersect SR 54 on the west side of Paris. Just past this intersection, the highway turns to the southeast, and then intersects US 79 and turns east and travels just south of Paris city limits. It then enters the city limits of Paris and intersects US 641/SR 69. Then, the route begins to gradually turn north. The route comes to an intersection at US 79 on the east side of Paris and turns northeast along US 79 to an intersection where SR 218 turns north and becomes a curvy rural road and comes to an at SR 140 in Buchanan.

Junction list

The entire route is in Henry County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
North of Paris	0.0	0.0	US 641 (SR 54) – Puryear, Paris	Southern terminus
North of Paris	2.6	4.2	SR 69 – Paris, Airport, Mayfield
	5.6	9.0	SR 54 (West Wood Street) – Dresden, Paris
	8.8	14.2	US 79 (Austin Peay Highway/SR 76) – Paris, Henry, McKenzie
Paris	11	18	SR 77 – Paris, Huntingdon
Paris	11.9	19.2	US 641 (SR 69) – Paris, Camden
	13.3	21.4	SR 69A – Paris, Big Sandy
Paris	16.2	26.1	US 79 south (East Wood Street/SR 76) – Paris	Southern end of US 79 concurrency
	19.2	30.9	US 79 north (SR 76) – Dover, Paris Landing, Land Between the Lakes	Northern end of US 79 concurrency
Buchanan	26	42	SR 140 – Puryear, Paris Landing State Park	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi