State Route 272 (SR 272) is a 22.4-mile-long (36.0 km) north–south state highway located entirely within Marshall County in Middle Tennessee.[2]
 State Route 272 | ||||
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 SR 272 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length | 22.4 mi (36.0 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1983[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 129 in Archer | |||
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| North end |  SR 99 near Chapel Hill | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Tennessee | |||
| Counties | Marshall | |||
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Route description
editSR 272 begins at an intersection with SR 129 in the community of Archer. It winds its way north as a two-lane highway through mountains for several miles before passing through farmland to enter Lewisburg, where it comes to an intersection and becomes concurrent with US 31A/SR 106. They bypass downtown as a four-lane undivided highway along the east side, where they pass through both residential and business areas and become concurrent with US 431 at an intersection with US 431 Business/SR 50. The highway then curves to the northwest to cross a bridge over a creek before coming to an intersection with US 31A Business/US 431 Business/SR 11, where US 31A and SR 272 split from US 431/SR 106 to follow SR 11 north. SR 272 splits off shortly thereafter and leaves Lewisburg to pass through a mix of farmland and wooded areas as a two-lane highway for the next several miles, where it passes through the community of Verona. The highway then crosses a bridge over the Duck River shortly before coming to an end at an intersection with SR 99 just a few miles southwest of Chapel Hill.[3]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Marshall County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Archer | 0.0 | 0.0 | SR 129 (New Ostella Road/Brown Shop Road) – Cornersville, Petersburg | Southern terminus | |
| Lewisburg |   US 31A south (S Ellington Parkway/SR 106 south) – Cornersville, Pulaski | Southern end of US 31A/SR 106 concurrency | |||
 US 431 south (E Commerce Street/SR 50 east) – Petersburg, Fayetteville  US 431 Bus. north (E Commerce Street/SR 50 west) – Downtown | Southern end of US 431 concurrency; southern terminus of US 431 Business | ||||
| US 431 north (N Ellington Parkway/SR 106 north) – Columbia, Franklin US 31A Bus. south / US 431 Bus. south (Verona Avenue/SR 11 south) – Downtown | Northern end of US 431/SR 106 concurrency; southern end of SR 11 concurrency; northern terminus of US 31A Business/US 431 Business | ||||
| US 31A north (Nashville Highway/SR 11 north) – Chapel Hill | Northern end of US 31A/SR 11 concurrency; provides access to Henry Horton State Park | ||||
| | Alex Allen Memorial Bridge over the Duck River | ||||
| | 22.4 | 36.0 | SR 99 (Sylvester Chunn Highway) – Columbia, Chapel Hill | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ "The Road To 100 Years" (PDF). Tennessee Road Builder. Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ^ Google Maps. "State Route 272". Google. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). "Marshall County road map" (PDF). www.tn.gov. Retrieved October 18, 2019.