State Route 290 (SR 290) is a 19.7-mile-long (31.7 km) state highway in Jackson and Putnam counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It connects SR 53 northeast of Granville to SR 135 in Cookeville via SR 56 and Bloomington Springs.
 State Route 290 | ||||
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 SR 290 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length | 19.7 mi (31.7 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1983[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR 53 northeast of Granville | |||
 SR 56 in Bloomington Springs | ||||
| East end |  SR 135 in Cookeville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Tennessee | |||
| Counties | Jackson, Putnam | |||
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Route description
editSR 290 begins in Jackson County at an intersection on SR 53 northeast of Granville and southwest of Gainesboro. SR 290 then travels southeast through rural and mountainous terrain for the next several miles, where it is very curvy and passes through Nameless, before having a 1.2-mile-long (1.9 km) concurrency with SR 56 in Bloomington Springs. SR 290 travels to the north with SR 56 and then splits off to the southeast to pass through farmland and have an intersection with SR 477 before crossing into Putnam County.[2]
The highway continues in a southeasterly direction to pass through farmland and rural areas until it reaches the Cookeville city limits. Upon entering Cookeville, SR 290 turns east and becomes an undivided, four-lane road and passes through residential and suburban areas until it meets its eastern terminus, an intersection with SR 135, just north of downtown and the Tennessee Technological University (Tennessee Tech or TTU) campus.[3]
Excluding the portion in Cookeville, the entire route of SR 290 is a two-lane highway.[4]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Jackson | | 0.0 | 0.0 | SR 53 (Granville Highway) – Gainesboro, Granville | Western terminus |
| Bloomington Springs | 10.3 | 16.6 |  SR 56 south (Grundy Quarles Highway) – Baxter | Western end of SR 56 concurrency | |
| 11.5 | 18.5 |  SR 56 north (Grundy Quarles Highway) – Gainesboro | Eastern end of SR 56 concurrency | ||
| 12.4 | 20.0 |   SR 477 east (Cummins Mill Road) – Cummins Falls State Park | Western terminus of SR 477 | ||
| Putnam | Cookeville | 19.7 | 31.7 | SR 135 (North Willow Avenue) | Eastern terminus |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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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.
- ^ "Map of Jackson County" (PDF). tn.gov. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Map of Putnam County" (PDF). tn.gov. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "TN-290 · Tennessee".