State Route 139 (SR 139) is a 25-mile-long (40 km) state highway in Jefferson and Sevier counties in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It connects Strawberry Plains to Dandridge.
 State Route 139 | ||||
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 SR 139 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length | 24.83 mi (39.96 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 11E in Strawberry Plains | |||
| East end |  SR 92 in Dandridge | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Tennessee | |||
| Counties | Jefferson, Sevier | |||
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Route description
editSR 139' begins in Jefferson County in Strawberry Plains at an intersection with US 11E/SR 34. The road heads southeast through farmland to an intersection and runs concurrently with US 25W/US 70/SR 9 at an intersection with Snyder Road, which serves as a connector to SR 66 and I-40. The highway travels west for a short distance before crossing into Sevier County.[1] SR 139 then splits off and goes southeast again to pass under I-40 before entering Kodak. It passes through the downtown area before leaving Kodak and passing through Beech Springs before returning to Kodak and coming to an intersection with SR 66. SR 139 then leaves Kodak for the final time and passes through farmland before having an intersection with SR 338 and crossing back into Jefferson County.[2] SR 139 then runs alongside Douglas Lake and passes by its many marinas and lake homes before entering Dandridge and coming to and end at an intersection with SR 92 in downtown.[3]
History
editSR 139 was established around 1950 running between US 25W northwest of Kodak and SR 66 near Douglas Dam. After I-40 was completed in 1975, SR 66 was relocated onto a new route between Sevierville and I-40 and a concurrency with I-40 route, and SR 139 was truncated to the new route of SR 66. On July 1, 1983, as part of a statewide takeover of local roads, SR 139 was re-extended onto its original route between the parkway and Douglas Dam, and extended along the old route of SR 66 to Dandridge. At this time, the old stretch of SR 66 between Sevierville and Douglas Dam became SR 338.[4]
Junction list
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Jefferson | Strawberry Plains | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 11E (Andrew Johnson Highway/SR 34) – Knoxville, New Market, Jefferson City | Western terminus |
    US 25W south / US 70 east (Asheville Highway/SR 9 south) – Dandridge | Western end of US 25W/US 70/SR 9 concurrency | ||||
| Sevier |   US 25W north / US 70 west (Asheville Highway/SR 9 north) – Knoxville | Eastern end of US 25W/US 70/SR 9 concurrency | |||
| Sevierville–Kodak line |  SR 66 (Winfield Dunn Parkway/Great Smoky Mountains Parkway) – Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg | ||||
| |  SR 338 south (Douglas Dam Road) – Douglas Dam | Northern terminus of SR 338 | |||
| Jefferson | |    Deep Springs Road to I-40 / US 25W / US 70 | |||
| Dandridge | 24.83 | 39.96 | SR 92 (Gay Street / Chestnut Hill Road) to US 25W / US 70 – Jefferson City, Chestnut Hill | 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- ^ Long Range Planning Division Office of Data Visualization (n.d.). Jefferson County (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ Long Range Planning Division Office of Data Visualization (n.d.). Sevier County (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ "State Route 139" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ "The Road To 100 Years" (PDF). Tennessee Road Builder. Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22. Retrieved April 6, 2019.