Tennessee State Route 27

State Route 27 primary marker State Route 27 secondary marker

State Route 27
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length 48.51 mi (78.07 km)
Major junctions
West end US 72 / SR 2 west at the Alabama state line near South Pittsburg
 
East end US 27 / SR 1 south at the Georgia state line near Chattanooga
Location
Counties Marion, Hamilton
Highway system
← US 27SR 28 →

State Route 27 (SR 27) is an east–west state highway in southeastern Tennessee. The 48.51-mile-long (78.07 km) route traverses portions of Marion and Hamilton counties in Tennessee, including the Chattanooga area. Both of this route's termini are at state lines. Its western end is at the Alabama state line near South Pittsburg, and its eastern end is at the Georgia state line on Chattanooga's south side.

Route description

Marion County

SR 27 begins as it runs concurrently as a secret, or hidden designation, with U.S. Route 72 (US 72) once that highway enters Tennessee from Jackson County, Alabama. This point also marks the eastern terminus of unsigned Alabama State Route 2. During SR 27's concurrency with US 72 in Marion County, it traverses the cities of South Pittsburg, Kimball, and the Marion County seat of Jasper, as well as the exit 152 interchange on Interstate 24. US 72 and SR 27 then pick up SR 2 so it, too becomes a secret designation. They join US 41/US 64 in Jasper. SR 27 departs from US 41/US 64/US 72 and SR 2 near Nickajack Lake, and then SR 27 travels northward to Powells Crossroads. After the brief concurrency with SR 283 in that area, SR 27 changes from a secondary route to a primary one, and then enters Hamilton County.[1][2]

Hamilton County

Near Signal Mountain, SR 27 once again becomes a hidden route when it joins US 127[3] as well as another secret designation in SR 8 just within Chattanooga's northern outskirts. SR 27 then joins US 27 (SR 29), still as a secret designation for the rest of its course southeastward, including the segment of the US 27 freeway that also has an unsigned designation of Interstate 124 (I-124). US 27 and SR 27 passes through downtown Chattanooga, with a brief concurrency with I-24 between exits 178 and 180, and then it turns southward, still following US 27, and for SR 27 to terminate at the Georgia state line, which in this area, it coincides with the Chattanooga city limits, as well as those of Rossville, Georgia and Walker County's northern boundary. US 27 continues southward with Georgia State Route 1 into the northwest Georgia counties of Walker and Catoosa.[1][4]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
JacksonBridgeport0.000.00 US 72 / SR 2 westSouthern terminus; western end of US 72 concurrency; US 72 continues into Alabama; eastern terminus of SR 2
MarionSouth Pittsburg SR 156 west – WinchesterSouthern end of SR 156 concurrency
SR 156 east – New HopeNorthern end of SR 156 concurrency
Kimball I-24 – Nashville, ChattanoogaI-24 exit 152; southern end of SR 150 concurrency
SR 2 westWestern end of SR 2 concurrency
Jasper US 41 north / SR 150 west / SR 28 – Tracy City, South Cumberland State Park, DunlapNorthern end of SR 150 concurrency; western end of concurrency with both US 41 and SR 28
​ US 41 south / US 72 east / SR 28 south to I-24 – Chattanooga, Nickajack LakeEastern end of the concurrency with US 41/US 72 and SR 28
Powells Crossroads SR 283 south – WhitwellWestern end of SR 283 concurrency
SR 283 north – DunlapEastern end of SR 283 concurrency
HamiltonSignal Mountain US 127 north (Signal Mountain Boulevard) / SR 8 west – DunlapNorthern end of US 127 and SR 8 concurrency
Chattanooga US 27 north / SR 29 north – Soddy-DaisySouthern end of US 127 concurrency; northern end of US 27 and SR 29 concurrency; interchange
SR 8 south (Cherokee Boulevard)Northbound exit and southbound entrance; interchange; southern end of SR 8 concurrency
Manufacturers RoadInterchange
P.R. Olgiati Bridge over Tennessee River
4th Street (SR 389)Northern end of I-124 concurrency; I-124's northern terminus; exit 1C on I-124
Martin Luther King Boulevard (SR 316)Exit 1A-B on I-124
Main StreetNorthbound exit and southbound entrance; exit 1 on I-124
I-24 west / US 11 / US 41 / US 64 / US 76 / SR 17 / SR 58 – Nashville, BirminghamSouthern terminus of I-124 and southern end of I-124 concurency; western end of I-24 concurrency; exit 178 on I-24
I-24 east / SR 8 north to I-75 – East Ridge, Knoxville, AtlantaEastern end of I-24 concurrency; exit 180 on I-24
Georgia state line48.5178.07 US 27 south / SR 1 southSouthern end of US 27/SR 29 concurrency; continuation southward into Georgia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  • U.S. Roads portal
  • Tennessee portal

References

  1. 1 2 Tennessee Department of Transportation (2017). Tennessee's Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2017 ed.). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. §§ E10–E11. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ Rand McNally (2016). "Tennessee" (Map). The Road Atlas (2016 Walmart ed.). c. 1:1,900,800. Chicago: Rand McNally. p. 95. Chattanooga inset. ISBN 0-528-00626-6.
  3. ↑ Official Chattanooga Visitor's Guide 2018. Chattanooga Convention and Visitor's Bureau. p. 115.
  4. ↑ Tennessee Department of Transportation (2017). Tennessee's Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2017 ed.). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Chattanooga inset. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.