U.S. Route 41 in Tennessee

U.S. Route 41
Route information
	Maintained by TDOT
Length	193.23 mi (310.97 km)
Existed	November 11, 1926[1]–present
Major junctions
South end	US 41 / US 76 / SR 3 near East Ridge
	I-75 in East Ridge; I-40 / I-65 in Nashville;
North end	US 41 near Adams
Location
Counties	Hamilton, Marion, Grundy, Coffee, Rutherford, Davidson, Sumner, Robertson, Montgomery
Highway system

U.S. Route 41 (US 41) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to Copper Harbor, Michigan. In Tennessee, the highway is paralleled by Interstate 24 all the way from Georgia to Kentucky, and I-24 has largely supplanted US-41 as a major highway, especially for large and heavy vehicles, such as tractor-trailer trucks and buses.

Route description

US 41, joined by US 76, enters Tennessee east of I-75 on the outskirts of East Ridge. It is called "Ringgold Road" through East Ridge up to the Bachman Tunnel, where it enters Chattanooga. In Chattanooga, US 41 and US 76 becomes Westside Drive up to the intersection with Dodds Avenue, where for a short distance it is coexistent with Dodds Avenue. Then US 41 and US 76 becomes East Main Street in downtown Chattanooga up to the intersection with Broad Street (US 11 and US 64). At that point US 76 terminates, US 72 begins, and the now-conjoined US 41 and US 72 merges with US 11 and US 64, trekking southwestward around the base of Lookout Mountain into the Tiftonia community. Just west of Tiftonia, US 11 splits off, and it veers southwestward into Georgia. US 41, US 64, and US 72 take a westward path from Hamilton County into Marion County. US 41 breaks off from US 64 and US 72 at Jasper and joins with SR 150 before ascending the Cumberland Plateau. US 41 leaves SR 150 and joins with SR 56 at Tracy City and runs southwest into Monteagle.^[2] In Monteagle, US 41 descends toward Manchester, with US 41A breaking off toward Franklin County, travelling through Winchester, Tullahoma, Shelbyville, and other small communities before becoming merging with US 31A and becoming Nolensville Pike in Nashville.

US 41A in Winchester

After reaching Monteagle, US 41, included as part of the older Dixie Highway, continues northwest into Pelham, in Grundy County, then runs closely parallel with I-24 into Coffee County, going through Hillsboro, Manchester (where the road is also named Hillsboro Blvd) and Beechgrove, before entering Rutherford County. From there, the highway continues diagonally through Murfreesboro (where the road is also named Broad St.), where the Dixie Highway joins up with US 70S. The Stones River National Battlefield is located very near US 41 and US 70S on the northwest side, standing as a monument of the Battle of Stones River which took place during the American Civil War. US 41/70S continues northwest through Smyrna, and LaVergne before reaching Davidson County. The road passes through Antioch, before reaching Nashville, where US 41 separates from US 70S. US 41 goes through Nashville as Murfreesboro Rd, then Dickerson Pike, and comes out on the northeast side of the city joined with US 31W. US 41 continues northeast through Goodlettsville before breaking away from US 31W. US 41 then goes northwest and continues on into Robertson County, going through Springfield before heading west/northwest to the Kentucky border. Just before reaching Kentucky, US 41 briefly runs through Montgomery County.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Hamilton	East Ridge	0.00	0.00	US 41 east / US 76 east / SR 3 east – Dalton	Continuation into Georgia
		0.00	0.00	SR 8 west	Eastern terminus of SR 8; eastern end of SR 8 concurrency
				I-75 – Chattanooga, Atlanta	Exit 1 on I-75
	East Ridge–Chattanooga line			Bachman Tubes under Missionary Ridge
	Chattanooga			I-24 west – Nashville, Birmingham	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; exit 181A on I-24
				US 11 south / US 64 west / SR 2 west (East 23rd Street)	Southern end of US 11 and US 64/SR 2 concurrencies
				US 11 north / US 64 east / SR 2 east (Dodds Avenue)	Northern end of US 11 and US 64/SR 2 concurrencies
				SR 17 north (Willow Street)	Southern end of SR 17 concurrency
				SR 58 / SR 8 west (Market Street)	Northern end of US 76/SR 8 concurrencies; western terminus of US 76
				US 72 west (Broad Street)	Southern end of US 72 concurrency
				US 11 south / US 64 west / SR 2 west (West 20th Street)	Southern end of US 11 and US 64/SR 2 concurrencies
				US 27 north – Downtown, Red Bank	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				SR 17 south (Tennessee Avenue) – Incline, Rock City	Northern end of SR 17 concurrency
				SR 148 south (Lookout Mountain Parkway) – Lookout Mountain
				SR 318 south – Lookout Mountain
				US 11 / SR 38 south (Birmingham Highway)	Northern end of US 11 and SR 38 concurrencies
				I-24 – Chattanooga, Nashville	Exit 174 on I-24
Marion	Haletown			SR 134 east (J.E. Clouse Highway) – Wildwood
				Marion Memorial Bridge over the Tennessee River
	Jasper			SR 28	Interchange
	Jasper			US 64 / US 72 / SR 2 – South Pittsburg	Northern end of US 64 and US 72 concurrencies
Grundy	Tracy City			SR 56 north – Coalmont, Altamont	South end of SR 56 concurrency
	Monteagle			US 41A / SR 56 south – Sewanee	Northern end of SR 56 concurrency; southern terminus of US 41A
	Pelham			SR 50
Coffee	Hillsboro			SR 127
	Manchester			I-24 – Chattanooga, Nashville	Exit 114 (I-24)
				SR 55
				SR 53 north
	Busy Corner			I-24 – Chattanooga, Nashville	Exit 105 on I-24
				SR 280 east
	Beechgrove			SR 64 west / SR 64 east – Shelbyville
Rutherford	Murfreesboro			SR 99 east (Bradyville Pike)
				US 70S east (Mercury Boulevard)	Southern end of US 70S concurrency; western terminus of SR 2
				US 231 south (Shelbyville Highway)	Southern end of US 231 concurrency
				US 231 north (Memorial Boulevard) / SR 96 (Old Fort Parkway) – Lebanon, Triune	Northern end of US 231 concurrency; southern end of SR 96 concurrency
				SR 268 (North Thompson Lane)
				I-840 – Knoxville, Chattanooga
	Smyrna			SR 102 (Lee Victory Parkway/Nissan Drive)	Interchange
	Smyrna			SR 266 – Smyrna Airport, Sam Ridley Parkway
Davidson	Nashville			SR 171 (Hobson Pike)
				SR 254 (Bell Road)
				SR 255 (Donelson Pike)
				SR 155 (Briley Parkway)	Exit 4; single-point urban interchange
				I-24 / I-40	Exit 52 on I-24; exit 213 on I-40 (westbound only)
				I-40 / US 31 Alt. south / US 41A south	Southern end of US 31 Alt./US 41 Alt. concurrency from one-way pair; exit 210C on I-40
				US 31 south	Southern end of US 31 concurrency; northern end of US 31 Alt. concurrency; traffic circle
				US 70 / US 70S west / US 431 south / SR 11 / SR 24	Northern end of US 70S concurrency; southern end of US 431 concurrency
				US 41A north (Rosa L. Parks Boulevard)	Northern end of US 41A concurrency
				Victory Memorial Bridge over the Cumberland River
				US 31 south (James Robertson Parkway/SR 6) / US 31W north (Spring Street/SR 11) / US 31E / I-24 north (Ellington Parkway/SR 6) / South 5th Street/Main Street	Northern end of US 31/US 431 concurrency; south end of US 31W/US 431 concurrency; interchange
				To I-24 / I-65 / Spring Street
				US 431 north (West Trinity Lane/SR 65) to I-65	Northern end of US 431 concurrency; exit 43 on US 431 (Dukes Expressway); no access from US 31W north to US 431 south or US 431 south to US 31W north
				I-65 – Nashville, Louisville	Southbound off-ramp from SR 155 off-ramp; exit 90A on I-65
				SR 155 (Briley Parkway)	No eastbound on-ramp (must use northbound I-65 on-ramp); exit 168
				SR 45 (Old Hickory Boulevard)
	Goodlettsville			SR 174 east (Long Hollow Pike)
Sumner	Goodlettsville			US 31W / SR 41 north	Northern end of US 31W concurrency; trumpet interchange
Davidson	No major junctions
Robertson	Ridgetop			SR 257 (Greer Road/Woodruff Avenue) to I-65
	Springfield			US 431 south (Tom Austin Highway/SR 65)	Southern end of SR 431 concurrency
				SR 49 / SR 76 east (Fifth Avenue)	Southern end of SR 76 concurrency
				US 431 north (Memorial Boulevard /SR 65) – Russellville	Northern end of SR 431 concurrency
	Adams			SR 76 west (South Church Street)	Northern end of SR 76 concurrency
				US 41 north – Guthrie	Continuation into Kentucky; northern terminus of SR 11; northern end of SR 11 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

References

↑ Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via University of North Texas Libraries.
1 2 Tennessee Department of Transportation (2010). Official Transportation Map (Map). 1:42,240. Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. §§ A7–E11.

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[USHM-1] Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via University of North Texas Libraries.

[TN2010-2] 1 2 Tennessee Department of Transportation (2010). Official Transportation Map (Map). 1:42,240. Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. §§ A7–E11.