Tennessee State Route 240
State Route 240 (SR 240) is a 17.2 miles (27.7 km) long north-south state highway in Lawrence County, Tennessee. Except for a short stretch in Summertown, the entire route of SR 240 is known simply as Turnpike.
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| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length | 17.2 mi (27.7 km) | |||
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| Counties | Lawrence | |||
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Route description
SR 240 begins as Turnpike just west of Deerfield at an intersection with US 64/SR 15. It goes northeast along the southern edge of Laurel Hill Wildlife Management Area to pass through farmland and have a short concurrency with SR 241 before passing through Henryville, where it has an intersection with SR 242. The highway then crosses the Buffalo River passes through a mix of farmland and wooded areas before entering Summertown, where it turns east to have a concurrency with SR 20 before turning south along Monument road and coming to an end at an intersection with US 43/SR 6. The entire route of SR 240 is a two-lane highway.[1][2]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Lawrence County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.0 | 0.0 | | Southern terminus | |
| | | Southern end of wrong-way SR 241 concurrency | |||
| | | Northern end of wrong-way SR 241 concurrency | |||
| Henryville |  | Northern terminus of SR 242 | |||
| Bridge over the Buffalo River | |||||
| Summertown | | Southern end of SR 20 concurrency | |||
| Northern end of SR 20 concurrency | ||||
| 17.2 | 27.7 | | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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