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State Route 111 marker
State Route 111
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length118.72 mi (191.06 km)
Major junctions
South end US 27 / SR 29 in Soddy-Daisy
Major intersections
North end US 127 / SR 28 in Static, Kentucky
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountiesHamilton, Sequatchie, Van Buren, White, Putnam, Overton, Pickett
Highway system
← SR 110→ SR 112

State Route 111 (SR 111) is a north–south highway in Middle and East Tennessee. The road begins in Soddy-Daisy and ends north of Byrdstown in the community of Static, at the Tennessee/Kentucky state line. The length is 118.72 mi (191.1 km).[1]

Route description

The highway begins at an interchange with U.S. Route 27/SR 29 (US 27/SR 29) in Soddy-Daisy. SR 111 travels generally northwest as a controlled access highway before it crosses into Sequatchie County. The controlled-access sections of SR 111 are unusual, as they contain 70 mph speed limits, which are generally reserved for Interstate highways. It then proceeds over Walden Ridge and into the Sequatchie Valley, where it comes to and interchange with US 127 and starts a concurrency with SR 8 in Dunlap, where the freeway ends. The concurrency goes up the Cumberland Plateau and into the northern part of the county where SR 8 splits off and continues to McMinnville. SR 111 turns north at this point and crosses into Van Buren County. Beyond this point, the majority of the road is a four-lane divided highway.

SR 111 approaching the Cumberland Plateau, near Spencer

In Van Buren County, the highway travels through the small town of Spencer, passing just west of Fall Creek Falls State Park, and continues into White County at the Caney Fork River. In this area SR 111 runs a brief concurrency with SR 285. The highway then proceeds north as Harold "Mose" Sims Memorial Highway and joins the concurrency of US 70S/SR 1. The concurrency continues to the west side of Sparta, at which point the highways split up and SR 111 becomes controlled access again, continuing north into Putnam County.

Entering Putnam County by crossing the Falling Water River, the highway runs a brief concurrency with SR 136 before continuing north and passing through eastern Cookeville. Here it intersects Interstate 40 (I-40) and US 70N as it turns north-northeastward and into the town of Algood. After passing Algood, SR 111 turns northeastward and enters Overton County.

In Overton County, SR 111 becomes Cookeville Highway and then Veterans Memorial Parkway as it approaches Livingston. It becomes a bypass around the northwest of town, known as Bradford Hicks Drive, before exiting Livingston and continuing northeast as Byrdstown Highway. It crosses into Pickett County and becomes Livingston Highway. Then, it crosses the Obey River and enters Byrdstown.

After traversing Byrdstown, the highway continues northeastward as Robert H. Roberts Memorial Highway before ending at US 127/SR 28 in Static, just yards from the Tennessee–Kentucky state line. From this intersection, US 127 runs northwestward to Albany, Kentucky, and southeastward toward Jamestown, Tennessee, while Kentucky Route 1076 continues northeastward, in the direction of Monticello, Kentucky.[2]

History

SR 111 existed by 1938,[3] but only as a short portion of the current SR 111 route between the town of Spencer in Van Buren County and Doyle in White County and maintained this alignment at least through 1951.[4] By 1963, it had been extended south from Spencer to the Tennessee State Route 8 junction in Sequatchie County north of Cagle. Between 1975 and 1978, SR 111 was extended north to Cookeville replacing SR 42 in that section. Around 1992, it had been extended both northward over the remainder of the path of SR 42 to Static and, around 1995, southward to US 27 between Soddy-Daisy and Bakewell. This extension was four lanes on the downgrades of Walden Ridge, and two lanes on the top. This was expanded to a four lane controlled-access highway in the earlier 2000s.[citation needed]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
HamiltonSoddy-Daisy0.00.0 US 27 (SR 29) – Chattanooga, DaytonInterchange
0.81.3Back Valley RoadInterchange
​4.47.1Jones Gap RoadInterchange
Sequatchie​1118Lewis Chapel RoadInterchange
​14.723.7East Valley RoadInterchange
Dunlap17.227.7 US 127 (SR 8 south / SR 28) – Pikeville, DunlapNorthern end of freeway; southern end of SR 8 overlap; interchange
​35.857.6
 SR 399 west – Savage Gulf State Park
​29.948.1
 SR 8 north – McMinnville		Northern end of SR 8 overlap
Van Buren​36.558.7
 SR 284 east – Fall Creek Falls State Park		Interchange; western terminus of SR 284
Spencer44.872.1 SR 30 – McMinnville, Pikeville, Fall Creek Falls State ParkInterchange
​49.679.8
 SR 285 east (Cane Creek Cummingsville Road)		Southern end of SR 285 concurrency
White​51.482.7
 SR 285 west (Gooseneck Road)		Northern end of SR 285 concurrency
​54.487.5
 US 70S west (SR 1) – McMinnville		Southern end of US 70S/SR 1 concurrency; interchange
Sparta57.592.5
 SR 1 east – Sparta		Interchange; northern end of SR 1 concurrency
58.894.6 US 70 (SR 26) – Sparta, SmithvilleInterchange; northern end of US 70S concurrency
60.998.0
 SR 289 south – Sparta		Interchange
​62.8101.1 SR 135 (Burgess Falls Road)Interchange
​64.7104.1O'Connor RoadInterchange
​67.2108.1
 SR 136 south (Old Kentucky Road) – Hampton Crossroads		South end of SR 136 concurrency; interchange
PutnamCookeville70.5113.5
 SR 136 north – Cookeville		North end of SR 136 concurrency; nterchange
73.3118.0 I-40 – Nashville, KnoxvilleI-40 exit 288
74.5119.9 US 70N (SR 24) – Cookeville, MontereyInterchange
76.6123.3Cookeville, Algood (10th Street)Interchange
Overton​85.4137.4
 SR 293 east (Rickman Monterey Highway) – Rickman		Southern end of SR 293 concurrency
​85.5137.6
 SR 293 west (Tommy Dodson Road)		Northern end of SR 293
Livingston SR 84Interchange

 SR 85 west (Hilham Highway) – Gainesboro		Southern end of SR 85 concurrency

 SR 85 east (Main Street) – Livingston		Northern end of SR 85 concurrency
94.7152.4 SR 52 (Celina Highway / Church Street) – Celina, Livingston
96.3155.0
 SR 294 south (East Main Street) – Livingston		Southern end of SR 294 concurrency
​100160
 SR 294 north (Willow Grove Highway)		Northern end of SR& 294 concurrency
Pickett​112180
 SR 325 west (Cordell Hull Memorial Drive) – Cordell Hull Birthplace-Museum		Southern end of SR 325 concurrency
​113182
 SR 325 east (West Main Street) – Byrdstown Business District		Northern end of SR 325 concurrency
Byrdstown115185
 SR 295 east (North Main Street)
​118.7191.0 US 127 (SR 28) – Albany, KY, Jamestown, Alvin C. York Historical Site
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

  1. ^ Microsoft (2006). MapPoint (Map). Microsoft.
  2. ^ http://www.mapquest.com/?le=t&saddr=&flv=1&vs=directions
  3. ^ Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works (1938). Road Condition Map of Tennessee Showing the designated Trunk Line System of State Highways (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works.
  4. ^ Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works (1951). Tennessee Highways (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works.
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