State Route 240 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnpike | ||||
SR 240 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length | 17.2 mi (27.7 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1983 [1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | 
US 64 near
Deerfield | |||
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| North end | 
US 43 in
Summertown | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Tennessee | |||
| Counties | Lawrence | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Route 240 (SR 240) is a 17.2-mile-long (27.7 km) 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.
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. [2] [3]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Lawrence County.
y| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 0.0 | 0.0 |
US 64 (Waynesboro Highway/
SR 15) –
Waynesboro,
Lawrenceburg | Southern terminus | |
| |  
SR 241 north (Napier Road) | Southern end of wrong-way SR 241 concurrency | |||
| | 
SR 241 south (Red Hill-Center Road) –
Deerfield | Northern end of wrong-way SR 241 concurrency | |||
| Henryville | 
SR 242 south (Henryville Road) –
Lawrenceburg | Northern terminus of SR 242 | |||
| Bridge over the Buffalo River | |||||
| Summertown |  
SR 20 west –
Hohenwald | Southern end of SR 20 concurrency | |||
SR 20 east | Northern end of SR 20 concurrency | ||||
| 17.2 | 27.7 |
US 43 (Andrew Jackson Highway/
SR 6) –
Lawrenceburg,
Ethridge,
Mount Pleasant,
Columbia | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ "The Road To 100 Years" (PDF). Tennessee Road Builder. Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ^ "Lawrence County" (PDF). Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- ^ Google (October 24, 2022). "TN-240" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 24, 2022.