State Route 210 (SR 210) is a secondary state highway in
West Tennessee
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Route description
SR 210 begins in
Halls (within
Lauderdale County) at an
intersection
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with
SR 88, which continues south beyond this intersection. SR 210 travels northerly out of Halls, travelling parallel to the
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...
toward the
Dyer County
Dyer County is a county located in the westernmost part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,801. The county seat is Dyersburg. Dyer County comprises the Dyersburg, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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line. Near the county line, the highway passes near the
Arnold Field Airport (formerly
Dyersburg Army Air Base) built during
World War II
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. In Dyer County, this highway continues north through bottomland until reaches the small community of
Fowlkes. In Fowlkes, SR 210 comes to a 4-way intersection, about 500 feet away from
US 51
U.S. Route 51 or U.S. Highway 51 (US 51) is a major south–north United States highway that extends from the western suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana, to within of the Wisconsin–Michigan state line. As most of the United States Numbered Hi ...
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SR 3 and continues east traversing farmland and rolling hills until terminating at
US 412/
SR 20. Even though the SR 210 designation ends at US 412, the highway actually continues on as Old Highway 20. Mile Markers on this highway reset to 0 at the Lauderdale–Dyer County Line.
History
SR 210 from its intersection with SR 88 in Halls to mile marker 3.25 (above-mentioned 4-way intersection) in Fowlkes represents the historic alignment of
US 51/
SR 3. From mile marker 3.25 to mile marker 6.50 in Dyer County represents the historic alignment of SR 20.
Major intersections
See also
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References
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External links
Tennessee Department of TransportationLauderdale County Highway MapDyer County Highway MapTennessee Official Transportation Map
210
Year 210 ( CCX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Faustinus and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 963 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 210 for this y ...
Transportation in Lauderdale County, Tennessee
Transportation in Dyer County, Tennessee
U.S. Route 51