State Route 140 (SR 140) is a west–east state highway located entirely in
Henry County in northwest
Tennessee
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.
Route description
SR 140 begins at a junction with
SR 22 within the city limits of
McKezie in Henry County's southwestern corner between the county's western and southern boundaries with
Weakley and
Carroll Counties, respectively. SR 140 travels north to cross the East Fork of the
Obion River
The Obion River system is the primary surface water drainage system of northwestern Tennessee, United States.
Description
The Obion has four major forks, the North Fork, Middle Fork, South Fork and Rutherford Fork (which is named after Hen ...
and
SR 54 at
Como
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, and intersect
SR 69 in the northwestern Henry County town of
Cottage Grove. After a brief concurrency with SR 69, SR 140 turns due east to intersect and have a 575 feet concurrency with
US 641
U.S. Route 641 (US 641) is a U.S. Route in Tennessee and Kentucky. It runs for from US 64 south of Clifton, Tennessee to an intersection with US 60 in Marion, Kentucky. While it is considered a spur route of U.S. Route 41, t ...
(
SR 54) in
Puryear, and ends at a junction with
US 79
U.S. Route 79 (US 79) is a United States highway in the Southern United States. The route is officially considered and signed as a north–south highway, but its path is actually more of a diagonal northeast–southwest highway. The highway's n ...
(
SR 76) at
Paris Landing State Park.
Major intersections
See also
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References
*Mileage retrieved from DeLorme Street Atlas USA
Official Tennessee Highway Maps
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External links
Tennessee Department of Transportation
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