Tennessee State Route 209
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 17.5 mi (28.2 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: |
  US 51 / SR 3 near Henning |
 SR 19 in Ripley | |
| North end: |
  SR 88 / SR 180 in Gates |
| Location | |
| Counties: | Lauderdale |
| Highway system | |
State Route 209 (SR-209) is a 17.5-mile-long (28.2 km) state highway in Lauderdale County in the western portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It connects U.S. Route 51 (US-51) with the cities and towns of Henning, Ripley and Gates and, via SR-88, Halls.
Route description
SR-209 begins at an intersection with US-51/SR-3 south of Henning. It then proceeds northeastward and enters the Henning city limits and in downtown Henning SR-209 has a brief concurrency with SR-87. It then continues northward and enters Ripley city limits. It has a half-interchange with SR-19 and enters downtown Ripley and serves as the southern terminus for SR-208. After this it mainly enters rural countryside and follows a railroad line for about seven miles (11 km) until it reaches the town of Gates where it has a brief concurrency with SR-180 and ends at an intersection with SR-88 and SR-180.
History
All of SR-209 is a former alignment of US-51.
Junction list
The entire route is in Lauderdale County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | US 51 / SR 3 – Covington, Ripley | |||
| Henning |  SR 87 east (McFarland Avenue) – Brownsville | Southern end of SR-87 concurrency | |||
| SR 87 west (Graves Avenue) – Fort Pillow State Historic Park | Northern end of SR-87 concurrency | ||||
| Ripley | SR 19 (State Route 19 Bypass) – Brownsville | Half-interchange | |||
 SR 208 north (Cleveland Street/Lake Drive) | Southern terminus of SR-208 | ||||
| Gates | SR 180 north (Huntington Street) to US 51 | Southern end of SR-180 concurrency | |||
| 17.5 | 28.2 | SR 88 (Second Street/East Wardlow Road) / SR 180 south (East Wardlow Road) – Halls, Nutbush, Maury City | Northern end of SR-180 concurrency and Northern terminus of SR-209 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Tennessee portal
- U.S. Roads portal