Tennessee State Route 214
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| Ken Tenn Highway | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
   US 45 / US 45W / SR 22 near Union City | |||
  US 45 / US 45E / US 45W / US 51 in South Fulton | ||||
| East end: |
 KY 116 at Kentucky State Line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Obion | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Route 214 is a 2-lane east to west highway located in Obion County, Tennessee. It is the former alignment of U.S. Route 51 between Union City and South Fulton before the existing freeway alignment was constructed slightly to the north. Locally, this road is known as the Ken Tenn Highway.
Route description
State Route 214 starts at an intersection with U.S. Route 45W and Tennessee State Route 22. The TN 22 freeway goes north and south. US 45W comes in from the west and goes north with TN 22. TN 214 continues east from here running south of the U.S. Route 51/US 45W freeway alignment. The old alignment (SR 214) merges with the new alignment west of South Fulton and continues east until an interchange with US 45E/TN 215. US 51 goes to the north about 1300 feet into Kentucky via Purchase Parkway. US 45W and 45E merges together at this interchange and follows TN 214. At this point it enters the city limits of South Fulton known as Chickasaw Street. The TN 214 designation ends at Kentucky Route 116 (State Line Road). US 45 continues along State Line Road.
Future
At the above described interchange the westbound and northbound sections are up to freeway standards. Because of this, the routing for Interstate 69 is going to go through this interchange, thus using the 1300 foot section of SR 215. The way the interchange is currently configured would more than likely have to be altered in order to eliminate some left hand turns.[1]