State Route 227 marker

State Route 227

SR 227 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length32.3 mi (52.0 km)
ExistedJuly 1, 1983[1]–present
Major junctions
West end SR 157 at the Alabama state line in Cypress Inn
Major intersections SR 13 in Fairview
US 43 in Saint Joseph
East end SR 101 at the Alabama state line near Lexington, AL
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountiesWayne, Lawrence
Highway system
← SR 226→ SR 228

State Route 227 (SR 227) is a 32.3-mile-long (52.0 km) east–west state highway in extreme southern Middle Tennessee. It is the only state highway in Tennessee that both begins and ends at the Alabama state line, with one end at Cypress Inn and the other just across the state line from Lexington, Alabama.

Route description

SR 227 begins in Wayne County at the Alabama state line in the Cypress Inn community, where it continues south as Alabama State Route 157 (SR 157). SR 227 immediately makes a sharp right turn at an intersection with Big Cypress Road, which provides access to the Natchez Trace Parkway, before going east through a mix of farmland and wooded areas for several miles to the community of Fairview, where it has a short concurrency with SR 13. It then enters the Highland Rim and winds its way east through mountains to cross into Lawrence County.[2] The highway almost immediately passes through the town of Iron City, where it has an intersection with SR 242 and crosses over Shoal Creek, before going east through mountains to the town of Saint Joseph where it comes to an intersection and becomes concurrent with US 43/SR 6. They head northeast through farmland for a few miles to the town of Loretto, where SR 227 breaks off and turns southeast. SR 227 passes through wooded areas, then very rural farmland, for several miles before coming to the Alabama state line, where it continues into Lexington, Alabama as Alabama State Route 101 (SR 101).[3] Excluding the concurrency with US 43, which is a four-lane undivided highway, the entire route of SR 227 is a two-lane highway.[4]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
WayneCypress Inn0.00.0
 SR 157 south (Cloverdale Road) – Cloverdale		Alabama state line; western terminus

 Big Cypress Road to Natchez Trace Parkway – Lutts		Access road to the Natchez Trace Parkway
Fairview
 SR 13 north (Chisholm Road) – Collinwood		Western end of SR 13 concurrency

 SR 13 south (Chisholm Road) – Zip City, AL, Florence, AL		Eastern end of SR 13 concurrency
LawrenceIron City
 SR 242 north (Wayland Springs Road) – Westpoint, Lawrenceburg		Southern terminus of SR 242
Bridge over Shoal Creek
Saint Joseph
 US 43 south (SR 6 south) – Killen, AL, Florence, AL		Western end of US 43/SR 6 concurrency
Loretto
 US 43 north (South Military Street / SR 6 north) – Leoma, Lawrenceburg		Eastern end of US 43/SR 6 concurrency
​32.352.0
 SR 101 south (Wheeler Dam Highway) – Lexington		Alabama state line; eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ↑ "The Road To 100 Years" (PDF). Tennessee Road Builder. Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  2. ↑ Wayne County road map (PDF) (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  3. ↑ Lawrence County road map (PDF) (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  4. ↑ Google (September 29, 2019). "Overview Map of SR 227" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
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