State Route 48 (SR 48) is a long north–south
state highway
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in
Middle Tennessee
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. It traverses six counties, and it is long.
Route description
Wayne, Perry, and Lewis Counties
SR 48 begins as a primary state route in far northern
Wayne County at a junction with
SR 13. Then it travels through the southeastern corner of
Perry County before entering
Lewis County to intersect
SR 20, and then
U.S. Route 412 (US 412) and
SR 99 in
Hohenwald. After Hohenwald, SR 48 then goes due north to
Hickman County.
Hickman County
SR 48 then
runs concurrently with
SR 100 near the Beaver Dam Creek Wildlife Management Area. It follows SR 100 to
Centerville, where it intersects
SR 50 and bridges the
Duck River.
SR 48 becomes a secondary route after separating from SR 100 and intersects
SR 230 at Nunnelly. It then traverses Pinewood, and then intersects the exit 163 interchange with
Interstate 40
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(I-40) not long after crossing into
Dickson County
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.
Dickson County
It then enters the city of
Dickson and intersects
US 70 Business in downtown Dickson. SR 48 goes back to being a primary route and intersects with
US 70/
SR 1).
After exiting Dickson, SR 48 (as a primary highway) goes to intersect
SR 49 in
Charlotte
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, the Dickson County seat. SR 49 goes further north through
Cumberland Furnace and then enters
Montgomery County.
Montgomery County
It then enters
Cunningham
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Notable people sharing this surname
A–C
* Aaron Cunningham (born 1986), American baseball player
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. When it reaches Cunningham, it runs concurrently with
SR 13 from there to downtown
Clarksville, where it intersects with
SR 149 before crossing the Cumberland River to intersect
US 41A Bypass/
SR 12, and then
US 41A/
SR 12. After this point, SR 48 turns into a secondary state route for the remainder of its length. SR 48 runs concurrently with SR 13 again, but this time SR 13 is unsigned and
US 79 is the main designation.
SR 48 splits from US 79 (Wilma Rudolph Boulevard) and then continues as Trenton Road. SR 48 (Trenton Road) then has an intersection with
SR 374 (101st Airborne Parkway). SR 48 has two more intersections, one with
SR 236, and then the exit 1 interchange on
I-24
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on the north side of Clarksville. Its northern terminus is at the
Kentucky
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state line where the road enters
Todd County, Kentucky
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and becomes
Kentucky Route 104.
Major intersections
References
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048
Transportation in Dickson County, Tennessee
Transportation in Lewis County, Tennessee
Transportation in Montgomery County, Tennessee
Transportation in Wayne County, Tennessee