State Route 154 (SR 154) is an east–west state highway in
Middle and
East Tennessee
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. It is a long route that traverses
Fentress and
Pickett
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* Adarius Pickett (born 1996), American football player
* Albert J. Pickett (1810–1858), American historian
* Allison Deforest Pickett (190 ...
counties in middle Tennessee, along with a tiny portion of
Scott County in east Tennessee.
Route description
SR 154 begins in
Fentress County
Fentress County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,489. Its county seat is Jamestown.
History
Fentress County was formed on November 28, 1823, from portions of Morgan, Overton ...
just west of
Jamestown at a junction with
SR 52
The following highways are numbered 52:
Australia
* Kings Highway (Australia)
* Isis Highway ( Childers to Ban Ban Springs) - Queensland State Route 52 (Wide Bay–Burnett Region)
* Gillies Highway - Queensland State Route 52 (Far North Queensla ...
. The highway enters Jamestown on W Cove Road, where it passes by the Fentress County Fairgrounds, before following the original alignment of
US 127/
SR 28 (N Main Street) for a short distance and turning right onto Pickett Park Highway and going further northeast to cross the current US 127. It continues northeast through rural countryside to pass through
Sharp Place, where it has an intersection with
SR 297, before crossing into the easternmost part of
Pickett County, and traverses
Pickett State Park
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and Pickett State Forest. It then goes into the northwesternmost corner of
Scott County before becoming
Kentucky Route 167
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at the state line in
Wayne County, Kentucky.
[''Tennessee Atlas & Gazetteer'' (Map) (2004 ed.). DeLorme.]
Major intersections
See also
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References
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154
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Transportation in Fentress County, Tennessee
Transportation in Pickett County, Tennessee
Transportation in Scott County, Tennessee