State Route 187 (SR 187) is a 7.8 mile long east-west state highway in
Gibson County, Tennessee
Gibson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,683. Its county seat is Trenton. The county was formed in 1823 and named for John H. Gibson, a soldier of the Natchez Expedition an ...
Route description
SR 187 begins just outside the
Humboldt city limits at an intersection with
US 70A
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US 79
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SR 76. It goes east through rural farmland to have a short concurrency with
SR 186 just south of the town of
Gibson
Gibson may refer to:
People
* Gibson (surname)
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* Gibson Brands, Inc., an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and audio equipment
* Gibson Technology, and English automotive and motorsport company based
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. It continues east, then northeast, through farmland and rural areas to enter the
Milan
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city limits, where it passes through some industrial areas before SR 187 comes to an end at an intersection with
US 45E/
SR 43 just south of downtown. The entire route of SR 187 is a two-lane highway.
[https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/maps/county-maps-(us-shields)/a-g/Gibson%20County.pdf ]
Major intersections
References
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187
Year 187 ( CLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Quintius and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 940 ''Ab urbe c ...
Transportation in Gibson County, Tennessee