State Route 21 (SR 21) is a two lane highway that runs from the Mississippi River west of

Tiptonville, Tennessee Tiptonville is a town in and the county seat of Lake County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 2,439 as of the 2000 census and 4,464 in 2010, showing an increase of 2,025. It is also home to the Northwest Correctional Complex, a maximu ...

to the

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state line north of Union City. This road provides access to

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Route description

SR 21 begins as a secondary highway in rural Obion County at the

state line, at the intersection of KY 116 and KY 239. It then travels south to an intersection with

US 51 U.S. Route 51 or U.S. Highway 51 (US 51) is a major south-north United States highway that extends from the western suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana, to within of the Wisconsin–Michigan state line. As most of the United States Numbered Highw ...

/ SR 3/ SR 22 just north of Union City. It then enters Union City on N Clover Street, then turns west on E Cheatam Street, then south again on N Division Street to intersect SR 5 (E Main Street) in Downtown. It then travels concurrently with SR 5 (now along S 1st Street) to intersect US 45W/ SR 184/ SR 431 in southern Union City. It then travels south along US 45W/SR 5, leaving Union City and intersecting SR 216 along the way. It then separates from US 45W/SR 5 near Rives, and turns west. In

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, It intersects with US 51/SR 3 again, running concurrently for a short ways before separating and turning west again into downtown Troy. Once in town, it then intersects with SR 184 (old US 51) in the heart of Troy. It then leaves Troy, still going west, and enters Hornbeak and has an intersection with SR 183. It continues west to just south of Samburg, to intersect and run concurrently with SR 22, where it becomes a primary highway. SR 21/SR 22 then run along the shores of

Reelfoot Lake Reelfoot Lake is a shallow natural lake located in the northwest portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee, in Lake and Obion Counties. Much of it is swamp-like, with bayou-like ditches (some natural, some man-made) connecting more open bodies of wate ...

and cross the Hill-Talley Bridge over the

Obion River The Obion River system is the primary surface water Surface water is water located on top of land forming terrestrial (inland) waterbodies, and may also be referred to as ''blue water'', opposed to the seawater and waterbodies like the ocean ...

and enter Lake County.https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/maps/county-maps-(us-shields)/o-w/Obion%20County.pdf The highway passes by

before turning west again to enter

Tiptonville Tiptonville is a town in and the county seat of Lake County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 2,439 as of the 2000 census and 4,464 in 2010, showing an increase of 2,025. It is also home to the Northwest Correctional Complex, a maxim ...

and they soon come to an intersection with SR 78, where SR 22 separates and follows SR 78 north while SR 21 downgrades to secondary here. It then continues into downtown to come to an intersection between Church Street and Cedar Street, where SR 22 previously separated and turned north along Cedar Street, while SR 21 continues west on Church Street to the banks of the

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, where SR 21 ends and the road continues as Tiptonville Ferry Road along the Tennessee-Obion Levee.https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/maps/county-maps-(us-shields)/h-m/Lake%20County.pdf

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