State Route 211 (SR 211) is a secondary state route in
Dyer County,
Tennessee
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, United States, that previously extended north into
Obion County. SR 211 is a two-lane highway throughout its length except for a short section in northern
Dyersburg
Dyersburg is a city and the county seat of Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. It is located in northwest Tennessee, northeast of Memphis on the Forked Deer River. The population was 16,164 at the 2020 census, down 5.72% from the 2010 census ...
.
Route description
The southern terminus of SR 211 is at a large
3-way junction 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 ...
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SR 3 just south southern Dyersburg. SR 211 begins as an
unsigned
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route
concurrent
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with
US 51 Business inside the
city limits
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of Dyersburg. SR 211 briefly overlaps with
SR 104 near downtown Dyersburg and with US 51 on the north side of the city. The route in this area is mostly a two-lane facility with a few four-lane and five-lane sections with a maximum speed limit of . North of Dyersburg, SR 211 is constructed as a two-lane route and is predominantly rural in nature. This route passes through downtown
Newbern and intersects
SR 77 before continuing north toward
Trimble. The northern terminus of SR 211 is at Trimble at a 4-way
at-grade At-grade may refer to:
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intersection
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with
SR 105. North of this intersection, old SR 211 continues north but is closed to traffic. This old alignment provides access to the
C.M. Gooch Wildlife Management Area maintained by the
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
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.
History
SR 211 is part of an older alignment of US 51 and SR 3.
In the past, SR 211 continued north past
Trimble with a historic northern terminus at the US 51 freeway just south of
Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...
.
Tennessee Department of Transportation
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is a multimodal agency with statewide responsibilities in roadways, aviation, public transit, waterways, and railroads. The mission of TDOT is to provide a safe and reliable transportation syste ...
ended state maintenance on the section of this highway between Trimble and
Obion due to the deteriorated nature of the bridges along this section of roadway and the derelict
Adkison Memorial Bridge over the
Obion River
The Obion River system is the primary surface water
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that has been closed for a number of years.
[Official Transportation Map](_blank)
/ref> This orphaned northern portion of SR 211 was eventually deleted and resigned as an extended SR 183. This highway represents the old two-lane alignment of US 51 between Dyersburg and Troy. North of Troy the old two-lane alignment of US 51 resumes and is currently signed as SR 184 and runs to Union City.
County maps published by TDOT do not show the recent realignment of this highway,Dyer County Highway Map
/ref> however, the Official Transportation Map
Major intersections
See also
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* List of highways numbered 211
References
External links
{{commons category, Tennessee State Route 211
Tennessee Department of Transportation
211
U.S. Route 51
Transportation in Dyer County, Tennessee