State Route 272 (SR 272) is a long north-south state highway located entirely within
Marshall County in
Middle Tennessee
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Route description
SR 272 begins at an intersection with
SR 129 in the community of
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. It winds its way north as a two-lane highway through mountains for several miles before passing through farmland to enter
Lewisburg, where it comes to an intersection and becomes concurrent with
US 31A/
SR 106. They bypass downtown as a four-lane undivided highway along the east side, where they pass through both residential and business areas and become concurrent with
US 431
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at an intersection with
US 431 Business/
SR 50. The highway then curves to the northwest to cross a bridge over a creek before coming to an intersection with
US 31A Business/US 431 Business/
SR 11, where US 31A and SR 272 split from US 431/SR 106 to follow SR 11 north. SR 272 splits off shortly thereafter and leaves Lewisburg to pass through a mix of farmland and wooded areas as a two-lane highway for the next several miles, where it passes through the community of
Verona
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. The highway then crosses a bridge over the
Duck River shortly before coming to an end at an intersection with
SR 99 just a few miles southwest of
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Major intersections
References
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Transportation in Marshall County, Tennessee