State Route 290 (SR 290) is a
state highway
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in
Jackson
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* Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name
Places
Australia
* Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson North, Qu ...
and
Putnam counties in the
U.S. state
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of
Tennessee
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. It connects
SR 53 northeast of
Granville to
SR 135 in
Cookeville via
SR 56 and
Bloomington Springs.
Route description
SR 290 begins in
Jackson County at an
intersection
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on
SR 53 northeast of
Granville and southwest of
Gainesboro. SR 290 then travels southeast through
rural
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and mountainous terrain for the next several miles, where it is very curvy and passes through
Nameless, before having a
concurrency with
SR 56 in
Bloomington Springs. SR 290 travels to the north with SR 56 and then splits off to the southeast to pass through farmland and have an intersection with
SR 477 before crossing into
Putnam County.
[https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/maps/county-maps-(us-shields)/h-m/Jackson%20County.pdf ]
The highway continues in a southeasterly direction to pass through farmland and rural areas until it reaches the
Cookeville city limits. Upon entering Cookeville, SR 290 turns east and becomes an undivided, four-lane road and passes through residential and suburban areas until it meets its eastern terminus, an intersection with
SR 135, just north of downtown and the
Tennessee Technological University
Tennessee Technological University, commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech, is a public research university in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and before that as University of Dixie ...
(Tennessee Tech or TTU) campus.
[https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/maps/county-maps-(us-shields)/o-w/Putnam%20County.pdf ]
Excluding the portion in Cookeville, the entire route of SR 290 is a two-lane highway.
Major intersections
See also
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References
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Transportation in Jackson County, Tennessee
Transportation in Putnam County, Tennessee