State Route 52 (SR 52) is an east–west
state highway
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that crosses eight counties in northern and northeastern
Tennessee
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. The route originates in
Orlinda along
SR 49 and ends in
Elgin along
U.S. Route 27
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(US 27).
SR 52 is mostly a primary route, but becomes secondary west of I-65. Between Celina and Livingston it is part of
Corridor J
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of the
Appalachian Development Highway System
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.
Route description
In the border counties
SR 52 begins as a secondary state route in
Orlinda at
SR 49 in
Robertson County. It begins an eastward trek and junctions with
I-65
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(Exit 117) west of
Portland
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. A short distance later, it junctions with
US 31W
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(
SR 41) and enters
Sumner County. Once it does so, it becomes a primary route. SR 52 then enters Portland and has an Intersection with
SR 109. Continuing east, SR 52 enters
Westmoreland, bypassing the downtown area to the south, and comes to an intersection with
US 31E
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Route des ...
/
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(
SR 6). It then crosses into
Macon County and passes through
Siloam
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. SR 52 continues into
Lafayette
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* House of La Fayette, a French noble family
** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757 ...
to intersect with
SR 10. It then exits Lafayette and intersects with
SR 262 at
Webbtown. It continues to
Red Boiling Springs, where it has a junction with
SR 56. It then has an interchange with
SR 151 a short distance later.
![Celina-SR52-SR53-tn1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Celina-SR52-SR53-tn1.jpg)
It continues eastward into
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, and goes through the communities of
Hermitage Springs and
Moss
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, the latter of which
SR 51 intersects SR 52, and
SR 135 intersects SR 52 in the former.
SR 53 intersects SR 52 at
Celina.
For SR 52’s first , it parallels the Tennessee-
Kentucky
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state line.
Celina to Elgin
![Allons-SR52-tn1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Allons-SR52-tn1.jpg)
After exiting Celina, SR 52 turns southeast to cross into
Overton County. A short distance from the county line, it comes to a junction with
SR 136 just north of
Standing Stone State Park
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The ...
. It continues east and passes through
Allons. SR 52 then enters
Livingston
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and intersects with
SR 111. It continues into downtown and becomes
concurrent
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with
SR 85. It continues east and goes through
Alpine
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and separates from SR 85 to the east.
![Jamestown-Central-Main-tn2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Jamestown-Central-Main-tn2.jpg)
SR 52 then continues eastward into far southern
Pickett County, and then crosses into
Fentress County shortly thereafter. It winds to the east to
Jamestown, where it has an intersection with
SR 154. It then goes straight through downtown, crosses Main St. (Old US 127), and has an interchange with
US 127
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(
SR 28) just outside of town. SR 52 then goes southeast, and enters
Allardt to intersect
SR 296. It then continues on known as "Rugby Pike", which is the name it keeps all the way to its eastern end. It continues through rural Fentress county to a tall bridge over the
Clear Fork River and crosses into
Morgan County and the
Eastern Time Zone
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.
![Brooks-general-store-rugby-tn2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Brooks-general-store-rugby-tn2.jpg)
A short distance past the river, SR 52 intersects
Rugby Parkway, which until December 2013 was the actual route of SR 52, which runs a loop through the historic community of
Rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
, while the current route runs along a new bypass to the south. SR 52 then becomes very narrow and curvy and straddles
Morgan County's eastern boundary line for several miles before finally entering
Scott County to end in the community of
Elgin at an intersection with
US 27
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(
SR 29).
History
Sometime between 2010 and 2013, SR 52 in Red Boiling Springs was rerouted onto a bypass route to the south of that city. Most of the old alignment, however, still retains its SR 56 designation through the town. Several other older alignments of SR 52 still remain in Macon and northern Sumner Counties, including Church Street in Lafayette, and Austin Peay Highway near Westmoreland.
In December 2013, the town of Rugby was bypassed by the rerouting of SR 52, with the old alignment now being known as Rugby Parkway.
SR 52 in eastern Clay County was rerouted onto a straighter alignment from Celina to the Overton County line. After that project was finished in the 2010s, SR 52 no longer runs concurrently with SR 53 on the south side of town. The old alignment is now known as Old Livingston Highway. Parts of an even older alignment of State Route 52 in Clay County still remains intact also. All re-routings shortened the route by an estimated total of from the previously listed .
Major intersections
Related route
State Route 52 Truck Route (SR 52 Truck) is a truck route in downtown
Celina, in Clay County. With a total length of , the truck route includes the following streets:
*Dow Avenue from SR 52 (Main St./Dow Ave.) to Brown Street, and
*Brown Street from Dow Avenue to Lake Avenue.
The route folds back into SR 52 at the corner of Brown Street and Lake Avenue.
References
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Transportation in Robertson County, Tennessee
Transportation in Sumner County, Tennessee
Transportation in Macon County, Tennessee
Transportation in Clay County, Tennessee
Transportation in Overton County, Tennessee
Transportation in Pickett County, Tennessee
Transportation in Fentress County, Tennessee
Transportation in Morgan County, Tennessee
Transportation in Scott County, Tennessee