U.S. Route 45W (US 45W) is a
United States Numbered Highway
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in
West Tennessee
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, connecting
Jackson
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with
South Fulton via
Humboldt,
Trenton,
Rutherford, and
Union City. For the majority of its length, it
runs concurrently with unsigned
State Route 5 (SR 5).
Route description
US 45W begins in
Madison County, concurrent with unsigned
SR 5, in
Three way at an interchange between US 45 (SR 5) and US 45E (SR 43).
The highway goes as a 4-lane divided highway to cross into
Gibson County and enter
Humboldt, where they come to an intersection with unsigned
SR 366. Here, SR 5 follows
US 45W Business through while US 45W bypasses downtown to the west and north along SR 366, where it has intersections
SR 152 and
US 70A/
US 79
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/
SR 76. US 45W and SR 5 then rejoin at an intersection with
US 70A Bypass/
US 79 Bypass, and they leave Humboldt head north through farmland. US 45W/SR 5 then pass through
Fruitland, where it has an intersection with
SR 420 before passing through rural areas. It then enters
Trenton at an intersection with
SR 457 and
SR 367, where US 45W/SR 5 turn right to follow a 2-lane bypass of downtown on the eastern side. The highway becomes concurrent with
SR 54 and an intersection with SR 186 in a business district before having an intersection with
SR 77 and
SR 104, where it becomes concurrent with SR 77 and crosses the
North Fork of the Forked Deer River
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, in a more rural part of town. SR 54 then splits off before the highway curves to the west to have another intersection with SR 367. US 45W/SR 5/SR 77 then widen to a 4-lane divided highway to curve back northward and leave Trenton. They wind their way north through farmland to pass through
Dyer, where it bypasses the town on its west side, to have an interchange with
SR 185, where SR 77 splits off and goes west. US 45W/SR 5 continue north to pass through
Rutherford, where it bypasses the town on its west side, and has an interchange with
SR 105. US 45W/SR 5 then narrows to 2-lanes as it has an intersection with its former alignment just before entering
Kenton and crossing into
Obion County.
US 45W/SR 5 have a short concurrency with
SR 89 before leaving Kenton and continuing north. The highway passes through a wooded area to cross a bridge over the
Obion River
The Obion River system is the primary surface water
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before passing through farmland to become concurrent with
SR 21. They then have an intersection with
SR 216 just west of
Rives before continuing north to enter
Union City and come to an intersection with
SR 431/
SR 184 (W/E Reelfoot Avenue), where US 45W splits from SR 5 and turns right onto SR 431/SR 184. US 45W/SR 431/SR 184 goes east through a business district as a 4-lane undivided highway before entering neighborhoods before US 45W/SR 184 split off from SR 431 and follow S Miles Avenue. They then make a right onto Nailling Drive to pass through more rural and suburban areas before coming to an interchange between
SR 22 and
SR 214 (Ken Tenn Highway), where SR 184 ends and US 45W turns north along SR 22. They immediately come to an interchange with
US 51
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SR 3, where US 45W splits from SR 22 and heads northeast along US 51/SR 3 as a 4-lane freeway. They then have another interchange with SR 214 to enter
South Fulton before arriving at an interchange with US 45E/
SR 215, where US 45W and US 45E merge to form mainline US 45.
Major intersections
See also
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References
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Transportation in Madison County, Tennessee
Transportation in Gibson County, Tennessee
Transportation in Obion County, Tennessee
Freeways in Tennessee