State Route 186 (SR 186) is a
state highway
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Tennessee
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. It runs from
Trenton southward to
Jackson
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People and fictional characters
* Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name
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Australia
* Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson North, Q ...
, passing through the towns of
Gibson
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People
* Gibson (surname)
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* Gibson Brands, Inc., an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and audio equipment
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and
Three Way
''Three Way'' is a 2004 neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Scott Ziehl and starring Dominic Purcell, Joy Bryant, Ali Larter, Desmond Harrington, Dwight Yoakam, and Gina Gershon. The plot, based on Gil Brewer's pulp novel '' Wild To Possess'' ...
along the way. The southern portion serves as a western bypass for the city of Jackson, which is signed as U.S. Route 45 Bypass (US 45 Bypass).
U.S. Route 45 Bypass
U.S. Route 45 Bypass (US 45 Bypass), also known as Keith Short Bypass, is an approximately 10 mile
expressway
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bypass for
US 45
U.S. Route 45 (US 45) is a major north-south United States highway and a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. A sign at the highway's northern terminus notes the total distance as .
US 45 is notable for incorporatin ...
in
Jackson, Tennessee
Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Tennessee, United States. Located east of Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, it is a regional center of trade for West Tennessee. Its total population was 68,205 as of the 2020 United States ...
. It has the unsigned designation of State Route 186 (SR 186) for its entire length.
Route description
US 45 Bypass begins at an intersection with
US 45
U.S. Route 45 (US 45) is a major north-south United States highway and a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. A sign at the highway's northern terminus notes the total distance as .
US 45 is notable for incorporatin ...
(
SR 5/Highland Avenue) and
US 70
U.S. Route 70 or U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. It is a major east–west highway of the Southeastern, Southern and Southwestern United States. ...
(
SR 1/E Chester Street) in downtown. It goes north as a four-lane
divided highway
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, concurrent with US 70/SR 1, to leave downtown and pass through industrial areas to have a signalized intersection with State Street. It then curves to the north and US 70/SR 1 immediately split off and go east along Airways Boulevard towards
McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport. US 45 Bypass continues through suburban neighborhoods to pass through a business district before having an interchange with Hollywood Drive. It then has a signalized intersection with
US 412 Bus (
SR 20/North Parkway) before widening to a six-lane at-grade boulevard. It then passes through another business district before having a partial cloverleaf interchange with
I-40
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US 412
U.S. Route 412 is an east–west United States highway, first commissioned in 1982. U.S. 412 overlaps expressway-grade Cimarron Turnpike from Tulsa west to Interstate 35 and the Cherokee Turnpike from east of Chouteau, Oklahoma, to west of the ...
(Exits 80 A/B) and reducing to four lanes. Temporarily becoming a
limited-access highway
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, US 45 Bypass immediately has an interchange with Vann Drive and Country Club Lane, where it widens back to six lanes. It passes
Union University
Union University is a private Baptist Christian university in Jackson, Tennessee, with additional campuses in Germantown and Hendersonville. The university is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). It is ...
before having at-grade intersections with Union University Drive/Channing Way, Oil Well Road, Old Humboldt Road, and Ashport Road. US 45 Bypass then comes to an end at an interchange with US 45 (SR 5/N Highland Avenue) and Passmore Lane a short distance later, with unsigned SR 186 continuing north along US 45/SR 5.
Major intersections
Route description
Gibson County
SR 186 begins as a 2-lane secondary highway in
Gibson County in
Trenton at an intersection with
US 45W slightly southeast of downtown and is known as Gibson Highway. It goes southeast through farmland to have an intersection with
SR 420 to enter the town of
Gibson
Gibson may refer to:
People
* Gibson (surname)
Businesses
* Gibson Brands, Inc., an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and audio equipment
* Gibson Technology, and English automotive and motorsport company based
* Gi ...
, where it passes through downtown and has an intersection with
US 79
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/
US 70A
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SR 76. (It is known as Main Street in Gibson). From here, SR 186 continues south (as just Highway 186) through farmland to have a short concurrency with
SR 187 and have an intersection with
SR 152 before crossing into
Madison County.
Madison County
SR 186 runs south through farmland to enter
Three Way
''Three Way'' is a 2004 neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Scott Ziehl and starring Dominic Purcell, Joy Bryant, Ali Larter, Desmond Harrington, Dwight Yoakam, and Gina Gershon. The plot, based on Gil Brewer's pulp novel '' Wild To Possess'' ...
, and has an intersection and becomes concurrent with
US 45E/
SR 43, where it becomes a four-lane divided highway, as well as an unsigned primary highway. They go southwest and almost immediately come to an interchange with
US 45W/
SR 5, where SR 43 ends and US 45E and US 45W merge to become
US 45
U.S. Route 45 (US 45) is a major north-south United States highway and a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. A sign at the highway's northern terminus notes the total distance as .
US 45 is notable for incorporatin ...
, which SR 5 and SR 186 follow south. They continue south as a six-lane divided highway for about before coming to an interchange with Highland Street, where US 45/SR 5 branch off and SR 186 follows
US 45 Bypass. US 45 Bypass/ SR 186 (also known as the Keith Short Bypass) continue south around the western side of the city of
Jackson
Jackson may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* 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, Q ...
through suburban areas as a 4 to 6 lane expressway, where it has interchanges with Vann Drive,
I-40
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west Interstate Highway running through the south-central portion of the United States. At a length of , it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to ea ...
/
US 412
U.S. Route 412 is an east–west United States highway, first commissioned in 1982. U.S. 412 overlaps expressway-grade Cimarron Turnpike from Tulsa west to Interstate 35 and the Cherokee Turnpike from east of Chouteau, Oklahoma, to west of the ...
(Exit 80 A/B), an at-grade intersection with
US 412 Bus/
SR 20, and an interchange with Hollywood Drive. US 45 Bypass/SR 186 then come to an intersection and become concurrent with
US 70
U.S. Route 70 or U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. It is a major east–west highway of the Southeastern, Southern and Southwestern United States. ...
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SR 1, where it makes a sudden sharp turn to the east to enter downtown, where it becomes an at-grade surface route before US 45 Bypass and SR 186 both come to an end at an intersection with US 45/SR 5.
The portion of SR 186 from Three Way to Downtown Jackson is unsigned.
Future
The city of Jackson along with TDOT is planning on re-routing SR 186 (along with US 45 Bypass) away from downtown. Under the current plans, it would extend the bypass south across the
South Fork of the Forked Deer River
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and connect it with US 45 in South Jackson. It would route through traffic away from the central business district and give another crossing for South Jackson commuters.
[http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/us45/default.htm]
Major intersections
See also
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List of state routes in Tennessee
The Tennessee state routes do not follow a systematic numbering system unlike the U.S. Highway System and some other states' highway systems. The routes are separated into primary and secondary routes though. Many of the routes are hidden in tha ...
References
*Tennessee Department of Transportation (24 January 2003). "State Highway and Interstate List 2003".
Southern Extension of the US 45 Bypass Study :: Jackson, Tennessee{{refend
External links
Tennessee Department of Transportation
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Transportation in Gibson County, Tennessee
Transportation in Madison County, Tennessee
Freeways in Tennessee