U.S. Route 641 (US 641) is a U.S. Route in

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and

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. It runs for from US 64 south of Clifton, Tennessee to an intersection with US 60 in Marion, Kentucky. While it is considered a spur route of

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, the two routes no longer connect.

Route description

Tennessee

US 641 begins at an intersection with US 64 south of Clifton. North of that city, it runs concurrently with SR 69. US 641 intersects US 412 in

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near Holladay, and US 70 in Camden. In

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, US 641 intersects US 79; it also separates from SR 69 and begins a concurrency with SR 54 that it maintains until the Kentucky state line.

Kentucky

US 641 enters Kentucky at Hazel and continues north to

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, intersecting KY 80 just north of the city limit. Near Benton, a spur route (Spur US 641) provides access to

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(the

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) while the main route travels through the city. US 641 has a concurrency with US 62 beginning near Calvert City; the routes cross I-24 /

before separating in Eddyville. The route intersects KY 70 in Fredonia. The US 641 designation ends at US 60 in

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History

U.S. Route 641 was designated by

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in 1951 out of a desire on the part of Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee highway officials to create a single numbered route to connect

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via the popular tourist attraction

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. In 1968, the 4.9-mile Indiana portion of its route was relinquished. Indiana highway officials, in their request to decommission the route, advised that 641 "serves no useful purpose" and had, indeed, not been marked in Evansville for "a number of years." Its northern section from

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, which was

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with U.S. Route 60, was eliminated and its northern terminus has since remained Marion. In 1977, US 641 was extended southward along the path of

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to its interchange with

(Exit 126) near Holladay, Tennessee with SR 69 continuing south beyond the interchange. In November 2014, the

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approved a southern extension of the US 641 designation along SR 69 and SR 114, from the former southern terminus at I-40 to the current end at

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in Wayne County.

Major intersections

The mileposts listed in the following table is only an estimated calculation. Actual mile markers may vary.

Special routes

Two

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s of U.S. Route 641 currently exist, and a third has existed in the past, all of which have been in

Murray business loop

US Route 641 Business is a business route of US Route 641 located mainly along the east side of Murray, Kentucky, in Calloway County. It follows

Kentucky Route 121 Kentucky Route 121 (KY 121) is a state highway in Kentucky. It runs from State Route 119 (SR 119) at the Kentucky–Tennessee state line southeast of New Concord to U.S. Route 51 (US 51) and US 62 in Wickliffe vi ...

east from US 641 along Glendale Road until KY 121 turns south along South Fourth Street, where US BUS 641 turns north. The route makes a sharp left turn at Chestnut Street and heads west before finally terminating at US 641.

Benton spur route

US Route 641 Spur is a spur route of US Route 641 located on the south side of

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, in Marshall County in western

Jackson Purchase The Jackson Purchase, also known as the Purchase Region or simply the Purchase, is a region in the U.S. state of Kentucky bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Tennessee River to the east. Jackson's ...

region. It begins at a junction with US 641 south of Benton, and ends at the Exit 41 interchange with Interstate 69 (formerly the Julian M. Carroll

Benton truck route

References

External links

US 641 at Kentucky Roads
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