Tennessee State Route 227

State Route 227 (SR 227) is a 32.3-mile-long (52.0 km) east–west state highway in extreme southern Middle Tennessee. It is the only state highway in Tennessee that both begins and ends at the Alabama state line, with one end at Cypress Inn and the other just across the state line from Lexington, Alabama.

State Route 227
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length32.3 mi (52.0 km)
Major junctions
West end SR 157 at the Alabama state line in Cypress Inn
  SR 13 in Fairview
US 43 in Saint Joseph
East end SR 101 at the Alabama state line near Lexington, AL
Location
CountiesWayne, Lawrence
Highway system
← SR 226→ SR 228

Route description

SR 227 begins in Wayne County at the Alabama state line in the Cypress Inn community, where it continues south as Alabama State Route 157 (SR 157). SR 227 immediately makes a sharp right turn at an intersection with Big Cypress Road, which provides access to the Natchez Trace Parkway, before going east through a mix of farmland and wooded areas for several miles to the community of Fairview, where it has a short concurrency with SR 13. It then enters the Highland Rim and winds its way east through mountains to cross into Lawrence County.[1] The highway almost immediately passes through the town of Iron City, where it has an intersection with SR 242 and crosses over Shoal Creek, before going east through mountains to the town of Saint Joseph where it comes to an intersection and becomes concurrent with US 43/SR 6. They head northeast through farmland for a few miles to the town of Loretto, where SR 227 breaks off and turns southeast. SR 227 passes through wooded areas, then very rural farmland, for several miles before coming to the Alabama state line, where it continues into Lexington, Alabama as Alabama State Route 101 (SR 101).[2] Excluding the concurrency with US 43, which is a four-lane undivided highway, the entire route of SR 227 is a two-lane highway.[3]

Major intersections
CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
WayneCypress Inn0.00.0 SR 157 south (Cloverdale Road) – CloverdaleAlabama state line; western terminus
Big Cypress Road to Natchez Trace Parkway – LuttsAccess road to the Natchez Trace Parkway
Fairview SR 13 north (Chisholm Road) – CollinwoodWestern end of SR 13 concurrency
SR 13 south (Chisholm Road) – Zip City, AL, Florence, ALEastern end of SR 13 concurrency
LawrenceIron City SR 242 north (Wayland Springs Road) – Westpoint, LawrenceburgSouthern terminus of SR 242
Bridge over Shoal Creek
Saint Joseph US 43 south (SR 6 south) – Killen, AL, Florence, ALWestern end of US 43/SR 6 concurrency
Loretto US 43 north (South Military Street / SR 6 north) – Leoma, LawrenceburgEastern end of US 43/SR 6 concurrency
​32.352.0 SR 101 south (Wheeler Dam Highway) – LexingtonAlabama state line; eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
  1. Wayne County road map (PDF) (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  2. Lawrence County road map (PDF) (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  3. Google (September 29, 2019). "Overview Map of SR 227" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
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