Tennessee_State_Route_69A Knowpia

State Route 69A
State Route 69A
	SR 69A mainline in red
Route information
	Auxiliary route of SR 69
	Maintained by TDOT
Length	27.1 mi (43.6 km)
Major junctions
South end	; US 70 Bus. / SR 191 in Camden
North end	US 641 in Paris
Location
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Counties	Benton, Henry
Highway system
	Tennessee State Routes; Interstate; US; State;

State Route 69A (SR 69A) is a 27.1-mile-long (43.6 km) state highway and alternate route of SR 69 in the western portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It travels through a mostly rural area of western Tennessee. It is one of three remaining alternate state routes in Tennessee.

Route description edit

State Route 69A reassurance shield north of Camden, TN.

SR 69A begins in downtown Camden at an intersection with US 70 Bus./SR 191/SR 391. The route travels to the north on North Forrest Avenue, it then turns west onto West Frazier Street and then back north onto Washington Drive. SR 69A passes Camden's middle and high schools and leaves the city limits. The route twists and turns continuing northward to the town of Big Sandy where the route intersects SR 147 and turns west. It continues a westerly course until it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with US 641/SR 69 in Paris. Except at its north end, the entire route of SR 69A is a two-lane highway.^[1]

Major intersections edit

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Benton	Camden	0.0	0.0	US 70 Bus. / SR 191 south (West Main Street/South Forrest Avenue/SR 391) – Nashville, Memphis, Parsons, Waverly, Dickson	Southern terminus of SR 69A; Southern end of 295 feet concurrency with SR 191
	Camden	0.0	0.0	SR 191 north (East Lake Street) – Eva, Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park	Northern end of SR 191 concurrency
	Big Sandy	13.7	22.0	SR 147 east (Main Street) – McKinnon, Tennessee Ridge	Western terminus of SR 147
Henry	Paris	25.0	40.2	SR 218 (Paris Bypass)
Henry	Paris	27.1	43.6	US 641 (Memorial Drive/SR 69) – Camden, Puryear, Hazel	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus