From:  west of Deerfield (Lawrence County) To:  near Summertown (Lawrence County) Total Length:  17.7 miles
ROUTE LOG US 64 (TN Primary 15): 0 - 0 TN Secondary 241 North: 5.0 - 5.0 TN Secondary 241 South:  0.2 - 5.2 TN Secondary 242: 4.7 - 9.9 TN Primary 20 West: 5.5 - 15.4 TN Primary 20 East: 1.3 - 16.7 US 43 (TN Primary 6): 1.0 - 17.7		Creation:  Appeared in 1983 as a new route. History/Adjustments:  No known adjustments. Posting:  Assumed to be fully posted as a secondary route. Comments:  Good shortcut to get from Wayne County to Maury County while avoiding Lawrenceburg.

From:  Red Hill (Lawrence County) To:  Natchez Trace Parkway at Napier (Lewis County) Total Length:  11.8 miles
ROUTE LOG US 64 (TN Primary 15): 0 - 0 TN Secondary 240 North: 5.0 - 5.0 TN Secondary 240 South:  0.2 - 5.2 Lawrence/Lewis Co Line: 5.4 - 10.6 Natchez Trace Parkway: 1.2 - 11.8		Creation:  Appeared in 1983 as a new route. History/Adjustments:  No known adjustments. Posting:  Assumed to be fully posted as a secondary route. Comments:  None

From:  Iron Hill (Lawrence County) To:  Henryville (Lawrence County) Total Length:  36.8 miles
ROUTE LOG TN Secondary 227: 0 - 0 Lawrence/Wayne Co Line: 0.8 - 0.8 Wayne/Lawrence Co Line:  0.3 - 1.1 US 64 West (TN Primary 15): 22.9 - 24.0 US 64 East (TN Primary 15): 1.5 - 25.5 TN Secondary 240:  11.3 - 36.8		Creation:  Appeared in 1983 as a new route. History/Adjustments:  No known adjustments. Posting:  Assumed to be fully posted as a secondary route. Comments:  None

From:  Mt. Pleasant (Maury County) To:  Columbia (Maury County) Total Length:  12.9 miles
ROUTE LOG US 43 (TN Primary 6): 0 - 0 TN Secondary 166 South: 1.2 - 1.2 TN Secondary 166 North:  1.0 - 2.2 TN Primary 50: 9.2 - 11.4 BUS US 412 (TN Secondary 99): 1.5 - 12.9		Creation:  First appeared ca. 1985 as a renumbering of old US 43 through Mt. Pleasant when the Mt Pleasant bypass opened. History/Adjustments:  Ca. 1989, TN 243 was extended to its present day terminus in Columbia when a new-alignment segment of US 43 between Mt. Pleasant and US 412 opened. Posting:  Assumed to be fully posted as a secondary route. Comments:  Follows an old alignment of US 43 from western Columbia south to and through Mt. Pleasant.

From:  Boonshill (Lincoln County) To:   Petersburg (Lincoln County) Total Length:  9.2 miles
ROUTE LOG US 64 (TN Primary 15): 0 - 0 US 431 (TN Primary 50): 9.2 - 9.2		Creation:  Appeared in 1983 as a new route. History/Adjustments:  No known adjustments. Posting:  Assumed to be fully posted as a secondary route. Comments:  None

From:  north of Campbellsville (Giles County) To:   Columbia (Maury County) Total Length:  18.8 miles
ROUTE LOG TN Secondary 166: 0 - 0 Giles/Maury Co Line: 6.8 - 6.8 TN Primary 50: 12.0 - 18.8		Creation:  Appeared in 1983 as a new route. History/Adjustments:  No known adjustments. Posting:  Assumed to be fully posted as a secondary route. Comments:  None

From:  Columbia (Maury County) To:   Franklin (Williamson County) Total Length:  21.7 miles
ROUTE LOG US 31 (TN Primary 6): 0 - 0 TN Secondary 247 East: 6.2 - 6.2 TN Secondary 247 West: 1.5 - 7.7 Maury/Williamson Co Line: 0.4 - 8.1 US 31 (TN Secondary 6): 13.5 - 21.6 BUS US 431 (TN Secondary 106):  0.1 - 21.7		Creation:  Appeared in 1983 as a new route. History/Adjustments:  It's possible that the original northern terminus was at the 5-leg intersection of Main St/5th Ave/Columbia Ave in downtown Franklin.  If so, it has since been realigned 2 blocks onto 7th Ave S and Church St to end at Business US 431. Posting:  Assumed to be fully posted as a secondary route. Comments:  Commonly known as Carters Creek Pike.

From:  Williamsport (Maury County) To:   Duplex (Williamson County) Total Length:  26.3 miles
ROUTE LOG TN Primary 50: 0 - 0 TN Primary 7 South: 5.9 - 5.9 TN Primary 7 North: 0.1 - 6.0 TN Secondary 246 North: 9.1 - 15.1 TN Secondary 246 South: 1.5 - 16.6 US 31 (TN Primary 6): 4.5 - 21.1 Maury/Williamson Co Line: 0.9 - 22.0 US 431 (TN Secondary 106):  4.3 - 26.3		Creation:  Appeared in 1983 as a new route. History/Adjustments:  No known adjustments. Posting:  Assumed to be fully posted as a secondary route. Comments:  TN 247 is blown off by I-65. A November, 2006 article in the Tennesseean notes the congestion on TN 247 in Spring Hill, and a project in the works to widen part of TN 247 in the community.

From:  Thompson's Station (Williamson County) To:   near Franklin (Williamson County) Total Length:  3.6 miles
ROUTE LOG US 31 (TN Primary 6): 0 - 0 US 431 (TN Secondary 106): 2.8 - 2.8 I-65:  0.8 - 3.6		Creation:  Appeared in 1983 as a new route. History/Adjustments:  No known adjustments. Posting:  Fully posted as a secondary route. Comments:  Commonly known as the Goose Creek Bypass. The road TN 248 follows was built along with I-65 in the '60s to serve as a connection between I-65 and US 31 south of Franklin. The recent opening of TN 840 west of I-65 to US 31 alleviates much of the need for having TN 248.

From:  Kingston Springs (Cheatham County) To:   Pinnacle (Cheatham County) Total Length:  29.6 miles
ROUTE LOG I-40: 0 - 0 US 70 West (TN Primary 1): 2.8 - 2.8 US 70 East (TN Primary 1): 0.2 - 3.0 TN Secondary 251: 10.0 - 13.0 TN Primary 49 West: 3.8 - 16.8 TN Secondary 455: 0.6 - 17.4 TN Primary 12: 0.4 - 17.8 TN Primary 49 East: 2.2 - 20.0 US 41A (TN Secondary 112): 9.4 - 29.4 I-24:  0.2 - 29.6		Creation:  Appeared in 1983 as a new route. History/Adjustments:  No known adjustments. Posting:  Fully posted as a secondary route. Comments:  TN Annex contributor Billy Riddle lives a few miles from the south end of this route. Billy notes that the segment south of Ashland City should see improvements over the next 10 years. TN 249 is hidden along what would be the TN 49/TN 249 duplex.

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