Tennessee State Route 15

Route description

SR 15 begins as a secondary highway in Shelby County in Northern Memphis at an interchange with SR 14 (Austin Peay Highway). It proceeds east to Bartlett and intersects US 70/US 79/US 64/SR 1, where it becomes the unsigned companion route of US 64 and becomes a primary highway. US 64/SR 15 then intersect SR 177 just before they have an interchange with I-40 in Lakeland. They then go east and pass just north of Lenow before having an interchange with SR 385 (Winfield Dunn Parkway) (future I-269), just north of Fisherville. Not even a half mile away, they intersect with SR 205 before crossing into Fayette County. US 64/SR 15 then passes through Hickory Withe and has a junction with SR 196. They then enter Oakland and has an intersection with SR 194, before continuing east. They continue through rural farmland, passing by Glengary Lake. US 64/SR 15 then enter Somerville and have an intersection with SR 76 in downtown. They then pass through Laconia before crossing into Hardeman County. They then enter Whiteville, where SR 15 and US 64 temporarily split, with SR 15 going through downtown and US 64 goes along a new bypass to the south, with SR 100 also beginning at this intersection. SR 15 then enters downtown and has an intersection and short concurrency with SR 179. It then leaves downtown and returns to US 64/SR 100. SR 100 then splits off and goes east, and US 64/SR 15 continues southeast. They then enter Bolivar and become concurrent with SR 18. They then enter downtown and have a junction with SR 125, with SR 18 splitting off and going north along that highway. US 64/SR 15 then leave Bolivar and continue east. They then go through some wooded areas and pass through Hornsby before crossing into McNairy County. They then intersect SR 225 before going through some rural wooded areas and then entering Selmer, at an interchange with US 45/SR 5, which US 64 follows as a new bypass to the south while SR 15 goes through downtown, signed as US 64 BUS. SR 15 then goes east through downtown and comes to another junction with US 45/US 64/SR 5, with the road continuing east as US 45/SR 5 and SR 15 joins US 64 again and they go northeast. US 64/SR 15 then intersect and have a short concurrency with SR 224 just north of Stantonville before entering Adamsville. In Adamsville, they have an intersection with SR 22 and SR 117 in the center of town, with SR 22 joining the concurrency. US 64/SR 15/SR 22 then leave Adamsville and cross into Hardin County. They then enter Crump and have an intersection and become concurrent with SR 69. A short distance later, SR 22 branches off and turns south. They then run along the banks of the Tennessee River before crossing it and entering Savannah. In Savannah, they immediately enter downtown and pass by the Tennessee River Museum, and becoming concurrent with SR 128 before coming to an intersection with SR 203, where SR 69 turns south, SR 203 goes east, and US 64/SR 15/SR 128 go northeast to leave Savannah. They then intersect SR 226 before north of Olivet before SR 128 splits off and goes north. US 64/SR 15 then go through some mountains and pass through Olivehill before crossing into Wayne County. They enter Clifton Junction where they intersect US 641/SR 114. US 64/SR 15 then go through a narrow valley before entering Waynesboro, bypassing the city to the west and north. It then has an interchange with SR 13 before going east to intersect with SR 99. US 64/SR 15 then leave Waynesboro and continue east through mountainous terrain. They then enter some farmland and have an interchange with the Natchez Trace Parkway just before crossing into Lawrence County. They then intersect with SR 240 in Deerfield and then SR 241 just a little further to the east. They then intersect and become concurrent with SR 242 just before entering Lawrenceburg. They then enter downtown, where SR 242 splits off and goes north, right before the intersection with US 43/SR 6. They then leave Lawrenceburg and continue east through more mountains. It then passes through Bodenham before intersecting and becoming concurrent with SR 166 and entering Pulaski. US 64 then bypasses the city to the south with SR 15/SR 166 going into downtown. SR 166 splits and turns south at an intersection with SR 11, with SR 11 becoming concurrent with SR 15. They then come to an intersection with US 31/SR 7, where SR 11 splits off and goes north along that highway. SR 15 then goes east back to US 64, where they continue east together. They go through some more mountains before coming to an interchange with I-65 in Frankewig. US 64/SR 15 then cross into Giles County. They then pass through Boonshill and intersect with SR 244. They then intersect with SR 273 before entering Fayetteville and go through downtown to intersect SR 50/US 231/US 431/SR 10 and become concurrent with SR 50. SR 50 then splits off and goes north while US 64/SR 15 go east and leave Fayetteville. They continue east through farmland and mountains and pass through Kelso. They then pass just north of Flintville and junction with SR 275. They then intersect and have a short concurrency with SR 121 before entering Lincoln County. US 64/SR 15 then enter Huntland, where they have a junction with SR 122 and SR 97. They then pass through Belvidere before entering Winchester and having an interchange with SR 16, which provides access to downtown as US 64/SR 15 bypass it to the southeast. They then have an interchange with US 41A, where SR 15 splits from US 64 again to follow US 41A and becomes a secondary highway. US 41A/SR 15 then goes through Cowan and goes east to a long narrow mountain pass. They then enter Sewanee and become concurrent with SR 56. They go east to St. Andrews where they intersect SR 156 before crossing into Franklin County. It then straddles the line with Grundy County before having an interchange with I-24/US 64 and becoming a primary highway again as it becomes concurrent with US 64 once again. They then enter Monteagle and end at an intersection with US 41/SR 2 just west of downtown.