South end: MS 2 near Corinth, MS Length 278.1 km | North end: Kentucky Bend | |
Major cities Dresden, McKenzie, Huntingdon, Lexington, Martin, Union City, Tiptonville Counties McNairy County, Tennessee | ||
State Route 22 (SR-22) is a 172.8-mile long (278.1 km) south-to-north state highway in the western part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It begins at the Mississippi state line in McNairy County, where the roadway continues as Mississippi Highway 2. It ends at the Kentucky state line in Lake County, when it crosses into the Kentucky Bend, a detached portion of Fulton County, Kentucky.
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Map of TN-22, Tennessee, USA
The monument for the 1862 Battle of Island Number Ten in the American Civil War is located on SR-22, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Tiptonville.
Alternate route
State Route 22A (SR-22A) is a 26.0-mile-long (41.8 km) alternate route of SR-22 that exists in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its routing takes it through parts of McNairy, Chester, and Henderson counties. SR-22 is one of only three highways in the state to have signed alternate routes.
It begins in Milledgeville, at an intersection with the SR-22 mainline and SR-69, in McNairy County. The highway travels due west for one block and curves to the northwest and enters Chester County. Just on the outer city limits of Milledgeville, SR-22A curves to a western routing and enters Enville. There, it intersects the northern terminus of SR-224 (Leapwood Road) and curves to the north-northwest. After a slight jog to the west, it resumes its north-northwesterly routing and leaves town. SR-22A travels through rural areas of the county and enters Jacks Creek, where it intersects SR-100. The alternate route then curves to the north-northeast and enters Henderson County. It eventually enters Lexington, where it intersects the northern terminus of SR-200 and curves to a due-east routing and meets its northern terminus, an intersection with the SR-22 mainline in the extreme southern part of the city.
SR-22A is not part of the National Highway System, a system of roadways important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.
Huntingdon business loop
State Route 22 Business (SR 22 Bus.) is a business route in Huntingdon, Tennessee.
It begins at U.S. Route 70/State Route 364 south of downtown and heads north into downtown and junctions with US 70 Business in downtown and proceeds northward and comes to an end at State Route 22 and State Route 77 north of downtown.
Interstate 169
The SR-22 freeway section from Martin to Union City is proposed to be Interstate 169 (I-169), an auxiliary route of I-69. Another I-169 exists in Texas.