South end: I-24 at Jasper | Length 213 km | |
North end: US 127 / SR 111 at Static, Tennessee and the Kentucky state line Major cities Crossville, Jamestown, Clarkrange, Pall Mall, Tennessee Counties Marion County, Tennessee | ||
State Route 28 (SR 28) is a state highway in the state of Tennessee, traversing the state in a north–south axis from south of Jasper to the Kentucky state line at Static.
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Map of TN-28, Tennessee, USA
Route description
SR 28 begins just south of Jasper at an interchange with I-24 in Marion County. It then goes north as a 4-lane divided highway to have an interchange with US 41/US 64/US 72/SR 2 in Jasper before bypassing downtown to the east and continuing north and narrowing to a 2-lane. It then passes through Sequatchie before entering Whitwell at an intersection with SR 283. It then has an intersection with SR 108 before going through downtown and leaving Whitwell to go down a long, narrow valley full of farmland. SR 28 then crosses into Sequatchie County. SR 28 then goes north to enter Dunlap and have a y-intersection with US 127/SR 8. From this point on, SR 28 is the unsigned companion route of US 127 from Dunlap to the state line at Static. US 127/SR 8/SR 28 then go north through downtown to an interchange with SR 111, with SR 8 splitting off here to go west on SR 111. US 127/SR 28 then go through some farmland before entering Bledsoe County. They then pass through Palio, Lusk, and Lees Station before entering Pikeville at an intersection with SR 30. They then become concurrent with each other through downtown before splitting off to the west, with US 127/SR 28 continuing north through farmland to pass through Cold Spring and Melvine before crossing some mountains to enter the Cumberlan Plateau and Cumberland County. US 127/SR 28 immediately have an intersection with SR 282. They then go through more farmland before passing by Cumberland Mountain State Park and having an intersection with SR 419. They then come to a y-intersection with SR 68, where US 127/SR 28 turn northeast to enter Crossville. They then intersect SR 392 (a beltway around downtown) before entering downtown and having an intersection with US 70/SR 1/SR 101. They then pass through downtown before widening to a 4-lane and junctioning with SR 298. US 127/SR 28 then have an intersection with US 70N/SR 24 before going through Crossville's main business district before crossing the Obed River and coming to an interchange with I-40. US 127/SR 28 then leave Crossville and continue north through more farmland. They then cross into Fentress County and Clarkrange to have an intersection with SR 62. US 127/SR 28 then passes through Clarkrange before having an intersection with SR 85 and entering Grimsley. They then pass through Grimsley before widening to a 4-lane and intersecting SR 296. They then enter Jamestown and bypass downtown to the east and have an interchange with SR 52 before having one with SR 154 before leaving Jamestown and continuing north and narrowing to a 2-lane. They then pass through Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park and Pall Mall before crossing into Pickett County. They intersect with SR 325 and then SR 295 before entering Static and intersecting SR 111 immediately before crossing the state line into Kentucky, with SR 28 ending here and US 127 continuing into Kentucky.