State Route 159 (SR 159) is a west to east highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee that is 12 miles (20 km) long. It begins in Carter County at State Route 67 and ends in Johnson County at the North Carolina state line. State Route 159 is little-known by the general public by this designation as it is overlain by U.S. Route 321; the "159" designation is seen on mileposts.
 State Route 159 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length | 12.5 mi[1] (20.1 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   US 321 / SR 67 in Fish Springs | |||
| East end | US 321 at the North Carolina state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Tennessee | |||
| Counties | Carter, Johnson | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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SR 159, overlain by US 321, traverses 12.5 miles (20.1 km) along the banks of Watauga Lake. It is a curvy two-lane mountain highway.
History
editIn 2011–12, a bridge replacement project closed a section of the highway at the Elk River; a detour route was signed using both US 321 and SR 159, along SR 67 and US 421 in Tennessee to Vilas, North Carolina, where it ended. This was the only time SR 159 has ever been signed during its entire existence.[2][3]
Counties traversed (west to east)
editState Route 159 traverses the counties shown in the table below.
| Counties traversed by State Route 159 | ||
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| County | miles | kilometers |
| Carter | 8.5 | 13.6 |
| Johnson | 4.0 | 6.4 |
Junction list
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Carter | Fish Springs | 0.0 | 0.0 |  US 321 north / SR 67 – Elizabethton, Mountain City | Western terminus |
| Johnson | | 12.5 | 20.1 |  US 321 south – Boone | North Carolina state line; eastern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b "State Route 159" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ Staff. "Weekly Construction Report for East Tennessee Week of June 16-22, 2011". Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ Staff. "Weekly Construction Report for East Tennessee Week of February 16-22, 2012". Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- Tennessee Department of Transportation (24 January 2003). "State Highway and Interstate List 2003".
External links
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Media related to Tennessee State Route 159 at Wikimedia Commons- Tennessee Department of Transportation
