Tennessee State Route 243

State Route 243
Route information
	Maintained by TDOT
Length	12.9 mi (20.8 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 43 in Mount Pleasant
	SR 166 in Mount Pleasant; SR 50 in Columbia
North end	; US 412 Bus. in Columbia
Location
Counties	Maury
Highway system

State Route 243 (SR 243) is a 12.9 miles (20.8 km) north-south state highway in Maury County, Tennessee. It connects Mount Pleasant with Columbia, while also providing access to Maury County Airport.

Route description

SR 243 begins at the southern edge of Mount Pleasant at an intersection with US 43/SR 6. It heads northeast along Main Street to become concurrent with SR 166 before passing through downtown, where SR 166 splits off and heads west. The highway then passes through before crossing a creek and passing by some businesses and the Maury County Airport, where it has an interchange with US 43/SR 6. SR 243 begins passing through rural areas and the community of Ashwood, where it has an intersection with Zion Road (connector to US 43), and crosses into the Columbia city limits as Trotwood Avenue. It continues northeast to pass through neighborhoods before coming to an intersection with SR 50. The highway then passes through mix of neighborhoods and businesses before coming to an end at an intersection with US 412 Business/SR 99.[1] The entire route of SR 243 is a two-lane highway.[2]

History

The entire route of SR 243 represents the former two-lane alignment of US 43 between Mount Pleasant and Columbia.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Maury County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Mount Pleasant	0.0	0.0	US 43 (Lawrenceburg Highway / SR 6) – Lawrenceburg, Ethridge, Columbia	Southern terminus
	1.2	1.9	SR 166 south (Enterprise Road) – Campbellsville, Pulaski	Southern end of SR 166 concurrency
	2.2	3.5	SR 166 north (1st Avenue) – Hampshire	Northern end of SR 166 concurrency
	4.0	6.4	US 43 (Lawrenceburg Highway / SR 6) – Lawrenceburg, Columbia Maury County Airport main entrance	Connector to US 43; access road into airport
Ashwood	6.7	10.8	Zion Road to US 43	Connector to US 43
Columbia	11.4	18.3	SR 50 (James Campbell Boulevard West)
Columbia	12.9	20.8	US 412 Bus. (West 7th Street / SR 99)	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

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References

Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). "Maury County road map" (PDF). www.tn.gov. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
Google (October 7, 2019). "Overview map of SR 243" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 7, 2019.

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[TDOT-Maury-County-map-1] Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). "Maury County road map" (PDF). www.tn.gov. Retrieved October 7, 2019.

[Googlemaps-2] Google (October 7, 2019). "Overview map of SR 243" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 7, 2019.