Tennessee State Route 159

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State Route 159 marker

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 near Little Milligan
East end: US 321 at North Carolina state line.
Location
Counties: Carter, Johnson
Highway system
x20px SR 158 SR 160

Tennessee 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.

Route Description

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

In 2011-12, a bridge replacement project closed a section of the highway at 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.[2][3]

Counties traversed (west to east)

State Route 159 traverses the counties shown in the table below.

Counties traversed by State Route 159
County miles kilometers
Carter 8.5 13.6
Johnson 4.0 6.4

Junction list

County Location mi[1] km Destinations Notes
Carter 0.0 0.0 US 321 north / SR 67 – Elizabethton, Mountain City West end of SR 159
Johnson State line 12.5 20.1 US 321 south – Boone East end of SR 159
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  • Tennessee Department of Transportation (24 January 2003). "State Highway and Interstate List 2003".

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