Tennessee State Route 290

State Route 290 marker
State Route 290
Map
SR 290 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length19.7 mi (31.7 km)
ExistedJuly 1, 1983[1]–present
Major junctions
West end SR 53 northeast of Granville
Major intersections SR 56 in Bloomington Springs
East end SR 135 in Cookeville
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountiesJackson, Putnam
Highway system
← SR 289→ SR 291

State Route 290 (SR 290) is a 19.7-mile-long (31.7 km) state highway in Jackson and Putnam counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It connects SR 53 northeast of Granville to SR 135 in Cookeville via SR 56 and Bloomington Springs.

Route description

SR 290 begins in Jackson County at an intersection on SR 53 northeast of Granville and southwest of Gainesboro. SR 290 then travels southeast through rural and mountainous terrain for the next several miles, where it is very curvy and passes through Nameless, before having a 1.2-mile-long (1.9 km) concurrency with SR 56 in Bloomington Springs. SR 290 travels to the north with SR 56 and then splits off to the southeast to pass through farmland and have an intersection with SR 477 before crossing into Putnam County.[2]

The highway continues in a southeasterly direction to pass through farmland and rural areas until it reaches the Cookeville city limits. Upon entering Cookeville, SR 290 turns east and becomes an undivided, four-lane road and passes through residential and suburban areas until it meets its eastern terminus, an intersection with SR 135, just north of downtown and the Tennessee Technological University (Tennessee Tech or TTU) campus.[3]

Excluding the portion in Cookeville, the entire route of SR 290 is a two-lane highway.[4]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Jackson​0.00.0 SR 53 (Granville Highway) – Gainesboro, GranvilleWestern terminus
Bloomington Springs10.316.6
 SR 56 south (Grundy Quarles Highway) – Baxter		Western end of SR 56 concurrency
11.518.5
 SR 56 north (Grundy Quarles Highway) – Gainesboro		Eastern end of SR 56 concurrency
12.420.0
 SR 477 east (Cummins Mill Road) – Cummins Falls State Park		Western terminus of SR 477
PutnamCookeville19.731.7 SR 135 (North Willow Avenue)Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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  1. ^ "The Road To 100 Years" (PDF). Tennessee Road Builder. Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Map of Jackson County" (PDF). tn.gov. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Map of Putnam County" (PDF). tn.gov. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. ^ "TN-290 · Tennessee".