TN 43
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From:  Three Way (Madison County)
To:  Kentucky State Line at S. Fulton (Obion County)
Total Length: 60.3 miles
The route continues 28 miles as KY 307 to end at US 62 near Cunningham KY.
ROUTE LOG
US 45, US 45W, US 45E Begin, TN 5, TN 186 SB: 0 - 0
TN 186 NB: 0.6 - 0.6
Gibson-Madison Line: 3.3 - 3.9
TN 152: 0.9 - 4.8
TN 187: 6.1 - 10.9
TN 104 EB: 2.4 - 13.3
US 70 ALT, US 79, TN 77 EB, TN 79: 0.2 - 13.5
TN 77 WB, TN 104 WB: 0.4 - 13.9
TN 425: 1.4 - 15.3
TN 54: 9.5 - 24.8
TN 54 WB, TN 105: 1.3 - 26.1
Weakley-Gibson Line: 1.7 - 27.8
TN 124: 2.7 - 30.5
TN 54 EB: 0.1 - 30.6
TN 445: 1.7 - 32.3
TN 89: 4.3 - 36.6
US 45E Bus, TN 216, TN 372: 5.9 - 42.5
TN 22 SB, TN 431: 2.7 - 45.2
US 45E NB, US 45E Bus, TN 372: 4.3 - 49.5
TN 22 NB: 1.0 - 50.5
US 45E SB, TN 372: 2.6 - 53.1
Obion-Weakley Line: 0.6 - 53.7
TN 190: 1.0 - 54.7
US 45E NB, TN 215: 4.5 - 59.2
KY STATE LINE: 1.1 - 60.3
 Creation: Appeared in 1927 or 1928 running generally as it does now. Three Way to Bradford was a renumbering of TN 42 and Bradford to Kentucky was a renumbering of TN 5. This is the 2nd TN 43.

1924 Official
TN 42/TN 5 from Three Way to S. Fulton via Milan
1924 Official
1929 Official
TN 43 from Three Way to S. Fulton via Milan
1929 Official

Adjustments: Between 1957-60, TN 43 was changed to use 1st St all the way through Milan. Previously it used Highland/College/Main/New St

1938 Carroll County
TN 43 original Milan routing
1938 Carroll County
2003 Carroll County
TN 43 current Milan routing
2003 Carroll County

About 1979, TN 43 was placed on a new bypass around the west of Martin. The route through Martin using Elm St/University St and Lindell St became TN 43 Spur (now US 45E Bus and US 45E)
Between 1990-92, TN 43 was removed from Main St through Medina.
In 1992, TN 43 was removed from Three Way Lane at the US 45E-W split in Three Way and put on the new interchange alignments in the area, changing the location of the south endpoint.
About 1994, TN 43 was removed from Vick Rd south of Bradford and Milan Hwy/Greenfield Hwy through Bradford.
About 1995, TN 43 was removed from Highway Ave through Sharon.
In 2016 or 2017, TN 43 was removed from the western Martin bypass south of TN 22 and instead replaced TN 216 heading around the eastern bypass of Martin which had been around since the mid-1990s. TN 43 then followed TN 22 past where US 45E leaves the bypass to the former western bypass to head north back to US 45E. The southwest part of the original bypass remains part of TN 216.

1981 Official
TN 43 bypasses Martin to the west
1981 Official
2019 Weakley County Functional Classification
TN 43 moved to the east bypass of Martin
2019 Weakley County Functional Classification

Posting: Posted only on its independent segments - primary north of Martin and secondary into S. Fulton.
Secret US Route Overlay: US 45E I (49.5 mi)
US 45E II (6.1 mi)
Comment: TN 43 is almost entirely 4-laned

Previous TN 43's:


TN 43 #1: An original state highway that ran from TN 22 (now TN 124) McKenzie northeast to Paris then northwest to Kentucky above Midway.
In 1927 or 1928, TN 43 was renumbered as part of TN 76 from McKenzie to Paris and TN 69 from Paris to Kentucky. Today this is TN 76 to Paris except: Main St, Paris Ave and Paris Pike in McKenzie; Old Paris Rd north of McKenzie; Skunk Hollow Rd; "Old SR 76" south of Henry; Atlantic Ave/Elm St/Lumber Rd/Brown St in Henry; Old McKenzie Hwy from Routon to Paris; Dunlap St/Wood St within central Paris. This is TN 69 from Paris to Kentucky except: Market St to Rison St northwest out of Paris; possibly Osage Rushing Rd in Osage.

1924 Official
TN 43 McKenzie through Paris to Kentucky
1924 Official
1929 Official
TN 76 and TN 69 replaces TN 43
1929 Official

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