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US 143: In 1934, AASHO proposed a resolution to the US 31E/31W dynamic by offering US 37 for most of the Kentucky portion of US 31E and US 143 from Glasgow KY to Nashville.
Tennessee loathed the idea of US 143 because it didn't go anywhere. I'm sure to their delight, Kentucky's objection to getting rid of US 31E ultimately killed US 143. AASHO was so sure US 37 and US 143 would come to pass that they both appear in their official Nov. 1934 Route Log. Both also appeared on a few commercial maps. What was a bit puzzling was that US 143 on the route log was listed as following TN 100 to end in Centerville instead of Nashville. At least one map showed this, though more vaguely. As it turns out, a parallel effort to address US 41E/41W involved US 43 being extended through Tennessee, and maps showed it running through Columbia and Nashville. But, it turms out AASHO wanted US 43 to actually run via Waynesboro, Centerville and Charlotte to get to Clarksville. Tennessee got AASHO to reroute US 43 but AASHO never addressed the now-hanging southern segment of US 143.
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