US 41A
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From:  Monteagle (Marion County)
To:  Kentucky State Line above Clarksville (Montgomery County)
Total Length:
157.6 miles
The route continues 16 miles to end at US 41-68 Hopkinsville KY




ROUTE LOG
US 41, TN 2, TN 15 Begin, TN 56 NB: 0 - 0
I-24 (exit 134), US 64, US 64 Bus Begin: 0.4 - 0.4
Franklin-Marion Line: 1.8 - 2.2
TN 156: 1.3 - 3.1
TN 56 SB: 2.5 - 5.6
US 64, TN 433: 9.4 - 15.0
US 64 Bus WB, TN 15 WB, TN 16 SB, TN 50 WB: 2.6 - 17.6
TN 50 EB: 1.7 - 19.3
TN 127: 0.9 - 20.2
TN 279: 4.2 - 24.4
Coffee-Franklin Line: 6.1 - 30.5
TN 55 NB, TN 130 SB: 1.1 - 31.6
TN 55 SB, TN 130 NB: 1.0 - 32.6
TN 269: 1.4 - 34.0
Moore-Coffee Line: 2.1 - 36.1
Bedford-Moore Line: 0.9 - 37.0
TN 276: 4.1 - 41.1
TN 437: 4.4 - 45.5
TN 64: 0.6 - 46.1
US 231 Bus, TN 10, TN 82: 3.4 - 49.5
US 231, TN 387: 0.6 - 50.1
TN 270: 7.2 - 57.3
Rutherford-Bedford Line: 10.4 - 67.7
TN 99 WB: 1.6 - 69.3
TN 99 EB, TN 269 EB: 1.0 - 70.3
TN 269 WB: 0.4 - 70.7
Williamson-Rutherford Line: 3.5 - 74.2
US 31 ALT SB, TN 11 SB, TN 16 END: 1.3 - 75.5
I-840 (exit 42): 2.7 - 78.2
TN 96: 0.6 - 78.8
Davidson-Williamson Line: 10.3 - 89.1
TN 253: 0.7 - 89.8
TN 254: 3.8 - 93.6
TN 255: 2.4 - 96.0
TN 155: 2.4 - 98.4
I-440 (exit 6): 0.9 - 99.3
I-40 (exit 210C), US 41 SB, US 70S EB, TN 1 EB: 2.2 - 101.5
US 31 SB, US 31 ALT END, TN 6 SB: 0.6 - 102.1
US 70, US 70S WB, US 431 SB, TN 1 WB, TN 24: 0.3 - 102.4
US 31 NB, US 41 NB, US 431 NB, TN 6 NB, TN 11 NB, TN 12 Begin: 0.7 - 103.1
I-65 (exit 85): 1.3 - 104.4
TN 12 NB, TN 112 Begin: 3.0 - 107.4
TN 155: 2.3 - 109.7
Cheatham-Davidson Line: 9.7 - 119.4
TN 249: 1.3 - 120.7
Robertson-Cheatham Line: 3.5 - 124.2
Cheatham-Robertson Line: 0.1 - 124.3
TN 49: 3.0 - 127.3
Robertson-Cheatham Line: 3.0 - 130.3
Cheatham-Robertson Line: 1.5 - 131.8
TN 256: 0.6 - 132.4
Montgomery-Cheatham Line: 1.5 - 133.9
US 41 ALT Byp, TN 76: 9.2 - 143.1
TN 374: 0.4 - 143.5
TN 48 NB: 4.6 - 148.1
TN 48 SB: 0.3 - 148.4
US 41 ALT Byp, US 79 NB, TN 12 SB, TN 13, TN 76 NB, TN 112 END: 0.8 - 149.2
US 79 SB, TN 76 SB: 1.5 - 150.7
TN 374: 2.7 - 153.4
TN 236: 3.4 - 156.8
KY STATE LINE: 0.8 - 157.6
Creation: US 41A was approved as a US route in June 1944 (AASHO), though deferred from implementation until 1947 due to controversy surrounding the former US 41E and 41W designations (including the never-posted US 43 and a later desire to have the route via Clarksville be mainline US 41), running generally as it does now, following US 64 from Monteagle to Winchester; TN 16 from Winchester to Kirkland; TN 11 from Kirkland to Nashville

1943 Official

various routes Monteagle-Winchester-Shelbyville-Nashville
1943 TDOT Road Conditions
1951 Official

US 41A Monteagle-Winchester-Shelbyville-Nashville
1951 Official
North of Nashville, US 41A replaced US 41W through Clarksville to Kentucky.

1938 Official

US 41W Nashville through Clarksville
1938 Official
1951 Official

US 41W becomes US 41A
1951 Official

Adjustments: By 1954, US 41A was placed on one-way splits in central Clarksville - SB used the original route of 2nd St while NB used 3rd St/College
In 1958, US 41A was placed on Robertson Pkwy in downtown Nashville, removing it from 8th Ave between Church St and where it leaves Robertson Pkwy.
Between 1958-60, US 41A was rerouted in Nashville to use Lafayette to 8th.

1951 Official

US 41A original Nashville route,
via 4th/Broadway/8th
1951 Official
US 41A using Broadway

(zoom way in)
Oct 1957 photo
US 41A using 8th

this is 8th and Demonbreun
(this bldg. was torn down in 2015-16)
Jan 1960 photo

By 1966, US 41A was placed on one-way splits in southern Nashville, with NB using Ensley Blvd/2nd Ave/Hart/3rd and SB using the original routing on 4th Ave.
By 1975, US 41A NB in southern Nashville was rerouted to just Ensley/2nd.
Between 1973-75, US 41A was removed from Clay St/Clarksville Pike in favor of Rosa Parks Blvd in northwestern Nashville

1966 Davidson County

US 41A one-way splits
NB swings from 2nd to 3rd
1966 Davidson County
1975 Davidson County

US 41A NB split stays on 2nd
US 41A moved to Rosa Parks Blvd above I-265
1975 Davidson County

In the mid-1970s, US 41A was removed from the looping University Ave in Sewanee
Posting: Fully posted, though poorly in Nashville, especially on its concurrency with US 41
Secret TN Route Overlay: TN 15 (17.6 mi)
TN 16 (57.9 mi)
TN 11 (27.6 mi)
TN 12 I (4.3 mi)
TN 112 (41.8 mi)
TN 12 II (8.4 mi)
Comment: US 41A provides a backdoor way from Monteagle to Nashville.
When US 41 was moved onto the TN 150 alignment to provide an alternative to I-24 when it was having problems on the mountain, AASHO suggested Tennessee renumber US 41A as mainline US 41, which Tennessee declined to do.


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