Tennessee State Route 7
highway in Tennessee
State Route 7 (SR 7) is a south–north state highway in Middle Tennessee, running from the Alabama state line in Lincoln County to SR 100/SR 46 in Hickman County.
Route description
Alabama state line to Columbia
SR 7 begins concurrent with Alabama State Route 53 (AL 53) at Lewter Chapel Drive on the Alabama–Tennessee state line in Lincoln County as a secondary highway. They then go west and intersect SR 110 before separating from AL SR 53, entering Giles Gounty and Ardmore, Tennessee, and continuing west to an interchange with I-65 (Exit 1). At this interchange, SR 7 becomes the unsigned companion route of US 31. US 31/SR 7 then leave Ardmore and go north to Elkton and have a short concurrency with SR 273. They continue north through rural Giles County before having a junction with US 64 before entering Pulaski. SR 7 then becomes a primary highway and they come to an intersection with SR 11 and SR 15, becoming concurrent with SR 11. They go north through downtown and then come to the southern terminus of US 31A, with SR 11 separating and following it. US 31/SR 7 then leave Pulaski and goes north to the community of Waco, just west of Lynnville, and meets the western end of SR 129. The pair then crosses into Maury County and goes through Hopewell before entering Columbia.
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