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US 70N is a predominantly two-lane rural highway, with divided-four lanes at major intersections only.. The entire route is in concurrency with SR 24; which is recognized as a primary route between Lebanon and Cookeville, and secondary between Cookeville and Crossville.
Baxter is a city in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,578 at the 2020 census . [ 7 ] It is part of the Cookeville, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area .
cookeville-tn.gov Cookeville is the county seat and largest city of Putnam County, Tennessee , United States . As of the 2020 United States census , its population was reported to be 34,842. [ 10 ]
Baxter purchased the Nashville & Knoxville Railroad in 1902, and two years later the Tennessee Central completed a line from Nashville to the Illinois Central tracks at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, thus connecting Middle Tennessee to the rest of the country. Cookeville residents could now travel all the way to Minnesota via 10-hour train ride. [1]
The Interstate has five interchanges in Cookeville, including one with SR 111 (a major north–south connector to Chattanooga) and another with US 70N. It then crosses Falling Water River and begins a steep, approximately five-mile (8.0 km) ascent onto the Cumberland Plateau , reaching an elevation of nearly 2,000 feet (610 m) at the top. [ 12 ]
SR 56 south (Grundy Quarles Highway) to I-40 – Baxter: Southern end of SR 56 concurrency; SR 53 turns primary: 87.4: 140.7: SR 56 north / SR 85 west / SR 135 north (Grundy Quarles Highway) – Red Boiling Springs: Northern end of SR 56 concurrency; southern end of SR 85/SR 135 concurrency: 87.6: 141.0: SR 135 south (Dodson Branch Highway ...
Baxter: SR 56 (Gainesboro Highway) – Gainesboro, Baxter: Double Springs: SR 291 north (Bloomington Road) – Bloomington Springs: Southern terminus of SR 291: Cookeville: SR 135 (S Willow Avenue) SR 136 (Jefferson Avenue/Washington Avenue) SR 111 – Sparta, Algood: Interchange: I-40 – Nashville, Knoxville: I-40 exit 290
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.