Tina Turner Highway
Nutbush, an unincorporated town in Haywood County, TN located 75 miles (120.7 km) northeast of Memphis, is the childhood home of singer Tina Turner described in her 1973 song, "Nutbush City Limits". The town does not have "city limits" per se; however, "Nutbush—Unincorporated" signs are posted on the adjoining roads.
Nutbush is located near the junction of Tennessee State Routes 180 and 19, the latter of which is referenced in the song as "highway number nineteen" (mistakenly called U.S. Route 19 in Seger's version), with a noted speed limit of 25 mph (40 km/h) ("twenty-five was the speed limit"), which is currently 45 mph (72 km/h).
In 2002, a nine-mile (14.5 km) segment of State Route 19 between Nutbush and Brownsville was officially designated "Tina Turner Highway" to honor the singer.
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