History
SR 211 is part of an older alignment of US 51 and SR 3.
In the past, SR 211 continued north past Trimble, Tennessee with a historic northern terminus at the US 51 freeway just south of Troy, Tennessee. Tennessee Department of Transportation ended state maintenance on the section of this highway between Trimble, Tennessee and Obion, Tennessee due to the deteriorated nature of the bridges along this section of roadway and the derelict Adkison Memorial Bridge over the Obion River that has been closed for a number of years. This orphaned northern portion of SR 211 was eventually deleted and resigned as an extended Tennessee State Route 183. This highway represents the old two-lane alignment of US 51 between Dyersburg, Tennessee and Troy, Tennessee. North of Troy, Tennessee the old two-lane alignment of US 51 resumes and is currently signed as Tennessee State Route 184 and runs to Union City, Tennessee.
County maps published by TDOT do not show the recent realignment of this highway, however, the Official Transportation Map and signs erected in the field reflect the change as stated above. For several years, SR 211 was detoured off its alignment using Tennessee State Route 105, US 51, and Tennessee State Route 183 to avoid the closed section of roadway roughly from the Obion County Line at Trimble, Tennessee north to Obion, Tennessee. The detour around this section of highway was removed when SR 211 was truncated to Tennessee State Route 105.
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