U.S. Route 641

U.S. Route 641 marker

U.S. Route 641

Route information

Auxiliary route of US 41

Length:

222 mi (357 km)

Major junctions

South end:

US 64 near Clifton, TN

US 412 at Parsons, TN
I-40 (Exit 126) / SR 69 near Holladay, TN
US 70 at Camden, TN

US 70 Bus. at Camden, TN
US 79 at Paris, TN
KY 80 near Murray, KY
I-69 / Purchase Parkway near Benton, KY
US 62 near Calvert City, KY
I-24 (Exit 40) / I-69 at Kuttawa, KY

US 62 near Eddyville, KY

North end:

US 60 / KY 91 at Marion, KY

Location

States:

Tennessee, Kentucky

Highway system

United States Numbered Highway System

← I-640	TN	I-840 →
← KY 640	KY	KY 643 →

U.S. Route 641 (US 641) is a U.S. Route in Tennessee and Kentucky. It runs for 177 miles (285 km) from US 64 south of Clifton, Tennessee to an intersection with US 60 in Marion, Kentucky. While it is considered a spur route of U.S. Route 41, the two routes no longer connect.

Route description

Tennessee

US 641 begins at an interchange with US 64 south of Clifton. North of that city, it runs concurrently with SR 69.^[1] US 641 intersects US 412 in Parsons, I-40 near Holladay, and US 70 in Camden.^[2] In Paris, US 641 intersects US 79; it also separates from SR 69 and begins a concurrency with SR 54 that it maintains until the Kentucky state line.^[3]

Kentucky

US 641 enters Kentucky at Hazel and continues north to Murray, intersecting KY 80 just north of the city limit.^[4] Near Benton, a spur route (Spur US 641) provides access to I-69 (the Purchase Parkway) while the main route travels through the city.^[5] US 641 has a concurrency with US 62 beginning near Calvert City; the routes cross I-24 / I-69 before separating in Eddyville.^[6]^[7] The route intersects KY 70 in Fredonia.^[8] The US 641 designation ends at US 60 in Marion.^[9]

History

U.S. Route 641 was created as a 149-mile (240 km) highway from Paris, Tennessee to Evansville, Indiana. In 1972, its route was truncated in the north. Its northern section from Marion, Kentucky to Evansville, which was concurrent with U.S. Route 60, was eliminated and its northern terminus has since remained Marion. In 1977, US 641 was extended southward along the path of Tennessee State Route 69 to its interchange with I-40 (Exit 126) near Holladay, Tennessee with SR 69 continuing south beyond the interchange.

In November 2014, AASHTO approved a southern extension of the US 641 designation along SR 69, from the former southern terminus at I-40 to the current end at US 64 in Wayne County.^[10]

Major intersections

State	County	Location	mi^[11]^[12]	km	Destinations	Notes
Tennessee	Wayne	Clifton Junction			US 64 – Savannah, Waynesboro	Current southern terminus; Southern end of SR-114 concurrency
	Wayne	Clifton			SR 128 east – Clifton	Eastern/Southern end of SR 128 concurrency
	Hardin				SR 128 south – Savannah	Northern end of SR 128 concurrency
	Tennessee River				Bridge over Kentucky Lake
	Decatur				SR 69 south / SR 114 north – Bath Springs, Saltillo	Northern end of SR 114 concurrency; Southern end of SR 69 concurrency
					SR 202 south	Southern end of SR 202 concurrency
		Decaturville			SR 100 west / SR 100 east – Henderson, Decaturville
					SR 202 north (Middleburg Road)	Northern end of SR 202 concurrency
		Parsons			US 412 (Main Street) – Lexington, Linden
		Holladay			I-40 – Memphis, Nashville	Former Southern terminus; Interchange
	Benton	Holladay			SR 192 – Pauline
					SR 192 (Old Hwy 69)
					US 70 / SR 1 – Huntingdon, Waverly
		Camden			US 70 Bus. (W Main St) / SR 391 to SR 69A
	Henry	Paris			SR 218 (Paris Bypass)
					SR 69A
					SR 77
					US 79 (Tyson Ave) / SR 76 – McKenzie, Dover
					SR 69 north / SR 356 east (E Wood St) / SR 54 south – Dresden	North end of SR-69 concurrency; south end of SR-54 concurrency
					SR 218 north (Paris Bypass)
		Puryear			SR 140 east	South end of SR-140 concurrency
		Puryear			SR 140 west	North end of SR-140 concurrency
			0.000	0.000	Tennessee–Kentucky state line North end of SR-54 concurrency
Kentucky	Calloway	Hazel	0.009	0.014	KY 893 west (W Stateline Rd)	South end of KY 893 concurrency
		Hazel	0.069	0.111	KY 893 east (E Stateline Rd)	North end of KY 893 concurrency
		Midway	3.556	5.723	KY 1828 (Midway Rd)
		Murray	6.666	10.728	US 641 Bus. (Glendale Rd) / KY 1550
			7.169	11.537	KY 821 (Sycamore St)
			7.699	12.390	KY 94 (Main St) – Water Valley
			8.143	13.105	US 641 Bus. (Chestnut St) / KY 1327
			8.633	13.893	KY 121 – Mayfield
			9.710	15.627	KY 2075 (N 4th St)
			10.620	17.091	KY 80 – Mayfield, Hopkinsville
			11.775	18.950	KY 1429
			12.348	19.872	KY 1824
			13.829	22.256	KY 464 – Kirksey, Almo
		Dexter	16.929	27.245	KY 1346
	Marshall	Hardin	18.668	30.043	KY 402
			22.774	36.651	US 641 Spur / KY 1824 to I-69 / Purchase Parkway
			23.434	37.713	KY 1518
		Benton	25.559	41.133	KY 1445
			25.714	41.383	KY 58 west / KY 408 – Mayfield	South end of KY 58 concurrency
			26.002	41.846	KY 408
			26.259	42.260	KY 348
			26.363	42.427	KY 2609
			28.912	46.529	KY 58 east / KY 795 – Briensburg, Scale	North end of KY 58 concurrency
		Draffenville	30.306	48.773	US 68 east – Hopkinsville	South end of US 68 concurrency
			30.722	49.442	US 68 west to I-69 / Purchase Parkway – Paducah	North end of US 68 concurrency
			32.518	52.333	KY 1422 – Tatumsville, Palma
			36.122	58.133	KY 2595
			37.110	59.723	US 62 west to I-24 / KY 282 – Calvert City	Interchange; south end of US 62 concurrency
	Livingston		39.584	63.704	KY 453 (Dover Rd)	Interchange
		Lake City	40.072	64.490	KY 952 (J. R. O'Bryan Ave)
			41.009	65.998	KY 917 (Stringtown Rd)
	Lyon	Suwanee	44.944	72.330	KY 810 north	South end of KY 810 concurrency
		Suwanee	45.010	72.437	KY 810 south	North end of KY 810 concurrency
			47.370	76.235	KY 93 west / KY 295	South end of KY 93 concurrency
			47.724	76.804	KY 6011 (Mary Blue Rd)
			48.063	77.350	I-24 / I-69 – Madisonville, Clarksville	Interchange
		Eddyville	49.422	79.537	KY 295
			49.510	79.679	KY 373
			50.193	80.778	KY 93	North end of KY 93 concurrency
			51.739	83.266	US 62 east / KY 3305 (Riley Rd) – Princeton	North end of US 62 concurrency
			54.407	87.560	KY 1943
			54.894	88.343	KY 3169 (New Bethel Church Rd)
	Caldwell	Fredonia	60.331	97.093	KY 70 east / KY 91 east (Marion Rd) – Madisonville, Princeton	South end of KY 70/KY 91 concurrency
			60.535	97.422	KY 902 east	South end of KY 902 concurrency
			60.656	97.616	KY 902 west	North end of KY 902 concurrency
	Crittenden		63.258	101.804	KY 70 west – Mexico	North end of KY 70 concurrency
	Crittenden	Marion	69.577	111.973	US 60 / KY 91 north – Paducah, Henderson	Northern terminus; north end of KY 91 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

Special routes

Two special routes of U.S. Route 641 currently exist, and a third has existed in the past, all of which have been in Kentucky.

US Route 641 Business

U.S. Route 641 Business
Location:	Murray, Calloway County

US Route 641 Business is a business route of US Route 641 located mainly along the east side of Murray, Kentucky, in Calloway County. It follows Kentucky Route 121 east from US 641 along Glendale Road until KY 121 turns south along South Fourth Street, where US BUS 641 turns north. The route makes a sharp left turn at Chestnut Street and heads west before finally terminating at US 641.

US Route 641 Spur

U.S. Route 641 Spur
Location:	Benton, Marshall County
Length:	3.25 mi (5.23 km)

US Route 641 Spur is a spur route of US Route 641 located on the south side of Benton, Kentucky, in Marshall County in western Kentucky's Jackson Purchase region. It begins at a junction with US 641 south of Benton, and ends at the Exit 41 interchange with the Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway, which is officially designated as part of the Interstate 69 extension.

US Route 641 Truck

U.S. Route 641 Truck
Location:	Benton, Marshall County
Existed:	?–1990s

References

↑ General Highway Map: Decatur County, Tennessee (PDF) (Map). Cartography by TDOT Planning Division. Tennessee Department of Transportation. 1998. p. 20. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
↑ General Highway Map: Benton County, Tennessee (PDF) (Map). Cartography by TDOT Planning Division. Tennessee Department of Transportation. 1996. p. 3. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
↑ General Highway Map: Henry County, Tennessee (PDF) (Map). Cartography by TDOT Planning Division. Tennessee Department of Transportation. 2002. p. 40. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
↑ State Primary Road System: Calloway County (PDF) (Map). Cartography by KYTC Division of Planning. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. January 2012. p. 18. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
↑ State Primary Road System: Marshall County (PDF) (Map). Cartography by KYTC Division of Planning. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. February 2012. p. 79. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
↑ State Primary Road System: Livingston County (PDF) (Map). Cartography by KYTC Division of Planning. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. March 2011. p. 70. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
↑ State Primary Road System: Lyon County (PDF) (Map). Cartography by KYTC Division of Planning. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. March 2011. p. 72. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
↑ State Primary Road System: Caldwell County (PDF) (Map). Cartography by KYTC Division of Planning. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. May 2011. p. 17. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
↑ State Primary Road System: Crittenden County (PDF) (Map). Cartography by KYTC Division of Planning. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. January 2011. p. 28. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
↑ "Minutes: Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering" (PDF). AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering. November 20, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
↑ "Official DMI Route Log: District 1". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
↑ "Official DMI Route Log: District 2". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved November 26, 2012.

External links

Route map: Google

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