Tennessee State Route 191

Infobox road
state=TN
type=Secondary
route=191
alternate_name=
maint=TDOT


length_mi=24.02
length_round=
length_ref=
established=
direction_a=South
starting_terminus= at Exit 133
junction=
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park north of Eva, Tennessee
counties=Benton
cities=Chalk Level, Camden, Eva
previous_type=Secondary
previous_route=190
next_type=Secondary
next_route=192

State Route 191 (abbreviated SR 191) is a secondary state highway in Benton County, Tennessee. It runs from Interstate 40 (Exit 133), Birdsong Exit, north to Birdsong Resort, Marina, Lakeside RV and Tent Campgrounds and North America's Only Freshwater Pearl Farm, the Tennessee River Freshwater Pearl Museum, Farm, Tour and Pearl Jewelry Showroom on the scenic Birdsong Creek just 9.2 miles North of the Birdsong Exit at i-40 then on to Camden and then out 191 North to Nathan Bedford Forest State Park just north of Eva, Tennessee. This highway crosses US 70, Business US 70, State Route 69A. This highway passes through the small communities of Eagle Creek, Birdsong, Chalk Level, Camden Bay, Eastview Tennessee, Eva, and the court square in Camden, Tennessee.

Near the northern terminus this road features unstripped shoulders, narrow roadway width, hairpin curves, and degraded pavement. All sections of SR 191 are quite curvy, with speed limits at the southern sections dropping from 55 MPH to 45 MPH. North of Camden, Tennessee, the posted speed limit is 50 MPH and drops off from 40 MPH at Eva, Tennessee to as low as 20 MPH inside the state park. Total length of highway is 24.02 miles.

Several good places along the southern end from the beginning at the Interstate on to Birdsong is the scenic overlook of the Tennessee River, a handicap person fishing pier, two launching ramps, Birdsong Resort, Marina and Campgrounds, public swimming pool, picnic area, restrooms with showers, hiking trails, pontoon and fishing boat rentals, fishing bait, tackle and licenses, bank fishing, marina, cabin rentals, tent and RV sites, marine store with parts and a service department, playground area with volleyball, horseshoes, swings, slides, sandpit, skateboard park,boat sales, mobile home park, pearl farm, jewelry showroom, pearl museum, pearl tours, lake tours, civil war tours, fishing tournament weigh in area, Boy Scout camp. horseback riding trails, 4 wheeler trails, several pre civil war cemeteries, cold deep Eagle Creek swimming hole, hickory smoked BBQ and the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge are all what is on the first 15 miles of State Route 191 North aka as Birdsong Road from the Interstate 40 to Highway 70.

References

* [http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/Maps/county/co03.pdf Benton County Highway Map]
* [http://www.tdot.state.tn.us Tennessee Department of Transportation]