- Tennessee State Route 266
Infobox road
state=TN
type=Secondary
route=266
alternate_name=
maint=TDOT
length_mi=39.81
length_round=2
length_ref= [http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/materials/pavement/Documents/Region3(All%20Counties)(PROTECTED).xls TDOT Region 3 Pavement Condition Data] ]
established=
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=jct|state=TN|I|24 Exit 66 at Smyrna
junction=jct|state=TN|US|41|US|70S|TN|1 at Smyrna
jct|state=TN|TN|840 at Smyrna
jct|state=TN|US|231|TN|10 at Walter Hill
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=jct|state=TN|US|70|TN|26 at Lebanon
counties=Rutherford, Wilson
cities=Smyrna, Walter Hill, Lascassas, Lebanon
previous_type=Secondary
previous_route=265
next_type=Secondary
next_route=267Tennessee State Route 266 is a state highway that exists within
Rutherford County, Tennessee , USA. The western terminus is in a currently undeveloped section ofSmyrna, Tennessee west of an interchange withInterstate 24 . The eastern terminus is at Lebanon.Route description
For most of its length through Smyrna, Route 266 is a four-lane highway called Sam Ridley Parkway, named for the mayor of the city from
1947 to1987 . (Sam Ridley was forced to resign in 1987 due to a conflict-of-interest suit; as a testament to his popularity, his identical twin brother Knox was promptly instated as mayor.) [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,964493,00.html American Notes TENNESSEE - Time magazine] ] Once an undeveloped highway forming part of a beltway around Smyrna and serving the Smyrna Airport, Sam Ridley Parkway now features numerous strip malls, apartments, a high school, and a hospital. Sam Ridley Parkway officially has a terminus at an intersection with Jefferson Pike, where the road becomes Nissan Drive/Tennessee State Route 102 . State Route 266 continues eastward along Jefferson Pike.Jefferson Pike is almost entirely undeveloped and rural, passing by a large
Allied Waste landfill near Walterhill. It has an interchange withTennessee State Route 840 . The highway passes through Lascassas, an unincorporated community northeast ofMurfreesboro, Tennessee and the geographical center of Tennessee.ee also
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List of Tennessee state highways References
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