Tennessee State Route 96

Infobox road
state=TN
type=Dual
route=96
alternate_name=
maint=TDOT

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length_mi=128.2
length_round=1
length_ref=
established=
direction_a=West
starting_terminus=jct|state=TN|US|70|city1=Dickson
junction=jct|state=TN|I|40|city1=New Hope
jct|state=TN|NTP
jct|state=TN|US|31|US|431|city1=Franklin
jct|state=TN|I|65|city1=Franklin
jct|state=TN|US|31A|US|41A|city1=Triune
jct|state=TN|I|24|city1=Murfreesboro
jct|state=TN|US|41|US|70S|US|231|city1=Murfreesboro
jct|state=TN|US|70|city1=Liberty
jct|state=TN|I|40|city1=Buffalo Valley

direction_b=East
ending_terminus=jct|state=TN|sec|53|name1=Granville Highway|city1=Granville
counties=Dickson, Williamson, Davidson, Rutherford, Cannon, Wilson, DeKalb, Putnam, Smith, Jackson
cities=
previous_type=Dual
previous_route=95
next_type=Secondary
next_route=97

State Route 96 is a long east-west highway in Middle Tennessee. The road begins in Dickson and ends in Granville. The current length is convert|128.2|mi|km|1|sp=us|abbr=on. [Microsoft MapPoint 2006, Retrieved on 2007-8-13] Along its path it goes through 10 counties. Locals mostly refer to it as Highway 96.

Route description

The highway begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 70 as a Primary Highway in Dickson County. From there it travels through Williamson County, (briefly through the southwest corner of Davidson County), Rutherford County, Cannon County, Wilson County, and into DeKalb County where it again intersects with U.S. Route 70. About convert|7|mi|km|1|sp=us|abbr=on from this intersection, Route 96 breaks away from U.S. Route 70 as a secondary highway. The secondary portion of the highway as it leaves DeKalb County passes through Putnam County, (briefly through the eastern portion of Smith County), before reaching its eastern terminus at Tennessee SR-53 in Jackson County.

Cities and towns

Along the way, Tennessee SR-96 passes through the cities and towns of:

*Dickson

*Burns

*Fairview

*Nashville

*Franklin

*Murfreesboro

*Auburntown

*Liberty

*Dowelltown

Major intersections

Jcttop [cite map|publisher=DeLorme|title=Tennessee Atlas & Gazetteer|edition=2004]
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rowspan=3|Dickson
rowspan=2|Dickson
colspan=3|
SR-96 begins as a primary route

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colspan=3|
SR-96 becomes a secondary route

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See also

*List of Tennessee state highways

References