Tennessee State Route 123

State Route 123
State Route 123
Saw Mill Road
	SR 123 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by TDOT
Length	1.3 mi (2.1 km)
Major junctions
West end	SR 68 near Turtletown
East end	NC 294 at the NC state line near Turtletown
Location
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Counties	Polk
Highway system
	Tennessee State Routes; Interstate; US; State;

State Route 123 (SR 123) is a short state route in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It serves to link SR 68 with NC 294, at the Tennessee/North Carolina state line.

Route description

SR 123 is a short 1.3-mile (2.1 km) highway entirely in Polk County and Cherokee National Forest. As a two-lane road throughout and no shoulders, it serves primarily as a link, with NC 294, to connect travelers from Turtletown and Farner, in Tennessee, to Murphy and the Hiwassee Dam, in North Carolina.

History

SR 123 was known for many years as the shortest state route in the entire state of Tennessee until 2007, when it was surpassed by SR 448 (North Parkway), at 0.6 miles (0.97 km) in Sevierville.

Junction list

The entire route is in Polk County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
	0.0	0.0	SR 68 – Ducktown, Farner, Tellico Plains
	1.3	2.1	NC 294 east – Hiwassee Dam	Continuation beyond North Carolina state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Template:Attached KML/Tennessee State Route 123

KML is not from Wikidata

^ ^a ^b General Highway Map, Polk County, Tennessee (PDF) (Map). Tennessee Department of Transportation. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2014.

External links

Media related to Tennessee State Route 123 at Wikimedia Commons

[polk-1] General Highway Map, Polk County, Tennessee (PDF) (Map). Tennessee Department of Transportation. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2014.

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