End of historic US highway 241 [ii] |
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1930-1954
- North: Murfreesboro, TN
- South: Dothan, AL
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The first US 241 was among the original 1926 routes, but it existed for only a couple years. The second US 241 was commissioned the following year: it connected to its parent (US 41) at Murfreesboro, and ran southward to Dothan:
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c. 1938, TN DoT
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The route is considered a branch of US 31 now, as most of it has been redesignated as US 231 or US 431.
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This photo was looking west on Main Street in Murfreesboro; in the background is the Rutherford County courthouse. During the timeframe when US 241 ended in Murfreesboro, Broad Street had not yet been built. So northbound US 41 came in on Maney Avenue, then this direction on Main, then right at the light (Spring Street) for one block, then west again on College Street. But to turn left at the intersection pictured here was to head south along the beginning of US 241:
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Robbins, Mar. 2010 (linked to source)
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After one block, traffic jogged west on Vine Street, then south again on Church Street (which today carries US 231 traffic south from Broad). Based on the 1950 USGS topo, by the time Broad was built, there were no longer any US routes that still terminated in Murfreesboro.
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Research and/or photo credits: Nathan Edgars; Lew Robbins; Dale Sanderson
Page originally created 2005;
last updated Oct. 31, 2016.
last updated Oct. 31, 2016.
