{{Short description|State highway in Tennessee, United States}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=TN |type=Sec |route=139 |length_mi=24.83 | map={{maplink-road|from=Tennessee State Route 139.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SR 139 highlighted in red |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=TN|US|11E}} in Strawberry Plains |junction= *{{jct|state=TN|US|25W|US|70}} near Kodak *{{jct|state=TN|TN|66}} in Kodak |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=TN|TN|92}} in Dandridge |counties=Jefferson, Sevier |previous_type=Sec |previous_route=138 |next_type=I |next_route=140 }}
'''State Route 139''' ('''SR 139''') is a {{convert|25|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway in Jefferson and Sevier counties in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It connects Strawberry Plains to Dandridge.
==Route description== SR 139' begins in Jefferson County in Strawberry Plains at an intersection with US 11E/SR 34. The road heads southeast through farmland to an intersection and runs concurrently with US 25W/US 70/SR 9 at an intersection with Snyder Road, which serves as a connector to SR 66 and I-40. The highway travels west for a short distance before crossing into Sevier County.<ref name=TDOT-Jefferson-County-map>{{cite map |author = Long Range Planning Division Office of Data Visualization |date = n.d. |url = https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/maps/county-maps-(us-shields)/h-m/Jefferson%20County.pdf |title = Jefferson County |scale = Scale not given |location = Nashville |publisher = Tennessee Department of Transportation |access-date = November 7, 2019 }}</ref> SR 139 then splits off and goes southeast again to pass under I-40 before entering Kodak. It passes through the downtown area before leaving Kodak and passing through Beech Springs before returning to Kodak and coming to an intersection with SR 66 and the Great Smoky Mountains Parkway. SR 139 then leaves Kodak for the final time and passes through farmland before having an intersection with SR 338 and crossing back into Jefferson County.<ref name=TDOT-Sevier-County-map>{{cite map |author = Long Range Planning Division Office of Data Visualization |date = n.d. |url = https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/maps/county-maps-(us-shields)/o-w/Sevier%20County.pdf |title = Sevier County |scale = Scale not given |location = Nashville |publisher = Tennessee Department of Transportation |access-date = November 7, 2019 }}</ref> SR 139 then runs alongside Douglas Lake and passes by its many marinas and lake homes before entering Dandridge and coming to and end at an intersection with SR 92 in downtown.<ref name=Googlemaps>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/TN-139,+Tennessee/@35.9688626,-83.5627586,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x885bf613eeccdba5:0x1044577882a28c68 |title = State Route 139 |access-date = November 7, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="DeLorme">{{cite map |publisher = DeLorme |title = Tennessee Atlas & Gazetteer |edition = 2017 |year = 2017 |author = DeLorme |location = Yarmouth, Maine |scale = 1 in:2.5 mi |isbn = 978-1946494047 }}</ref>
==History== SR 139 was established around 1950, running between US 25W/70 northwest of Kodak and SR 66 near Douglas Dam.<ref>{{cite map |author = United States Geological Survey |author-link = United States Geological Survey |year = 1961 |title = Douglas Dam, Tenn. |url = https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=17f7c9e3875b3201f6db529482112773 |format = PDF |type = Topographic map |series = 7.5 Minute Series |scale = 1:24,000 |location = Reston, VA |publisher = United States Geological Survey |access-date = January 26, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |author = United States Geological Survey |author-link = United States Geological Survey |year = 1970 |title = Douglas Dam, Tenn. |url = https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=9913c025df50a009d74e3846186fa9b4 |format = PDF |type = Topographic map |series = 7.5 Minute Series |scale = 1:24,000 |location = Reston, VA |publisher = United States Geological Survey |access-date = January 26, 2026}}</ref> After I-40 was completed in 1975, SR 66 was relocated onto a new route between Sevierville and I-40, and onto a concurrency with I-40 to US 25W/70 in Dandridge, and SR 139 was truncated to the new route of SR 66.<ref>{{cite news |last=McMahan |first=Carroll |date=February 9, 2024 |title=Carroll McMahan — What's in a name? Stories behind Sevierville's familiar names |url=https://www.themountainpress.com/opinion/carroll-mcmahan-what-s-in-a-name-stories-behind-sevierville-s-familiar-names/article_cbb1076c-76e1-5f56-85f9-a17ae0f005de.html |work=The Mountain Press |location=Sevierville, Tennessee |access-date=January 24, 2026}}</ref> On July 1, 1983, as part of a statewide takeover of local roads, SR 139 was re-extended onto its original route between the parkway and Douglas Dam, and extended along the old route of SR 66 to Dandridge. At this time, the old stretch of SR 66 between Sevierville and Douglas Dam became SR 338.<ref>{{cite magazine |date = September 2014 |title = The Road To 100 Years |url = https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/documents/100years/TRBA-TDOT-TURNS100.pdf |magazine = Tennessee Road Builder |volume = 17 |issue = 5 |page = 22 |access-date = April 6, 2019 }}</ref> {{Clear}}
==Junction list== {{jcttop|state=TN|length_ref=}} {{TNint |county=Jefferson |cspan=2 |location=Strawberry Plains |lspan=3 |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=TN|US|11E|name1=Andrew Johnson Highway/SR 34|city1=Knoxville|city2=New Market|city3=Jefferson City}} |notes=Western terminus}} {{TNint |mile= |type=concur |road={{jct|state=TN|US|25W|dir1=south|US|70|dir2=east|name2=Asheville Highway/SR 9 south|city1=Dandridge}} |notes=Western end of US 25W/US 70/SR 9 concurrency}} {{TNint |county=Sevier |cspan=3 |mile= |type=concur |road={{jct|state=TN|US|25W|dir1=north|US|70|dir2=west|name2=Asheville Highway/SR 9 north|city1=Knoxville}} |notes=Eastern end of US 25W/US 70/SR 9 concurrency}} {{TNint |location1=Sevierville |location2=Kodak |mile= |road={{jct|state=TN|TN|66|name1=Winfield Dunn Parkway/Great Smoky Mountains Parkway|city1=Sevierville|city2=Pigeon Forge|city3=Gatlinburg}} |notes=}} {{TNint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TN|Sec|338|dir1=south|name1=Douglas Dam Road|location1=Douglas Dam}} |notes=Northern terminus of SR 338}} {{TNint |county=Jefferson |cspan=2 |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TN|road|Deep Springs Road|to2=yes|I|40|US|25W|US|70}} |notes=}} {{TNint |location=Dandridge |mile=24.83 |road={{jct|state=TN|TN|92|name1=Gay Street / Chestnut Hill Road|city1=Jefferson City|city2=Chestnut Hill|to2=to|US|25W|US|70}} |notes=Eastern terminus}} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Tennessee}} * {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}}
139 Category:Transportation in Jefferson County, Tennessee Category:Transportation in Sevier County, Tennessee