Highways

US Highway 79 North
This four-lane highway (five-lanes in the city of Paris) provides access to Paris Landing.  The highway becomes two lanes after Kentucky Lake.  It runs to Dover and Clarksville, TN, connecting to Interstate 24, and eventually to Russellville, KY.

US Highway 79 South
US 79 is a four-lane highway and is the link to Jackson and Memphis for Paris. 

US Highway 641 North
This straight two-lane highway connects Murray and Paris.  Heading north from Murray, the road becomes four lanes and intersects with the limited-access Purchase Parkway, which intersects to Interstate 24 near Kentucky Dam.

US Highway 641 South
Another excellent two-lane highway, US 641 South connects Camden, TN, with Paris.  Heading south from Camden about 15 miles, US 641 ends at Interstate 40.

Tennessee 54 West
This two-lane highway is the connection for Dresden, TN and Paris.  The road intersects with limited-access Tennessee 22 and runs west to Martin and Union City, TN.

Tennessee 69 North
Becoming Kentucky 97 at the state line, this highway connects Paris with Mayfield, KY.

Tennessee 119
This highway begins at Paris Landing on Kentucky Lake and travels north to Murray.  Once the road crosses the Kentucky border, it becomes Kentucky 121 and runs to Murray, Mayfield, and eventually to Wickliffe at the Mississippi River.

Tennessee 140
Tennessee 140 follows the northern and western perimeter of Henry County.  Beginning at US 79 North near Paris Landing, the road travels west to Puryear and on to Cottage Grove.  The road then turns south to Como and heads on to McKenzie, TN.

Tennessee 218
This two-lane highway acts as a southern and western bypass for Paris and US 79.

Pictured:  A portion of the old Scott Fitzhugh bridge which once spanned Kentucky Lake at this site.  The old bridge was built in 1930 and replaced in the early 1990s with the new bridge located in the background of the picture.

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