Heavy Duty Towing in Lexington, TN

Heavy Duty Towing in Lexington, Tennessee is a call about getting a heavy truck out of a crossroads town. Lexington is the Henderson County seat, with 7,956 residents at the 2020 census. U.S. 412, Church Street, is the main road, and it runs 27 miles west to Jackson. State Route 22, Broad Street, crosses it downtown and runs 9 miles north to Interstate 40 at Parkers Crossroads. If a semi, bus or heavy unit stops here, call (731) 202-9868. Dispatch answers 24/7.

Church Street and Broad Street

US 412 reaches Lexington as a four-lane undivided road. It overlaps State Route 104 west of town at mile 86.1, crosses the Beech River at mile 86.3 and meets SR 22 downtown at mile 87.8. At mile 87.9, SR 104 splits east and SR 114 joins from the north. The highway is a four-lane divided road east of town. A tractor-trailer that stalls at the Church and Broad intersection stops traffic in two directions at once.

State Route 459 is a bypass around downtown. If a unit blocks the main crossing, other traffic can use the bypass. If you are on the bypass itself, tell us.

The I-40 link at Parkers Crossroads

Wikipedia says Lexington lies about 10 miles south of Interstate 40, and Parkers Crossroads is where State Route 22 meets I-40 at exit 108. SR 22 is a state route, so trucks running between the interstate and Lexington travel a rural highway rather than a freeway. If your unit failed on the interstate side, tell dispatch the exit and your direction. If it failed on SR 22, tell us the last crossroad you passed.

Natchez Trace State Park is about 7 miles northeast of Lexington. Park roads and parking areas are not built for tractor-trailers. If a bus, RV or horse trailer has trouble inside the park, tell dispatch which entrance you used and how large the unit is.

Nidec and other plants

Nidec Motor Corporation announced in June 2018 that it would add 301 jobs at its existing Lexington operations, making electric motors for industrial, residential and commercial markets. If you are carrying freight for a plant, tell us the plant name and the receiving contact so we can brief them when we arrive.

East of Lexington on I-40

Far to the east, between Henderson and Decatur counties, I-40 descends about 300 feet over one mile into the Western Valley of the Tennessee River. Wikipedia notes a truck-climbing lane on the westbound side, and the descent is followed by the Jimmy Mann Evans Memorial Bridge over Kentucky Lake. That grade is not in Lexington, but drivers heading to Nashville from here take it. A brake failure on a long descent is an emergency, and a call to dispatch should include the exact direction and what the brakes are doing.

History in brief

Henderson County was created in 1821, Lexington was named for Lexington, Massachusetts and incorporated in 1824, and the first county courthouse went up in 1823. The city claims to be the barbecue capital of the country.

What to have ready

• US 412, SR 22, SR 459 or a street, with direction
• Exit 108 if you are at Parkers Crossroads
• Unit type, weight class and load
• Brake, tire or engine problem, if known
• Who is paying: driver, fleet, broker or insurer

For a planned move, use

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. For a unit down now, call (731) 202-9868. The dispatcher gives an honest arrival estimate on the call.