Tennessee State Route 251 Tennessee State Route 251 State Route 251 (SR 251) is a west–east secondary state highway in Middle Tennessee. SR 251 begins in rural Cheatham County at an intersection with SR 249 (Sams Creek Road/River Road) south of Ashland City. It winds its way southeast along the banks of the Cumberland River as River Road to cross into Davidson County. It continues southeast as River Road Pike as it enters Nashville and has an intersection with US 70/SR 24 (Charlotte Pike), where SR 251 becomes part of Old Hickory Boulevard. It then continues south to have an interchange with I-40 (Exit
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River Treaty of Tellico had officially expelled the native Cherokee peoples from the river basin, although the land, which was not well suited to agriculture, was mostly passed over by settlers until the founding of the ultimately failed colony of Rugby, Tennessee, by Thomas Hughes in the 1880s. The mining community of modern day Blue Heron, Kentucky, was established in 1937 along the banks of the Big South Fork, and operated until 1962 when it was abandoned by the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. The site was later recreated in the 1980s and reopened as an outdoor museum. The Big South