Tennessee State Route 133

State Route 133 (SR 133) is a state route in northeastern Tennessee in Johnson County. It begins at Shady Valley and runs northward for about 11 miles (18 km) to the Tennessee–Virginia state border.

State Route 133
SR 133 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length	11.24 mi (18.09 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 421 / SR 91 at Shady Valley
North end	SR 716 at the Virginia state line north of Sutherland
Location
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Counties	Johnson
Highway system
Tennessee State Routes Interstate US State
← SR 131 → SR 134

Route description

State Route 133 passing through the Backbone Rock Tunnel

SR 133 begins in Shady Valley, at an intersection with US 421, SR 34, and SR 91. The highway heads north through farmland to pass through Crandull, where it begins to follow the former alignment of the Beaver Dam Railroad. SR 133 then enters the mountains of the Cherokee National Forest, where it becomes curvy and narrow. It passes through the Backbone Rock Tunnel, an old railroad tunnel used by the Beaver Dam Railroad known as "the shortest tunnel in the world", via a bridge over Beaverdam Creek on either end. SR 133 then exits the mountains and the Cherokee National Forest to level and straighten out to pass through Sutherland before reaching its northern terminus at the state border with Virginia.^{[1][2][self-published source][3]}

Major intersections

The entire route is in Johnson County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Shady Valley	0.0	0.0	US 421 / SR 91 (SR 34) – Elizabethton, Mountain City, Bristol	Southern terminus
​	11.24	18.09	SR 716 (Shady Avenue) – Damascus	Virginia state line; northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi