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Static is a town straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee line on US 127. The convenience stores on the Kentucky side sell lottery tickets; the ones in Tennessee sell beer and fireworks. Static is home to some unusual signage.
As you
arrive at the state line, you see this sign. The
destination sign appears to be a Tennessee sign,
but the route number signs are of Kentucky origin.
Note the use of the wide marker for KY 1076 in this
assembly, but the use of a square sign in the
previous assembly. Seen in the
distance behind these signs are the ones below. No
doubt who made these signs; they're Volunteer State
all the way.
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As
you approach Static from the north on southbound US
127, you see this sign assembly. It's located in
Kentucky, but has both Kentucky and Tennessee state
highway markers on it.
Jamestown,
Tenn., is the first town you encounter on US 127
southbound. Jamestown, Ky., is the second town US
127 passes through in Kentucky (Albany is the
first). This sign, manufactured by Kentucky,
directs travelers coming onto US 127 from TN 111 to
the correct Jamestown, if in fact that's where
they're heading. The stop sign is for a Clinton
County highway that also ends at this intersection.
The 0 mile marker is the Kentucky mile marker which
presumably marks the state line. The backs of the
signs at the right of the photo are Tennessee signs
directing northbound US 127 traffic onto TN 111.
The little signs in the field in the background
were there to mark the state line for an auction to
be held sometime after this photo was taken in
April 1999.