State Route 123 is a very short highway entirely in Polk County. It serves as a link from State Route 68 to connect with North Carolina Highway 294

North Carolina Highway 294

North Carolina Highway 294 is a two-lane northwest-to-southeast state highway in western North Carolina.NC 294 begins at the end of Tennessee State Route 123, at the Polk County, Tennessee-Cherokee County, North Carolina line. It follows a northwest-to-southeast mountainous course through...

. This road links Turtletown and Farner in Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 to Murphy

Murphy, North Carolina

-Household Income:The median income for a household in the town was $24,952, and the median income for a family was $35,234. Males had a median income of $30,395 versus $16,908 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,926...

 and Hiwassee Village in North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

. The road is also locally known as Saw Mill Road and lies entirely with the Cherokee National Forest

Cherokee National Forest

The Cherokee National Forest is a large National Forest created on July 19, 1936, by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, operated by the U.S. Forest Service and encompassing some 640,000 acres .-Location:...

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State Route 123 is not concurrent with any other highways and does not intersect any other highways except at the termini.