It heads north to pass through downtown along Church Street before leaving Rossville and crossing the Wolf River.

SR 194 then heads north as Oakland Road to enter Oakland, where it passes through subdivisions and downtown as Church Street to come to an intersection with U.S. Route 64 (US 64; in an unsigned concurrency with SR 15).

The highway then comes to an end shortly thereafter at an intersection with SR 59, approximately halfway between Braden and Somerville.

[2][3] An extension of SR 194 is planned to serve Ford Motor Company's Blue Oval City manufacturing facility to the north, which will begin operation in 2025.

The northern terminus will be with US 70 in Tipton County, and a new interchange on Interstate 40 will be constructed with the extension, numbered exit 39.