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The mountain was part of the Cherokee homeland until 1817. [3] The mountain was named "Eagle Mountain" by the Cherokee because of the great number of golden eagles that roosted and nested along its ridge line. In fact, in honor of those birds, for many years a golden eagle sat in the park in Monteagle until it was stolen as a school prank.
It then separates again to serve Shelbyville, Winchester, and Tullahoma before rejoining the main route atop Monteagle Mountain. US 41A runs west of US 41 for its entire length, aside from one mile in downtown Nashville where they are concurrent.
The route unofficially runs concurrent with I-24 across Monteagle Mountain, the stretch across the Cumberland Plateau, often cited as one of the most hazardous stretches of highway in the United States and splits at exit 152 near Kimball where it then enters Jasper, becoming concurrent with US 41, of which it crosses Nickajack Lake, part of the ...
The Langkawi Sky Bridge in Malaysia is a 410-foot-long curved pedestrian bridge, situated 2,170 feet above sea level. This marvel of engineering offers panoramic views of the Langkawi islands and ...
Yet the $23.1 million that the state received from the Federal Highway Bridge Fund in 2011 represents only $8,300 per bridge, indicating the lack of funding to help states make a serious effort at ...
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[27] [28] [29] The first major section to be completed was the western ascent of Monteagle Mountain, which stretched from US 64 near Pelham to US 41 in Monteagle and eliminated a stretch of US 41 with several hazardous hairpin curves. [30] Work began in September 1958, [31] and the stretch opened to traffic on February 6, 1962. [32]
U.S. Route 41 (US 41) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to Copper Harbor, Michigan.In Tennessee, the highway is paralleled by Interstate 24 all the way from Georgia to Kentucky, and I-24 has largely supplanted US-41 as a major highway, especially for large and heavy vehicles, such as tractor-trailer trucks and buses.