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The highway then leaves Lamar and the Nolichucky River to continue north through rural farmland before having an intersection with SR 353 and entering Jonesborough. SR 81 then enters downtown and has intersections with two roads that provide access to U.S. Routes 11E and 321 and SR 34 , Persimmon Ridge Road and Washington Drive.
The Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works was established by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1915 and tasked with constructing, maintaining, and improving roads throughout the state. That year, the 538-mile (866 km) Memphis to Bristol Highway, later State Route 1 , was designated as the first state highway in Tennessee.
This is an incomplete list of cities, towns, and communities along the Tennessee River and its branches in the United States. [1] Currently only the more major cities and towns are mentioned. Alphabetically
The longest Interstate Highway in Tennessee is Interstate 40, at a length of 454.81 miles (731.95 km). The segment of I-40 in Tennessee is also the longest segment of all of the states the route traverses. The shortest mainline Interstate Highway in Tennessee is I-55, at a length of 12.28 miles (19.
At Mississippi River in Lauderdale County: I-40 near Brownsville: 1923: current SR 20: 145.06: 233.45 US 51/US 412/SR 3/SR 211 in Dyersburg: US 43/SR 6 near Summertown: 1923: current SR 21: 39.88: 64.18 At Mississippi River near Tiptonville: KY 116/KY 239 at the Kentucky state line in Obion County: 1923: current SR 22: 171.33: 275.73
The Tennessee River flowing through the Tennessee River Gorge The "Steamboat Bill" Hudson Memorial Bridge in Decatur, Alabama Natchez Trace Parkway, crossing the Tennessee River in Cherokee, Alabama. The Tennessee River is a 652 mi (1,049 km) long river located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley.
County Location mi km Destinations Notes; Loudon: Lenoir City: 0: 0.0: I-40 / US 321 begin / SR 95 north (White Wing Road) – Oak Ridge, Knoxville, Nashville: Northern terminus of US 321, western terminus of SR 73 and begin US 321 and SR 95 overlap; I-40 exit 364; SR 73 begins as an unsigned primary highway
Construction of the four-laned section began in 1990 and it took roughly two years to complete, passing through a number of hills and valleys, requiring extensive bridges. The first few miles of the highway took over part of Tennessee State Route 342. The four lane section goes from US 11E in Morristown to 1.7 miles south of Interstate 81. [3]