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U.S. Route 129 (US 129) is a north–south United States highway that runs for 52.8 miles (85.0 km) in East Tennessee, from the North Carolina state line, near Tapoco, to Knoxville.
Alcoa is a city in Blount County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 10,978 at the 2020 census. [5] It is part of the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. As its name suggests, Alcoa was the site of a large aluminum smelting plant owned and operated by the Alcoa corporation (Aluminum Company of America). Formerly known as ...
[5] [6] In 2022, annual average daily traffic (AADT) volumes on the parkway ranged from 31,575 vehicles per day near its western terminus to 39,174 vehicles per day at the eastern terminus. [7] SR 396 is one of few non-interstate highways in the state with a 70-mile-per-hour (113 km/h) speed limit, which is allowed on all controlled-access ...
State Route 335 (SR 335) is an 11-mile-long (18 km) north–south state highway in Blount County, Tennessee. It forms a semicircle around the western half of the Maryville - Alcoa metro area. Along its length, SR 335 is known by several street names: William Blount Drive , Old Glory Road , W Hunt Road , and E Hunt Road .
McGhee Tyson Airport (IATA: TYS [3], ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a public/military airport 12 miles (19 km) south of Knoxville, [4] in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, who was killed in World War I .
Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park is a state park in Pall Mall, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.Situated along the Wolf River, the park contains the farm and gristmill once owned by decorated World War I soldier Alvin C. York (1887–1964), who lived in the Pall Mall area for his entire life.
State Route 79 (SR 79) is a 10.37-mile-long (16.69 km) state highway in southwestern Lake County, Tennessee. SR 79 has a dual primary and secondary designation [ 2 ] and is one of a few state routes in Tennessee to have an aggregate (gravel) road surface.
That year, the 538-mile (866 km) Memphis to Bristol Highway, later State Route 1, was designated as the first state highway in Tennessee. The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 required states to establish a highway system in cooperation with the United States Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of the distribution of federal highway funds. The ...