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A 1983 study conducted by TDOT also found that a number of important roads were partially maintained by both the state and local governments. [11] To address this problem, in 1983 the Tennessee General Assembly signed legislation allowing the state to assume control of 3,300 miles (5,300 km) of city and county maintained roads, and made an ...
I-81 in Tennessee roughly parallels US 11W, which had earned the nickname "Bloody 11W" and was the site of the deadliest collision in Tennessee history in 1972. [ 27 ] The first stretch of I-81 in Tennessee to be completed was the one-mile (1.6 km) segment between US 11W and the Virginia state line, along with the southernmost 5.6 miles (9.0 km ...
Maps of the Grand Divisions of Tennessee, with East Tennessee at the top, Middle Tennessee in the center, and West Tennessee at the bottom. Tennessee is in the Southeastern United States . Most of the state is considered part of the Upland South , and the eastern third is part of Appalachia . [ 1 ]
SR 71 then breaks off along E Moody Avenue just before becoming concurrent with SR 33 (Martin Mill Pike) and crossing the Tennessee River into downtown Knoxville via the Henley Street Bridge. US 441/SR 33 passes through downtown as a six-lane divided highway (known as Henley Street), where it has a partial interchange with I-40 / I-275 and an ...
The three regions are geographically and culturally distinct. [9] East Tennessee's landscape is dominated by the Appalachian mountain chain, including the Great Smoky Mountains on the eastern border of the state, the ridge-and-valley region where East Tennessee's principal cities (Knoxville, Chattanooga, and the Tri-Cities) are located, and the rugged Cumberland Mountains.
From the Georgia state line and the northern terminus of Georgia State Route 151, SR 321 begins a northerly course to intersect State Routes 320 and 317, the latter of which is located in Collegedale.
In Tennessee, U.S. Route 412 (US 412) stretches for 181.93 miles (292.79 km) through the farmland of West Tennessee and the hills of Middle Tennessee, starting at the Missouri state line (on I-155 at the Mississippi River) near Dyersburg and running to an interchange between I-65 and SR 99 in Columbia.
The Tennessee section of US 25 begins at the North Carolina state line near Del Rio, concurrent with US 70 and unsigned State Route 9 (SR 9). US 25/US 70/SR 9 then goes through some curves and cross the French Broad River via the Wolf Creek Bridge.