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At the time, Tennessee was known as a "detour state", with many of its roads in poor condition compared to those of neighboring states. [6] In 1924, the state implemented a two-cent gasoline tax for the purpose of improving roads, [7] and throughout the 1920s, the department paved much of the newly-established state route system. [8]
Map of the United States with Tennessee highlighted These directional signs in Crossville, photographed in 1937 by Ben Shahn as part of a New Deal program, helped travelers find their way to other Tennessee cities and towns. Tennessee is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 346 municipalities in the state of Tennessee.
Getwell Road at Mississippi state line in Southaven: I-240 in Memphis: 1983: current SR 177: 13.11: 21.10 Winchester Road near SR 385 in Memphis: US 70/US 79/SR 1 in Lakeland: 1983: current SR 178: 11.5: 18.5 US 51/SR 3 in Munford: SR 59 in Gilt Edge: 1983: current SR 179: 43.4: 69.8 SR 54 near Covington: US 64/SR 15 in Whiteville
A lot of travelers will hit the road in Tennessee AAA expects road travel to be the second highest on record, with more than 2.5 million Tennesseans driving to their holiday destinations, an ...
State Route 52 (SR 52) is an east–west state highway that crosses nine counties in northern and northeastern Tennessee.The 141.4-mile-long (227.6 km) route originates in Orlinda along SR 49 and ends in Elgin along U.S. Route 27 (US 27).
The alignment was reaffirmed in a map produced by the Bureau of Public Roads, the predecessor agency to the Federal Highway Administration, in September 1955. [24] I-81 was part of the original 1,047.6 miles (1,685.9 km) of Interstate Highways authorized for Tennessee by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 , commonly known as the Interstate ...
State Route 42 (SR 42) was the former designation of a state highway in Tennessee that ran from US 70S in Sparta north through Cookeville, and ending in the town of Static at US 127 near the Kentucky state line. The number was decommissioned when SR 111 was created.
Nested in the easternmost tip of Tennessee, Jonesborough—the oldest town in the state—is like a living museum. It boasts a postcard-worthy downtown with tons of idyllic, old buildings.