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The original Tennessee state route shield from 1923 to 1983. Governor Austin Peay, who was elected in 1922, made road-building a central issue of his campaign. 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]
The triangle marker design was the only design until November 1983, when Tennessee divided its routes into primary routes and secondary or "arterial" routes with the adoption of a functional classification system, creating a primary marker and making the triangle marker the secondary marker; primary marker signs were posted in 1984.
The U.S. Highways in Tennessee are the segments of the United States Numbered Highway System that are maintained by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) in the state of Tennessee. All of these highways in Tennessee have a state highway designation routed concurrently along them, though the state highway is hidden and only signed ...
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 ...
U.S. Route 31 (US 31) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Spanish Fort, Alabama, to Mackinaw City, Michigan.In the U.S. state of Tennessee, it runs concurrently with Interstate 65 (I-65) for the first mile northward from the Tennessee state line.
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.
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.
From the Mississippi state line, US 45 extends north as a four-lane divided highway, running concurrently with unsigned State Route 5 (SR 5), to an intersection with Old US Highway 45 S (a connector to Mississippi Highway 145 [MS 145]), where it narrows to an undivided four-lane and passes through the town of Guys.