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Neyland Drive is named for Robert Neyland, who served three stints as the Tennessee Volunteers football coach between 1926 and 1952. He also served as an officer in the United States Army, reaching the rank of brigadier general. [14] [15] The road was named Neyland Drive by an act of the Knoxville City Council on September 25, 1951. [16]
Covenant Health was formed in 1996 by the merger of Fort Sanders Health System of Knoxville with the organization that operated Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. [1] Covenant Health had an operating income of $38.3 million in 2020. They received a total of $92.5 million in government relief from the CARES Act and other funding. [2]
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center dates back to May 29, 1919, when a charter for a new hospital on the site of the Civil War Battle of Fort Sanders was granted. The hospital officially opened in 1920, admitting its first patients on February 23. [1] [2] [3] [4]
UTMC first opened its doors on August 7, 1956, as the University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital. By the 1960s, the hospital acquired more facilities for research, patient care, and residency training. In 1971 the UT Board of Trustees allowed 20 senior medical students from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine to train at UTMC.
Around the same time, the City of Knoxville installed lighting along the highway from the Little River north to the UTMC following annexation of the US 129 right-of-way and selected neighboring commercial and residential land-uses. Improvements were made to the US 129 interchange at I-40 and the "Buck" Karnes bridge was replaced with a new six ...
US 70 (Race Street/SR 1) – Rockwood, Midtown, Farragut, Knoxville: I-40 west – Nashville: I-40 exit 352; southern end of I-40 concurrency: Lawnville Road: Exit 355: I-40 east – Knoxville SR 326 south (Gallaher Road) I-40 exit 356 eastbound, 356 A/B westbound; northern end of I-40 concurrency; northern terminus of SR 326: Oak Ridge
State Route 169 (SR 169), also known as Middlebrook Pike, is a west-to-east secondary highway in Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The route is 11.7 miles (18.8 km) long.
SR 168 takes a more northerly route and passes through New Hopewell before crossing a bridge over the French Broad River to re enter Knoxville and pass through an industrial area. The highway then has an intersection with Strawberry Plains Pike, which leads to an interchange with I-40 (Exit 398), before following the banks of the Holston River ...