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U.S. Route 70 (US 70) enters the state of Tennessee from Arkansas via the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge in Memphis, and runs west to east across 21 counties in all three Grand Divisions of Tennessee, with a total length of 478.48 miles (770.04 km), to end at the North Carolina state line in eastern Cocke County.
Currently the state has 14,150 miles (22,770 km) of state-maintained roadways, including 1,233 miles (1,984 km) of Interstate Highways and 13,077 miles (21,045 km) of State Highways. [2] All of the U.S. Routes in Tennessee have a state route routed concurrently with them, though the state route is hidden and only signed along the green mile ...
Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes US 11: 124.86: 200.94 US 11 (Georgia state line) – Chattanooga: US 11E / US 11W / US 70 – Knoxville: 1926: current US 11W: 109.16: 175.68 US 11 / US 11E / US 70 – Knoxville: US 11W / US 421 (Virginia state line) – Bristol: 1929
km Destinations Notes; Greene 0.00: 0.00: NC 208 south – Marshall, Asheville: Southern terminus of SR 70; SR 70 begins as a primary highway: South Greene: SR 107 west (Houston Valley Road) – Del Rio: Southern end of SR 107 concurrency: SR 351 north (SR 107 Cutoff) – Tusculum, Erwin: Southern terminus of SR 351: Oscar B. Lovette Bridge ...
The bridge offers scenic views of road and valley below and is a popular destination of bikers and others, including an annual New Year's Day event hosted by the Cornerstone Chapter of the Christian Motorcycle Association of Murfreesboro, TN, in which hundreds of riders join together to begin the year and includes a blessing of bikes.
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. [2]
Seven of the 13 bridges originally closed also have been opened again. However, five bridges around East Tennessee will remain closed for longer-term repairs. Washington SR-81 Nolichucky River Bridge
The old alignment southeast of Celina is now known as Old Livingston Highway. Parts of an even older alignment of State Route 52 in Clay County still remains intact also. All re-routings shortened the route by an estimated total of 4.4 miles (7.1 km) from the previously listed 148.88 miles (239.60 km).