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East Tennessee's major landforms. East Tennessee is located within three major geological divisions of the Appalachian Mountains: the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border with North Carolina in the east; the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (usually called the "Great Appalachian Valley" or "Tennessee Valley" [a]) in the center; and the Cumberland Plateau in the west, part of which is in Middle ...
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).
Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee (5 P) Pages in category "Historic trails and roads in Tennessee" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The Upper Tennessee Valley, looking east from the edge of the Cumberland Plateau near Rockwood, Tennessee. The Tennessee Valley begins in the upper head water portions of the Holston River, the Watauga River, and the Doe River in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, as well as east of Asheville, North Carolina, with the headwaters of the French Broad and Pigeon rivers, all of which join ...
SR 284 east (Baker Mountain Road) – Fall Creek Falls State Park: Interchange; western terminus of SR 284: Spencer: 44.1: 71.0: SR 30 (College Street) – McMinnville, Pikeville, Fall Creek Falls State Park: Interchange via access road; provides access to downtown 48.6: 78.2: SR 285 east (Cane Creek Cummingsville Road) Southern end of SR 285 ...
Monroe County was one of the few East Tennessee counties to support secession at the outbreak of the American Civil War; others in the area supported the Union. On June 8, 1861, the county voted in favor of Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession by a margin of 1,096 to 774. [7]
State Route 116 (SR 116) is a 41.97-mile-long (67.54 km) north–south state highway in the mountains of East Tennessee.The highway runs from its junction with SR 62 at its southern end between Wartburg and Coalfield in Morgan County, to its northern end at Caryville, Tennessee in Campbell County.
The highway passes through industrial areas for a couple of miles, where SR 27 splits off along Suck Creek Road, before leaving the Chattanooga city limits and ascending onto the Cumberland Plateau as a two-lane highway. US 127/SR 8 passes through the towns of Signal Mountain, Walden, and Fairmount before entering Sequatchie County.