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Missionary Ridge surrounds downtown Chattanooga; the "Ridge Cut", a 1 ⁄ 4-mile (0.40 km) blast into the ridge to pass Interstate 24, is the dip in the center of the image. Missionary Ridge runs basically north–south for several miles and varies in width from a few feet to over 660 feet (200 m), with very steep, nearly vertical sides that ...
The Army of the Cumberland's ascent of Missionary Ridge was one of the war's most dramatic events. Military historians Herman Hattaway and Archer Jones contend that the Battle of Missionary Ridge was "the war's most notable example of a frontal assault succeeding against entrenched defenders holding high ground." [56] A Union officer remembered ...
US 64, US 11, and SR 2 go southeast as McCallie Avenue and through the Missionary Ridge Tunnel. Coming out of the tunnel, the concurrency becomes Brainard Road, at an intersection with SR 320 (East Brainerd Road), and continues southeast for several blocks.
Wilcox Tunnel, which carries Wilcox Boulevard through Missionary Ridge and connects to Shallowford Road. Whiteside Tunnel (Missionary Ridge Railroad Tunnel) carries the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum trains between East Chattanooga and Grand Junction. Construction of the tunnel was started by the Chattanooga, Harrison, Georgetown and ...
Here, I-24 reaches the "Ridge Cut", a one-quarter-mile (400 m) [clarification needed] stretch where the Interstate ascends Missionary Ridge on a steep grade, first curving sharply to the north at the bottom of the ascent and then to the east again at the top. This stretch is notorious for severe congestion and is especially hazardous to truckers.
US 41 south / US 76 east (Westside Drive/SR 8) – East Ridge: Southern end of US 41 / US 76 concurrency: 11.2: 18.0: US 41 north / US 76 west (East Main Street/SR 8) Northern end of US 41 / US 76 concurrency: 12.2– 12.4: 19.6– 20.0: McCallie Tunnels under Missionary Ridge: 15.9: 25.6: SR 320 east (East Brainerd Road) – East Brainerd
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Chattanooga, Harrison, Georgetown & Charleston Railroad Tunnel: August 24, 1978 Below N. Crest Rd. ... Missionary Ridge Historic District: September 5, 1996