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02010-01-01. 2010. Proposed I-75 bypass of Knoxville, also proposed to be extended to I-40 at exit 407 ( SR 66) to provide a complete northern beltway of Knoxville and provide a more direct route to Sevier County/Great Smoky Mountains National Park. SR 476. 11.8. 19.0. SR 50 in Broadview.
First State Road commemorative sign on US 70/SR 1 in Cumberland County. This highway was initially known as the Memphis to Bristol Highway. The Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works was established by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1915 and tasked with constructing, maintaining, and improving roads throughout the state.
There are 95 counties in the U.S. State of Tennessee. As of 2023, Shelby County was both Tennessee's most populous county, with 910,042 residents, and the largest county in area, covering an area of 755 sq mi (1,955 km 2 ). The least populous county was Pickett County (5,128) and the smallest in area was Trousdale County, covering 114 sq mi ...
Red primary designation and Black secondary designation. State Route 1 ( SR 1 ), known as the Memphis to Bristol Highway, is a 538.8-mile-long (867.1 km) mostly- unsigned state highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It stretches from the Arkansas state line at Memphis in the southwest corner of the state to Bristol in the northeast part.
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 (19.76 km) in Memphis.
State Route 52. State Route 52 ( SR 52) is an east–west state highway that crosses eight 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). SR 52 is mostly a primary route, but becomes secondary west of I-65.
Highway markers for U.S. Highway 70 and U.S. Highway 321 U.S Highways in Tennessee highlighted in yellow System information Maintained by TDOT Highway names Interstates Interstate XX (I-XX) US Highways U.S. Route XX (US XX) State State Route XX (SR XX) System links Tennessee State Routes Interstate US State The U.S. Highways in Tennessee are the segments of the United States Numbered Highway ...
Most of the state is considered part of the Upland South, and the eastern third is part of Appalachia. [ 1] Tennessee covers roughly 42,143 square miles (109,150 km 2 ), of which 926 square miles (2,400 km 2 ), or 2.2%, is water. It is the 16th smallest state in terms of land area. The state is about 440 miles (710 km) long from east to west ...