Interstate 75 in Tennessee
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Interstate 75 Main route of the Interstate Highway System |
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Length: | 161.86 mi[1] (260.4884198400000 km) | ||||||||
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Formed: | 1963-1974[2] | ||||||||
South end: | I-75 at Georgia state line | ||||||||
Major junctions: |
I-24 in Chattanooga I-40 in Knoxville |
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North end: | I-75 at Kentucky state line | ||||||||
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In the State of Tennessee, Interstate 75 runs from Chattanooga to Jellico by way of Knoxville. Interstate 75 enters the East Tennessee region following the Tennessee Valley from Georgia, all the way through Knoxville to near Lake City, then climbs into the Cumberland Mountains before crossing over into Kentucky.
Interstate 75 originally continued into downtown Knoxville then turned to the north at Malfunction Junction, following what is now signed as Interstate 275. When the western section of Interstate 640 was completed in 1982, Interstate 75 was moved to overlap the auxiliary route to divert through traffic away from downtown in preparation for the 1982 World's Fair. This concurrency is somewhat unusual in that the exit numbers and mile markers follow the auxiliary route I-640 instead of Interstate 75 milage.
A major accident took place in December of 1990 due to fog that resulted in 12 deaths. The accident was later profiled on the show Forensic Files.
In March of 2005, the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 were shut down between mile marker 141 to 143 in Campbell County due to a rockslide below the roadway that caused the pavement to partially collapse.[3]
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[edit] Major cities and towns
Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.
[edit] Lane configurations
- Between Kentucky line and Exit 112 (2 lanes on each side)
- From Exit 112 to I-275/I-640 interchange (3 lanes on each side)
- Along I-640 concurrency (3 to 4 lanes each way)
- From I-40/I-640 western split to I-140 (Exit 376) (4 lanes each way)
- From I-140 to I-40/I-75 split west of Farragut (3 lanes each way)
- From I-40 to Exit 7 (SR 317 near Chattanooga) (2 lanes each way)
- From Exit 7 to SR 153 (Exit 3) (4 lanes each way)
- From SR 153 to I-24 (3 lanes each way)
- Through I-24 interchange (2 lanes each way)
- From EB 24 to SB 75 ramp to Georgia line (3 through lanes each way, auxiliary lane SB for US 41 exit)
[edit] Exit list
County | Location | # | Destinations | Notes |
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Hamilton | Chattanooga | 1 | US-41 (US-76, SR-8) – East Ridge | Signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north) northbound |
2 | I-24 west to I-59 – Chattanooga, Nashville, Birmingham | South end of US-74 overlap | ||
3 | SR-320 (East Brainerd Road) | Signed as exits 3A (east) and 3B (west) northbound | ||
4 | SR-153 north – Chattanooga Airport, Chickamauga Dam | |||
4A | Hamilton Place Boulevard | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
5 | Shallowford Road | |||
7 | US-11 south / US-64 west (Lee Highway, SR-2 west) / SR-317 (Bonny Oaks Drive) – Summit, Collegedale | South end of US-11/US-64/SR-2 overlap; signed as exits 7A (SR-317 east) and 7B (SR-317 west) norhbound | ||
9 | Volunteer Ordnance Road | |||
11 | US-11 north / US-64 east (SR-2 east) – Ooltewah | North end of US-11/US-64/SR-2 overlap | ||
Bradley | 20 | US-64 Byp. east (US-74 east, SR-311) – Cleveland |
North end of US-74 overlap | |
Cleveland | 25 | SR-60 – Dayton, Cleveland, Lee University | ||
27 | To US-11 / SR-60 / Paul Huff Parkway – Cleveland | |||
33 | SR-308 – Charleston | |||
McMinn | 36 | SR-163 – Calhoun | ||
42 | SR-39 (Riceville Road) | |||
Athens | 49 | SR-30 – Decatur, Athens | ||
52 | Mount Verd Road (SR-305) – Athens | |||
56 | SR-309 – Niota | |||
Monroe | Sweetwater | 60 | SR-68 – Spring City, Sweetwater | |
62 | SR-322 (Oakland Road) – Sweetwater | |||
Loudon | 68 | SR-323 – Philadelphia | ||
Loudon | 72 | SR-72 – Loudon | ||
Bridge over the Tennessee River | ||||
76 | SR-324 (Sugar Limb Road) | |||
Lenoir City | 81 | US-321 (SR-73) to SR-95 – Oak Ridge, Lenoir City | ||
South end of I-40 overlap | ||||
84B | I-40 west – Nashville | No exit number southbound | ||
Knox | 369 | Watt Road | ||
Farragut | 373 | Campbell Station Road – Farragut | ||
Knoxville | 374 | SR-131 (Lovell Road) | ||
376 | I-140 east / SR-162 north – Oak Ridge, Maryville | Signed as exits 376A (north) and 376B (east) | ||
378 | Cedar Bluff Road | Signed as exits 378A (south) and 378B (north) southbound | ||
379 | Bridgewater Road, Walker Springs Road, Gallaher View Road | Signed as exits 379 (Bridgewater Road, Walker Springs Road) and 379A (Gallaher View Road) southbound | ||
380 | US-11 / US-70 (SR-1) – West Hills | |||
383 | Papermill Drive (SR-332) | |||
I-40 east – Knoxville | South end of I-640 overlap | |||
North end of I-40 overlap | ||||
1 | SR-62 (Western Avenue) | |||
3B | US-25W north (SR-9 north) / Gap Road – Clinton | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
3 | I-640 east (US-25W south, SR-9 south) – Asheville | North end of I-640 overlap; no exit number northbound | ||
3 | I-275 south – Knoxville | No exit number southbound | ||
108 | Merchants Drive | |||
110 | Callahan Drive | |||
112 | SR-131 (Emory Road) – Powell | |||
117 | SR-170 (Raccoon Valley Road) | |||
Anderson | 122 | SR-61 – Clinton, Norris | ||
Lake City | 128 | US-441 (SR-71) – Lake City | ||
129 | US-25W south (SR-9 south, SR-116) – Lake City | South end of US-25W/SR-9 overlap | ||
Campbell | Caryville | 134 | US-25W north / SR-63 east (SR-9 north) – Caryville, Jacksboro, La Follette | North end of US-25W/SR-9 overlap; south end of SR-63 overlap |
141 | SR-63 west – Huntsville, Oneida | North end of SR-63 overlap | ||
144 | Stinking Creek Road | |||
156 | Rarity Mountain Road | |||
Jellico | 160 | US-25W (SR-9) – Jellico |
[edit] References
Interstate 75 | ||
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Previous state: Georgia |
Tennessee | Next state: Kentucky |