Interstate 75 in Tennessee

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Interstate 75
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 161.86 mi[1] (260.4884198400000 km)
Formed: 1963-1974[2]
South end: I-75 at Georgia state line
Major
junctions:
I-24 in Chattanooga
I-40 in Knoxville

I-640 in Knoxville
I-275 in Knoxville

North end: I-75 at Kentucky state line
Tennessee State Routes
< SR-74 SR-75 >

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]

Contents

[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
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-59Chattanooga, 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-60Dayton, Cleveland, Lee University
27 To US-11 / SR-60 / Paul Huff Parkway – Cleveland
33 SR-308Charleston
McMinn 36 SR-163Calhoun
42 SR-39 (Riceville Road)
Athens 49 SR-30Decatur, Athens
52 Mount Verd Road (SR-305) – Athens
56 SR-309Niota
Monroe Sweetwater 60 SR-68Spring City, Sweetwater
62 SR-322 (Oakland Road) – Sweetwater
Loudon 68 SR-323Philadelphia
Loudon 72 SR-72Loudon
Bridge over the Tennessee River
76 SR-324 (Sugar Limb Road)
Lenoir City 81 US-321 (SR-73) to SR-95Oak 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-61Clinton, 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

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Interstate 75
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Georgia
Tennessee Next state:
Kentucky