Tennessee State Route 36

State Route 36
Route information
Length:	52.7 mi (84.8 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 19W at Tennessee-North Carolina State line in Unicoi County
	I-26 / US 23 near Flag Pond SR 107 / SR 107 / SR 81 in Erwin US 321 / SR 67 in Johnson City US 11E / SR 34 / US 19W north in Johnson City I-81 in Colonial Heights US 11W / SR 1 in Kingsport
North end:	US 23 / SR 137 / SR 347 south to I-26 in Kingsport
Location
Counties:	Unicoi, Carter, Washington, Sullivan
Highway system
Tennessee State Routes Interstate US State

State Route 36 is state highway in northeastern Tennessee that is 52 miles long.

Route description

SR 36 begins in Unicoi County unsigned with US 19W at the Tennessee-North Carolina state line and goes north to Interstate 26 and US 23 south of Erwin, where US 19W and SR 36 follow I-26 and US 23 northward to Johnson City where the two routes split from I-26 and US 23 and follow US 11E north less than a mile from I-26 and US 23 to where the two routes then split from each other US 19W heads northeast along US 11E toward Bristol and SR 36 heads northwest toward Kingsport. South of Kingsport and north of Johnson City in Spurgeon SR 36 junctions with SR 75 which provides access to Gray to southwest and the Tri-Cities Regional Airport and Blountville in the northeast. In Colonial Heights SR 36 junctions with Interstate 81 exit 59, it then heads north to junction with SR 93 and SR's 126 and 355 in downtown Kingsport and US 11W and ends at SR 347, US 23 and TN 137 less than a mile from the Tennessee-Virginia state line.

Future

A widening project is taking place to widen the road from two to four lanes.^[1]

References