Tennessee State Route 68

State Route 68
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length:	107.2 mi[1] (172.5 km)
Major junctions
South end:	SR 5 / SR 60 in Copperhill, Tennessee/McCaysville, Georgia at TN/Ga state line
	US 64 / US 74 / SR 40 in Ducktown SR 165 (Cherohala Skyway) in Tellico Plains US 411 / SR 33 in Madisonville I-75 in Sweetwater US 27 / SR 29 near Spring City
North end:	US 127 / SR 28 in Crossville
Location
Counties:	Polk, Monore, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Cumberland
Highway system
Tennessee State Routes Interstate US State ← SR 67 SR 69 →

State Route 68 (SR 68) is a 107.2-mile-long (172.5 km) state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

Route description

SR 68 sign, near Farner

SR-68 begins in southeastern Tennessee, at an intersection with Georgia State Route 5 and Georgia State Route 60 at the Tennessee–Georgia state line in Copperhill, Tennessee and McCaysville, Georgia. It then goes north to Ducktown, Tennessee where it junctions with U.S. Route 64 (US-64) and US-74. The route continues north and enters the Cherokee National Forest and goes through a mostly rural area, then in Turtletown it turns east and junctions with the shortest state route in Tennessee: SR-123. SR-68 then turns back north and continues through a sparsely populated area and crosses over the Hiwassee River, The route then becomes curvy and dangerous. It then enters Monroe County and goes through Coker Creek and then Tellico Plains and junctions with SR-165 the Cherohala Skyway. In Tellico Plains, SR-68 serves as the eastern terminus for SR-39 it then proceeds north to Madisonville where it has an interchange/junction with US-411 and SR-33. After this junction, the route then turns more northwesterly toward Sweetwater and passes The Lost Sea. In Sweetwater, it turns west and junctions with US-11 and Interstate 75. Just past the I-75 junction, the route enters McMinn County where there are no highway junctions. It then enters Meigs County and Ten Mile and junctions with SR-305, SR-58, and has a brief concurrency with SR-304. It then crosses Watts Bar Dam and the Tennessee River into Rhea County near the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant and continues west. The route then has a 1-mile-long (1.6 km) concurrency with SR-302 and a 2.7-mile-long (4.3 km) concurrency with US-27. US-27 and SR-68 go north to Spring City where SR-68 turns back west and US-27 goes north. Just after leaving Spring City, it turns back to north crosses over Waldens Ridge into Cumberland County where the route ends at US-127 in Crossville near Cumberland Mountain State Park and the Cumberland Homestead Towers.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Polk	Copperhill			SR 5 south / SR 60 south – Mineral Bluff, Blue Ridge	Georgia state line
	Ducktown			US 64 / US 74 (SR 40) – Cleveland, Murphy, NC, Ocoee River	interchange
				SR 123 east to NC 294 – Hiwassee Dam
Monroe	Tellico Plains			SR 165 east (Cherohala Skyway) – Tellico Plains, Bald River Falls, Indian Boundary
				SR 39 west – Etowah
	Madisonville			US 411 (SR 33) – Athens	interchange
	Christianburg			SR 307 south
	Sweetwater			US 11 (Main Street / SR 2)
				I-75 – Chattanooga, Knoxville	I-75 exit 60
Meigs				SR 305 south – Athens
				SR 58 – Decatur, Kingston
	Ten Mile			SR 304 north – Ten Mile, Kingston	south end of SR 304 overlap
				SR 304 south – Decatur	north end of SR 304 overlap
Tennessee River				Watts Bar Dam
Rhea				SR 302 south (Old Stage Road)	south end of SR 302 overlap
				SR 302 north	north end of SR 302 overlap
				US 27 south (SR 29) – Dayton, Chattanooga	south end of US 27 / SR 29 overlap
	Spring City			US 27 north (SR 29) – Rockwood	north end of US 27 / SR 29 overlap
Cumberland	Cumberland Homesteads			US 127 (SR 28) – Crossville, Jamestown, Pikeville, Cumberland Mountain State Park
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Tennessee portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

External links

• Media related to Tennessee State Route 68 at Wikimedia Commons