Tennessee State Route 36

State Route 36 marker

State Route 36
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length: 28.6 mi[1][2] (46.0 km)
Southern segment
Length: 7.6 mi[1] (12.2 km)
South end: US 19W at the NC state line
North end: I-26 / US 19W / US 23 in Temple Hill
Northern segment
Length: 21.0 mi[2] (33.8 km)
South end: US 11E / US 19W / SR 1 in Johnson City
North end: US 23 / SR 137 / SR 346 in Kingsport
Location
Counties: Unicoi, Washington, Sullivan
Highway system
← SR 35SR 37 →

Tennessee State Route 36 (SR 36) is a 28.6-mile-long (46.0 km) state highway, broken in two segments. In Unicoi County, it serves as the hidden concurrency of U.S. Route 19W; in Washington and Sullivan counties, it serves as a stand alone secondary road connecting the cities of Johnson City and Kingsport.

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.[3] The widening is complete as of 2017.

References

  1. 1 2 Google (November 11, 2015). "Tennessee State Route 36 (southern segment)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Google (November 11, 2015). "Tennessee State Route 36 (northern segment)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ "TVA: TN State Route 36". Tva.gov. 1999-05-18. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
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