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The Tennessee state routes do not follow a systematic numbering system unlike the U.S. Highway System and some other states' highway systems. The routes are separated into primary and secondary routes though. Many of the routes are hidden in that they are overlaid on U.S. Routes and not signed.
Beginning at I-24 and ending at SR 111, the route is a controlled-access highway for approximately 24 miles (39 km). The highway goes north as a narrow four-lane freeway (concurrent with unsigned I-124) through downtown and has interchanges with West Main Street (exit 1), Martin Luther King Boulevard (exits 1A–B; unsigned SR 316), and Fourth Street (exit 1C; unsigned SR 389) before crossing ...
At the time, Tennessee was known as a "detour state", with many of its roads in poor condition compared to those of neighboring states. [6] In 1924, the state implemented a two-cent gasoline tax for the purpose of improving roads, [ 7 ] and throughout the 1920s, the department paved much of the newly-established state route system. [ 8 ]
The U.S. Highways in Tennessee are the segments of the United States Numbered Highway System that are maintained by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) in the state of Tennessee. All of these highways in Tennessee have a state highway designation routed concurrently along them, though the state highway is hidden and only signed ...
Northern end of freeway; southern end of SR 8 concurrency; interchange: Cagle: 25.3: 40.7: SR 399 west (Rifle Range Road) – Palmer, Gruetli-Laager: Eastern terminus of SR 399; provides access to Savage Gulf State Natural Area (South Cumberland State Park) 29.3: 47.2: SR 8 north – McMinnville: Northern end of SR 8 concurrency: Van Buren 36: 58
U.S. Route 23 (US 23) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that travels from Jacksonville, Florida, to Mackinaw City, Michigan.In the U.S. state of Tennessee, the highway travels 57.48 miles (92.51 km) in the northeastern part of the state from the North Carolina state line at Sam's Gap in the Bald Mountains to the Virginia state line in Kingsport.
Westward view of the Magnolia Avenue Expressway, the first freeway in Tennessee. The cloverleaf interchange was used for the junction between I-40 and I-75. The first segment included in Tennessee's I-40 was a 1.09-mile-long (1.75 km) controlled-access highway in Knoxville, the state's first, which was constructed by state and local governments.
The highway was originally planned as an Interstate Highway but was constructed entirely with state funds and initially designated as a state route for this reason. [3] In 2015, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) approved TDOT's request to redesignate SR ...