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The Alcoa Highway portion of US 129 was first constructed and completed as a two-lane roadway from Knoxville to Blount County in 1939 to provide access to the then recently opened McGhee Tyson Airport. Initially, this route only carried the SR 115 designation, and in 1961, AASHO approved rerouting US 129 onto Alcoa Highway.
SR 35, alone, begins in Blount County at an interchange with US 129 (Alcoa Highway/SR 115) in Alcoa.SR 35 goes southeast as a 4-lane divided highway known as S Hall Road, where it passes through some residential areas before entering a major business district, where it downgrades to an undivided 4-lane, before crossing a bridge into downtown Maryville.
It travels through Alcoa, passing by McGhee Tyson Airport, and then intersecting I-140. US 129 then crosses the Tennessee River on the James E. "Buck" Karnes Bridge into Knoxville. Shortly thereafter, US 129 becomes a limited-access highway for a short distance. It has an interchange with US 11/US 70 immediately
The Pellissippi Parkway is a major highway in Knox and Blount counties in the Knoxville metropolitan area in Tennessee that extends 19.75 miles (31.78 km) from State Route 62 at Solway to SR 33 in Alcoa.
US 129/SR 115 in Knoxville: US 11E/US 25W/US 70/SR 9 in Knoxville c. 1982: current Known locally as John Sevier Highway SR 169: 11.7: 18.8 SR 131 in Knoxville: SR 62 in Knoxville c. 1987: current Known locally as Middlebrook Pike SR 170: 35.9: 57.8 SR 62 in Oak Ridge: SR 33 near Maynardville: c. 1982: current SR 171: 18.0: 29.0
Alcoa is a city in Blount County, Tennessee, United States.Its population was 10,978 at the 2020 census. [5] It is part of the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.. As its name suggests, Alcoa was the site of a large aluminum smelting plant owned and operated by the Alcoa corporation (Aluminum Company of America).
In 2010, South Knoxville's Ye Olde Steak House on Chapman Highway was featured in the third season of The Travel Channel's Man v. Food. In 2012 a book was published about South Knoxville and detailed the history of the area. The title is "South Knoxville."
State Route 168 (SR 168, known as Governor John Sevier Highway) is a state highway in Knox County, Tennessee, that is 18.1 miles long. Its western terminus is with US 129 / SR 115 , and its eastern terminus is with US 11 / US 11E / US 11W / US 70 / SR 1 .