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Tennessee State Route 56
State Route 56 (SR 56) is a state highway that runs south to north in Middle Tennessee, from the Alabama state line near Sherwood to the Kentucky state line near Red Boiling Springs. SR 56 is secondary south of Sewanee. It is primary (but unsigned) along US 41A and US 41 between Sewanee and Tracy City. From Tracy City to the Kentucky line, SR 56 is a signed primary route (including at both ends of its concurrency with Interstate 40), except west from North Springs to Willette, where SR 151 carries primary traffic more directly to Red Boiling Springs. Route description Alabama state line to McMinnville SR 56 begins as a secondary state route at the Alabama state line south of Sherwood in Franklin County, (as a 2-lane) where the road continues south as Alabama State Route 117 into Jackson County, Alabama. SR 56 continues northward to the Crow Creek Valley, which is full of farmland, and passes through Sherwood before the highway becomes very curvy as it ascends into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Department Of Transportation
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is the department of transportation for the State of Tennessee, with multimodal responsibilities in roadways, aviation, public transit, waterways, and railroads. It was established in 1915 as the Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works, and renamed the Tennessee Department of Transportation in 1972. The core agency mission of TDOT is to provide a safe and reliable transportation system for people, goods, and services that supports economic prosperity in Tennessee. Since 1998, TDOT has been ranked amongst the top five in the nation for quality highway infrastructure. It is primarily headquartered in downtown Nashville and operates four regional offices in Chattanooga, Jackson, Tennessee, Jackson, Knoxville, and Nashville. Major responsibilities The major duties and responsibilities of TDOT are to: * plan, build, and maintain the List of state routes in Tennessee, state-owned highway and Interstate system of over ; * admin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macon County, Tennessee
Macon County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 25,216. Its county seat is Lafayette, Tennessee, Lafayette. Macon County is part of the Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Murfreesboro–Franklin, Tennessee, Franklin, TN Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Macon County was formed in 1842 from parts of Smith County, Tennessee, Smith and Sumner County, Tennessee, Sumner counties. It was named in honor of the late Revolutionary War veteran and United States Senator, Nathaniel Macon. The county seat was named in honor of the Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Marquis de Lafayette. Unlike adjacent counties of Middle Tennessee, which were generally pro-Confederate States of America, Confederate, but like neighbouring list of counties in Kentucky, counties in Kentucky, Macon County was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Cumberland State Park
South Cumberland State Park is a state park in the middle and southeast portions of Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau. The park was established in 1978. It is a collection of eight discrete tracts scattered across Franklin, Marion and Grundy counties, formerly totaling approximately 30,899 acres (as of 2020). The park now contains 12,166 acres following the separation of Savage Gulf into its own state park. Twelve trailheads provide hiking access to most sections of the park, which protects a series of unique ecosystems on the escarpments and in the ravines of the Southern Cumberland Plateau. There are over a dozen large waterfalls in the park, the tallest of which is Foster Falls, in Marion County. The Grundy Lakes unit includes industrial archaeological remains of the coal mines and coke production facilities of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, as well as a stockade prison it operated that provided convict labor for those facilities. The park became too lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland Plateau
The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. It includes much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, and portions of northern Alabama and northwest Georgia. The terms " Allegheny Plateau" and the "Cumberland Plateau" both refer to the dissected plateau lands lying west of the main Appalachian Mountains. The terms stem from historical usage rather than geological difference, so there is no strict dividing line between the two. Two major rivers share the names of the plateaus, with the Allegheny River rising in the Allegheny Plateau and the Cumberland River rising in the Cumberland Plateau in Harlan County, Kentucky. Geography The Cumberland Plateau is a deeply dissected plateau, with topographic relief commonly of about , and frequent sandstone outcroppings and bluffs. At Kentucky's Pottsville Escarpment, which is the transition from the Cumberland Plateau to the Bluegrass in the north and the Penny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson County, Alabama
Jackson County is the northeasternmost County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 52,579. The county seat is Scottsboro, Alabama, Scottsboro. The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States of America. Jackson County is a prohibition or dry county, but three cities within the county (Bridgeport, Alabama, Bridgeport, Scottsboro, Alabama, Scottsboro, and Stevenson, Alabama, Stevenson) are "wet", allowing alcohol sales. Jackson County comprises the Scottsboro, Alabama Micropolitan Statistical Area, and Jackson county is included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton combined statistical area. It is the site of Russell Cave National Monument, an archeological site with evidence of 8,000 years of human occupation in the Southeast. History Jackson County was established on December 13, 1819, after the federal government arran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama State Route 117
State Route 117 (SR 117) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Alabama. It travels northwest from the Georgia state line southeast of Mentone to the Tennessee state line north of Bass. Route description SR 117 begins at the Georgia line near the town of Mentone. It winds through slightly mountainous terrain before entering the town of Mentone. This town is among the highest points in the state, at a maximum height of . It descends down Lookout Mountain and enters Valley Head, which is at about elevation. The route turns northwest and enters Hammondville, where it junctions with, and maintains a short concurrency with. U.S. Route 11 (US 11). It turns off of the route and junctions with Interstate 59 (I-59). It junctions with SR 40 west. It continues northwest and enters Ider. It junctions with SR 75. It continues over the Jackson County line. It enters Flat Rock and junctions with SR 71. The route descends down Sand Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 151
State Route 151 (SR 151) is a state highway in the central portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Route description SR 151 begins in Macon County at an intersection with SR 56 in downtown Red Boiling Springs. It goes southeastward as E Main Street to leave the town and have an interchange with SR 52. It continues southeast through farmland to cross into the southwestern corner of Clay County Clay County is the name of 18 counties in the United States. Most are named for Henry Clay, U.S. Senator and statesman: * Clay County, Alabama * Clay County, Arkansas (named for John Clayton, and originally named Clayton County) * Clay County, Fl ... for a short distance before crossing into the mountains of Jackson County. SR 151 continues southeastward through the mountains along a narrow valley before entering North Springs and coming to an end at an intersection with SR 56. The entire route of SR 151 is a rural two-lane highway. Major intersections References {{reflis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willette, Tennessee
Willette is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Macon County, Tennessee, United States. Geography Willette is concentrated around the intersection of Tennessee State Route 56, State Route 56, Tennessee State Route 80, State Route 80, and Tennessee State Route 262, State Route 262 in the southeastern part of the county. Points of interest Willette is home to a volunteer fire department, Macon County official website. Retrieved November 1, 2016. several churches, and several small businesses. References Unincorporated communities in Macon County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{MaconCountyTN-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Springs, Tennessee
North Springs (also North Spring) is an unincorporated community in northwestern Jackson County, Tennessee, United States. It lies along Tennessee State Routes 56 and 151, northwest of the town of Gainesboro, the county seat of Jackson County.Rand McNally. ''The Road Atlas '05.'' Chicago: Rand McNally Rand McNally is an American technology and publishing company that provides mapping software and hardware for consumer electronics, commercial transportation, and education markets. The company is headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois with a di ..., 2005, p. 95. Its elevation is 604 feet (184 m). Home tSigrheim th"capital"(sic) of the Asatru Folk Assembly, an alleged white supremacist group designated as by Left-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center Designated Hate Group. References Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{JacksonCountyTN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west transcontinental Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway in the Southeastern United States, southeastern and Southwestern United States, southwestern portions of the United States. At a length of , it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after Interstate 90, I-90 and Interstate 80, I-80. From west to east, it passes through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Its western terminus is at Interstate 15 in California, I-15 in Barstow, California, while its eastern terminus is at a concurrency (road), concurrency with U.S. Route 117 in North Carolina, U.S. Route 117 (US 117) and North Carolina Highway 132 (NC 132) in Wilmington, North Carolina. Major cities served by the Interstate include Flagstaff, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Amarillo, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Fort Smith, Arkansas, Fort Smith and Little Rock in Arkansas; Memphis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concurrency (road)
In a road network, a concurrency is an instance of one physical roadway bearing two or more different route numbers. The practice is often economically and practically advantageous when multiple routes must pass between a single mountain crossing or over a bridge, or through a major city, and can be accommodated by a single right-of-way. Each route number is typically posted on highways signs where concurrencies are allowed, while some jurisdictions simplify signage by posting one priority route number on highway signs. In the latter circumstance, other route numbers disappear when the concurrency begins and reappear when it ends. In most cases, each route in a concurrency is recognized by maps and atlases. Terminology When two roadways share the same right-of-way, it is sometimes called a common section or commons. Other terminology for a concurrency includes overlap, coincidence, duplex (two concurrent routes), triplex (three concurrent routes), multiplex (any number of con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee
Red Boiling Springs is a city in Macon County, Tennessee, Macon County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,205 at the 2020 census. History Founding The area was originally known as Salt Lick Creek due to a salt lick that was located approximately four miles northwest of current day Red Boiling Springs. The salt lick attracted animals, Indigenous peoples of the Americas, American Indians, and other people. Among the people who came to hunt the animal trails was Daniel Boone, who reportedly carved his name and the year 1775 into a beech tree in a nearby community. The area was first surveyed, and land grants were first awarded in the mid-1780s. The first post office was established in 1829 and named the Salt Lick Creek post office. In 1847, the post office was renamed "Red Boiling Springs." Sometime in the 1830s, a farmer named Jesse Jones noticed red-colored sulphur water bubbling up from springs on his farm. In 1844, a businessman named Samuel Hare, realizing the sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
