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Tennessee State Route 61
State Route 61 (SR 61) is a west-to-east highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee that is . State Route 61 begins in Roane County, Tennessee, Roane County, and it ends in Grainger County, Tennessee, Grainger County. Route description Roane County SR 61 begins in Roane County, Tennessee, Roane County as a primary highway in the city of Rockwood, Tennessee, Rockwood at an intersection with U.S. Route 27 in Tennessee, US 27/U.S. Route 70 in Tennessee, US 70/Tennessee State Route 29, SR 29/Tennessee State Route 1, SR 1. It begins concurrent with US 27 as its companion route though it is signed, except on I-40. They then proceed north as a four-lane divided highway and have a junction with the short Tennessee State Route 382, SR 382, providing access to Roane State Community College, and cross into Harriman, Tennessee, Harriman. US 27/SR 61 continue north to have an interchange with Interstate 40 in Tennessee, I-40 (Exit 347), with only US 27 signed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TDOT
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, Knoxville, and Nashville. Major responsibilities The major duties and responsibilities of TDOT are to: * plan, build, and maintain the state-owned highway and Interstate system of over ; * administer funding and provide technical assistance in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 29
U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in Tennessee runs from the Georgia state line in Chattanooga to the Kentucky state line in Isham. It forms the informal border between the Eastern and Central timezones of the state. It stays, however, in the Eastern Time Zone. Route description US 27 enters Tennessee from Rossville, Georgia, in Hamilton County as a four-lane highway, concurrent with both State Route 27 (SR 27) and SR 29. The route goes north as Rossville Boulevard, going through suburbs and passing by several businesses before entering Chattanooga and coming to an interchange with Interstate 24 (I-24; exits 180A–B) and briefly running concurrently with the Interstate, having interchanges with SR 58 (Market Street) and US 11/ US 41/ US 64/ US 72/ SR 2, before splitting off as a freeway (exit 178). Freeway segment Beginning at I-24 and ending at SR 111, the route is a controlled-access highway for approx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan County, Tennessee
Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,035. Its county seat is Wartburg. Morgan County is part of the Knoxville, TN Combined Statistical Area. History Morgan County was formed in 1817 from portions of Anderson and Roane counties. It was named in honor of Daniel Morgan (1736–1802), an American Revolutionary War officer who commanded the troops that defeated the British at the Battle of Cowpens, and who later served as a U.S. congressman from Virginia. The county had been part of lands relinquished by the Cherokee with the signing of the Third Treaty of Tellico in 1805. The original county seat was Montgomery until 1870, when it was moved to Wartburg. Tornado On November 10, 2002, a tornado destroyed 50 homes. At least seven people were killed in the Morgan County communities of Mossy Grove and Joyner. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 62
State Route 62 (SR 62) is a west-to-east highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is designated as a primary route except for the short segment between SR 169 and its eastern terminus, which is secondary. State Route 62 begins in Putnam County, Tennessee, Putnam County at Tennessee State Route 84, State Route 84; it ends in Knox County, Tennessee, Knox County at U.S. Route 441 in Tennessee, U.S. Route 441/Tennessee State Route 33, State Route 33. Route description Putnam and Fentress counties SR 62 begins in Putnam County, Tennessee, Putnam County in downtown Monterey, Tennessee, Monterey as a primary highway at an intersection with Tennessee State Route 84, SR 84 and Tennessee State Route 164, SR 164. It then heads east (as East Commercial Avenue) through downtown before leaving Monterey (as Clarkrange Highway) as a two-lane highway to parallel Interstate 40 in Tennessee, I-40 for a short distance before going through forested areas and the community of Muddy Pond, Tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blair, Tennessee
Blair is an unincorporated community in Roane County, Tennessee, United States. Blair is located at . Blair is where the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum's railroad line connects with the Norfolk Southern The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The comp ... railroad. References Unincorporated communities in Roane County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{RoaneCountyTN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 327
State Route 327 (SR 327), also known as Blair Road, is a north–south state highway in Roane County, Tennessee. It serves as a connector between the towns of Oliver Springs and Harriman with the western end of the city of Oak Ridge. Route description SR 327 begins in Oak Ridge at an intersection with SR 58. It goes north to pass by the historic George Jones Memorial Baptist Church and K-25 before crossing over Southern Appalachia Railway Museum's excursion railroad, to which it runs parallel to (and crosses several times) for the rest of its length, before crossing over Poplar Creek. The highway then passes by a substation before leaving Oak Ridge and paralleling Poplar Creek. SR 327 then crosses a couple of ridges and valleys, where it leaves Poplar Creek and has intersections with Poplar Creek Road, Old Harriman Highway, and Dyllis Road. The highway then passes through some mountainous terrain before crossing a Norfolk Southern railroad and coming to an end at an int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee College Of Applied Technology
The Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology (TCAT) is a public technical college system operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. It has 24 campuses located throughout the US state of Tennessee. It was previously named the Tennessee Technology Centers. , the TCAT campuses have a combined enrollment of 34,486 students, with the most popular programs being truck driving, welding, automotive technology, practical nursing, and cosmetology. History TCAT was founded as the State Area Vocational-Technical Schools. Construction began on the first three urban locations, Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville, in July 1966. The Knoxville campus opened in January 1968. In 1994, State Area Vocational-Technical Schools were rebranded as Tennessee Technology Centers. Tennessee Technology Centers received praise from Complete College America in a 2011 report for their high degree completion rate of 75 percent. In July 2013, Tennessee Technology Centers was rebranded as Tennessee Colleges of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakdale, Tennessee
Oakdale is a town located along the Emory River in Morgan County, Tennessee, Morgan County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 203 at the 2020 census, a decrease from the 2010 census figure of 212. History Oakdale was originally known as "Honeycutt" after an early settler, Allen Honeycutt. In the 1880s, the Cincinnati Southern Railway, which connected Chattanooga and Cincinnati, was built through the area, intersecting the vast system of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad (later the Southern Railway (U.S.), Southern Railway) at Emory Gap near Harriman, Tennessee, Harriman. Allen Honeycutt donated land to the railroad for construction of a switching point. In 1892, the name of the town was changed to "Oakdale" after a nearby mining operation.Vera Scarbrough, Regina Headden,A Brief History of Oakdale" Oakdale Alumni Association website, 2008. The stretch of the Cincinnati Southern from Oakdale to Somerset, Kentucky involves steep grades that were too dif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 328
State Route 328 (SR 328) is a north–south state highway in Roane and Morgan counties of East Tennessee. It connects the town of Oakdale to the cities of Harriman and Wartburg. Route description SR 328 begins in Roane County in downtown Harriman at an intersection with US 27/ SR 61 (Roane Street/ SR 29). It goes northwest along Georgia Street and immediately crosses a bridge over some railroad tracks before merging onto Oakdale Road. It passes through neighborhoods before running along the banks of the Emory River and passing through the Emory Gap through Walden Ridge. The highway then enters the 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 " Al ... and leaves Harriman to cross into Morgan County. SR 328 winds its way north as Old Harriman Highway, runnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emory River
The Emory River is a river draining a portion of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau. It flows for just over from its source near Frozen Head State Park to its mouth along the Clinch River at Kingston, Tennessee. Hydrography The Emory River rises on the slopes of Fork Mountain and descends through a valley along the northern base of Bird Mountain, a prominent ridge in Frozen Head State Park in Morgan County. The surrounding area has been the subject of extensive strip mining for coal which has resulted in some stream pollution. The stream initially flows basically westward and is crossed by U.S. Highway 27. Turning more southwestward, it is paralleled for a time by a line of the Norfolk Southern Railway. It meets the Obed River in the southeast corner of the expansive Catoosa Wildlife Management Area, a large game-management area operated by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Still paralleled by the railroad, the stream crosses into Roane County near Harriman. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 40 In Tennessee
Interstate 40 (I-40) is part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Barstow, California, to Wilmington, North Carolina. The highway crosses Tennessee from west to east, from the Mississippi River at the Arkansas border to the Blue Ridge Mountains at the North Carolina border. At , the Tennessee segment of I-40 is the longest of the eight states through which it passes and the state's longest Interstate Highway. I-40 passes through Tennessee's three largest cities— Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville—and serves the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most-visited national park in the United States. It crosses all of Tennessee's physiographic regions and Grand Divisions—the Mississippi embayment and Gulf Coastal Plain in West Tennessee, the Highland Rim and Nashville Basin in Middle Tennessee, and the Cumberland Plateau, Cumberland Mountains, Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, and Blue Ridge Mountains in East Tennessee. Landscapes on the route vary from fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
