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Tennessee State Route 156
State Route 156 (SR 156) is a spur route of Tennessee State Route 56 (SR 56) and a state highway in Franklin County, Tennessee, Franklin and Marion County, Tennessee, Marion counties in the Middle Tennessee, southern central and East Tennessee, southeastern portions of Tennessee, United States. It traverses the southern Cumberland Plateau before descending into the Sequatchie Valley, where follows the shores of Nickajack Lake for its final few miles. Route description SR 156 begins in Franklin County, Tennessee, Franklin County atop the western part of the Cumberland Plateau near Sewanee, Tennessee, Sewanee at an intersection with U.S. Route 41A in Tennessee, U.S. Route 41A/Tennessee State Route 15/Tennessee State Route 56, SR 56. It winds its way southeastward across a remote section of the plateau, passing through Franklin State Forest along the way and crossing into Marion County after straddling the county line for a few miles. After exiting the forest, the road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Andrews, Tennessee
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation. Official ecclesiastical recognition, and consequently a public cult of veneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church after their approval. While the English word ''saint'' originated in Christianity, historians of religion tend to use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people", referring to the Jewish tzadik, the Islamic walī, the Hindu rishi or Sikh gur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 27
State Route 27 (SR 27) is an east–west state highway in southeastern Tennessee. The route traverses portions of Marion County, Tennessee, Marion and Hamilton County, Tennessee, Hamilton counties in Tennessee, including the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga area. Both of this route's termini are at state lines. Its western end is at the Alabama state line near South Pittsburg, Tennessee, South Pittsburg, and its eastern end is at the Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia state line on Chattanooga's south side. Route description Marion County SR 27 begins as it Concurrency (road), runs concurrently as a Unsigned highway, secret, or hidden, designation, with U.S. Route 72 in Tennessee, U.S. Route 72 (US 72) once that highway enters Tennessee from Jackson County, Alabama, Jackson County, Alabama. This point also marks the eastern terminus of unsigned Alabama State Route 2. During SR 27's concurrency with US 72 in Marion County, it traverses the cities of South Pittsburg, Kimball, Tenness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiteside, Tennessee
Whiteside (formerly Aetna, Etna and Running Water) is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee. It was originally settled as a Cherokee town in the late eighteenth century. After Indian Removal, European-American settlers moved in and later named it after James Anderson Whiteside (1803–1861), attorney, Chattanooga railroad promoter and land investor.Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names' (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 222. It lies at an elevation of 807 feet (246 m). Tennessee State Route 134 passes by Whiteside, which is located between Chattanooga and Haletown, just north of the Tennessee-Georgia state line. Demographics History For the decade preceding his death in 1792, Cherokee war chief Dragging Canoe lived at Running Water ( chr, ᎠᎼᎦᏳᎾᏱ, translit=Amogayunayi), a Chickamauga town. He and his Cherokee followers were opposed to European-American settlement in their lands; they moved to more distant areas of the frontier to avoid the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 134
State Route 134 (SR 134) is an east-west state highway in southeastern Tennessee. The state route traverses portions of southern Marion and southwestern Hamilton Counties. It travels along a path from Haletown to the Georgia state line. Route description SR 134 begins at an intersection with US 41 ( SR 2) during that highway’s concurrency with US 64 and US 72. From Haletown, the highway travels east-southeastward to have an intersection with SR 156 before passing through the small community of Whiteside, and entering extreme southwestern Hamilton County before crossing the Georgia state line, where the roadway continues as Georgia State Route 299 (SR 299) within only minutes from that highway’s intersection with Interstate 24 (I-24) in Dade County, Georgia Dade County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. It occupies the northwest corner of Georgia, and the county's own northwest corner is the westernmost point in the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 24 In Tennessee
Interstate 24 (I-24) is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It runs diagonally from I-57, south of Marion, Illinois, to Chattanooga, Tennessee, at I-75. It travels through Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. As an even-numbered Interstate, it is signed as an east–west route, though the route follows a more southeast–northwest routing, passing through Nashville, Tennessee. The numbering deviates from the standard Interstate Highway System grid, lying further north than its number would indicate west of Nashville. I-24 between Nashville and Chattanooga is part of a longer north–south freight corridor which runs between Chicago and Atlanta. The interstate has facilitated the rapid growth of the largest suburban corridor in the Nashville metropolitan area, which runs for more than southeast of the city and is considered the most congested stretch of highway in the state. The stretch through Chattanooga also experiences severe c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sand Mountain (Alabama)
Sand Mountain is a sandstone plateau in northeastern Alabama and (to a far lesser extent) northwestern Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and southeastern Tennessee (U.S. state), Tennessee where the plateau is known as Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant, Raccoon Mountain and Elder Mountain. It is part of the southern tip of the Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian mountain chain and it is the largest plateau in the chain. Geologically a continuation of Walden Ridge, Sand Mountain is part of the Cumberland Plateau, separated from the main portion of the plateau by the Tennessee River and Sequatchie Valley. The average elevation on Sand Mountain is around above sea level, compared to about in the surrounding area.Google Earth This elevation leads to its having the coolest climate in the state of Alabama. The largest city on Sand Mountain is Albertville, Alabama, Albertville, in Marshall County. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 21,160. History Prehistory through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. The company operates as the leading subsidiary of CSX Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. CSX Corporation (the parent of CSX Transportation) was formed in 1980 from the merger of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries, two holding companies which controlled a number of railroads operating in the Eastern United States. Initially only a holding company itself, the subsidiaries that made up CSX Corporation were gradually merged, with this process completed in 1987. CSX Transportation formally came into existence in 1986, as the successor of Seaboard System Railroad. In 1999, CSX Transportation acquired approximately half of Conrail, in a joint purchase with competitor Norfolk Southern Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama State Route 73
State Route 73 (SR 73), is a state highway in the U.S. state of Alabama. The southern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with SR 71 in Higdon north to the Tennessee state line, where it becomes Tennessee State Route 377 (SR 377). SR 73 travels through rural areas in eastern Jackson County, serving the community of Bryant. Route description SR 73 begins at an intersection with SR 71 in the community of Higdon, heading north on a two-lane undivided road. The highway heads through rural areas of farms and woods with some homes, curving to the northwest. The highway heads north again as it crosses under several power lines radiating from the Widows Creek Power Plant along the Tennessee River. SR 73 continues northeast past homes and businesses in the Bryant area on top of Sand Mountain prior to going north through more forested areas with a few rural homes. The highway travels through a mix of farm and woodland before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 377
State Route 377 (SR 377) is a short north-south in Marion County, Tennessee. It serves as a northern continuation of Alabama State Route 73 (SR 73) beyond the state line, connecting it with the town of New Hope. Route description SR 377 begins at the Alabama state line, where it continues south toward Bryant as Alabama State Route 73 (SR 73). It winds its way south through wooded areas as it descends Sand Mountain as a two-lane highway. It then enters New Hope and comes to an end at an intersection with SR 156 along the banks of Nickajack Lake/Tennessee River, at the eastern edge of town. Major intersections References {{reflist 377 __NOTOC__ Year 377 ( CCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Merobaudes (or, less frequently, year 11 ... Transportation in Marion County, Tennessee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Alabama, Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama, Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,765 , area_total_sq_mi = 52,419 , area_land_km2 = 131,426 , area_land_sq_mi = 50,744 , area_water_km2 = 4,338 , area_water_sq_mi = 1,675 , area_water_percent = 3.2 , area_rank = 30th , length_km = 531 , length_mi = 330 , width_km = 305 , width_mi = 190 , Latitude = 30°11' N to 35° N , Longitude = 84°53' W to 88°28' W , elevation_m = 150 , elevation_ft = 500 , elevation_max_m = 735.5 , elevation_max_ft = 2,413 , elevation_max_point = Mount Cheaha , elevation_min_m = 0 , elevation_min_ft = 0 , elevation_min_point = Gulf of Mexico , OfficialLang = English language, English , Languages = * English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Island, Alabama
Long Island (also called Carpenter, Carpenter Station, and Carpenters Station)John Robert Kennamer: ''History of Jackson County'', Southern Printing & Publishing Co., Winchester, Tenn., 1935, p. 173. is an unincorporated community in the northeastern corner of Jackson County, Alabama, United States. Long Island appears on the Bridgeport U.S. Geological Survey Map. It was reportedly named Carpenter for a family that lived there prior to 1852, when it was given the English form of the original Cherokee name of the village on the long island in the Tennessee River The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names, ... dating from 1783.Virginia O. Foscue: ''Place Names in Alabama'', The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa and London, 1989, p. 86. References Unincorporated commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 422
State Route 422 (SR 422), also known as Long Island Road, is a short north-south state highway located entirely in the city of New Hope, Tennessee. It connects various neighborhoods of the city with its main business district and the Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ... state line. SR 422 is a winding two-lane road for its entire length. Major intersections References {{reflist 422 Transportation in Marion County, Tennessee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
