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Tennessee State Route 92
State Route 92 (SR 92) is a state highway in East Tennessee with both four lane and two lane sections. Route description SR 92 begins at US 411/ SR 35 in Chestnut Hill. It heads north toward Dandridge and crosses over the French Broad River/Douglas Lake just inside Dandridge city limits, just after crossing the river/lake it junctions with SR 139 in downtown. It the junctions with US 25W, US 70 and SR 66 in downtown Dandridge. SR 92 begins a concurrency with US 25W, US 70 and SR 66, the four routes head west then northwest to where US 25W, US 70 and SR 66 head west and SR 92 heads northward and becomes a four-lane divided highway. Next it junctions with I-40 at exit 417. SR 92 then leaves Dandridge city limits north of I-40, and the route enters Jefferson City city limits and heads north to US 11E where it begins a concurrency with US 11E. The two routes head west to where US 11E heads west and SR 92 turns northeast on the edge of Jefferson City. SR 92 then leaves Jeffers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut Hill, Tennessee
Chestnut Hill is an unincorporated community located in central-southern Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States. Education Chestnut Hill School, part of the Jefferson County School System, was formerly located in the community, but closed due to lack of enrollment. Economy Chestnut Hill is the site of one of two canneries for the Bush Brothers and Company Bush Brothers and Company is a family-owned corporation best known for its Bush's Best brand canned baked beans. The company produces approximately 80 percent of the canned baked beans consumed in the United States, representing estimated annual s ..., which has a visitors' center in the community. References External linksJefferson County Chamber of Commerce Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Tennessee {{JeffersonCountyTN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holston River
The Holston River is a river that flows from Kingsport, Tennessee, to Knoxville, Tennessee. Along with its three major forks (North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork), it comprises a major river system that drains much of northeastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, and northwestern North Carolina. The Holston's confluence with the French Broad River at Knoxville marks the beginning of the Tennessee River. The North Fork flows southwest from Sharon Springs in Bland County, Virginia. The Middle Fork flows from near the western border of Wythe County, Virginia, joining the South Fork in Washington County, Virginia, southeast of Abingdon. The South Fork rises near Sugar Grove in Smyth County and flows southwest to join the North Fork at Kingsport. The Watauga River, a tributary of the South Fork Holston, flows westward from Watauga County, North Carolina. The main stem of the Holston is impounded by the Tennessee Valley Authority's Cherokee Dam near Jefferson City, Ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Highways In Tennessee
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Tennessee State Route 1
State Route 1 (SR 1), known as the Memphis to Bristol Highway, is a mostly-Unsigned highway, unsigned State highway (US), state highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It stretches all the way from the Arkansas state line at Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis in the southwest corner of the state to Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol in the northeast part. Most of the route travels Concurrency (road), concurrently with U.S. Route 70 in Tennessee, U.S. Route 70 (US 70) and U.S. Route 11W in Tennessee, US 11W. It is the longest highway of any kind in the state of Tennessee. The route is signed as both in the state of Tennessee, a Primary and Secondary Highway (at different times throughout its designation) In 2015, the Tennessee Department of Transportation erected signs along SR 1 showing motorists they are traveling on the Memphis to Bristol Highway, Tennessee's first state road. TDOT installed the signs at every county line while it celebrated its 100th anniversary. Route description Memphi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 34
State Route 34 (SR 34) is a state highway located in East Tennessee. The route traverses several cities through eight counties from the Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville area to the North Carolina state line via Greeneville, Tennessee, Greeneville and Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol. The portion from Carter, Tennessee, Carter to Bristol is concurrency (road), concurrent with U.S. Route 11E (US 11E) while the portion from Bristol to North Carolina is concurrent with U.S. Route 421 in Tennessee, US 421. Route description SR 34 is a hidden route as it follows the routes of certain U.S. highways throughout its course. SR 34 begins with following US 11E (Andrew Johnson Highway) east of Knoxville. It continues to follow that U.S. route through Jefferson City, Tennessee, Jefferson City and Morristown, Tennessee, Morristown. Continuing to concurrently with US 11E, SR 34 crosses Interstate 81 in Tennessee, Interstate 81 (I-81) and traverses Greeneville, Tennessee, Greenevil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most populous city. According to the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 94,589, up from 83,393 in the 2010 census. It is the principal city in the four-county Asheville metropolitan area, which had a population of 424,858 in 2010, and of 469,015 in 2020. History Origins Before the arrival of the Europeans, the land where Asheville now exists lay within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation, which had homelands in modern western North and South Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, and northeastern Georgia. A town at the site of the river confluence was recorded as ''Guaxule'' by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto during his 1540 expedition through this area. His expedition comprised the first European visitors, who carried endemic Eurasian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 9
State Route 9 (SR 9) is a west-to-east state highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee that is long. It begins in Campbell County and ends in Cocke County. SR 9 is little-known by the general public by this designation as it is overlain by U.S. Route 25W and U.S. Route 25 east of Newport; the "9" designation is seen on mileposts. The entire route is located in East Tennessee. Despite running concurrent with a North-South US Route, Route 9 is signed as east-west. Route description Cocke County SR 9 begins as a primary highway in Cocke County at North Carolina-Tennessee state line near Del Rio, concurrent with US 25/US 70. US 25/US 70/SR 9 then goes through some curves and cross French Broad River via the Wolf Creek Bridge. They then begin running along the north bank of the French Broad and intersect and become concurrent with SR 107 and then enter Del Rio, where SR 107 separates. US 25/US 70/SR 9 continue northwest to intersect SR 340 before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washburn, Tennessee
Washburn is an unincorporated community in rural northern Grainger County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of both the Knoxville metropolitan area and the Morristown metropolitan area. According to the 2020 United States census, the total population of Washburn was 3,289. History Forty-one days prior to the naming of the town on June 2, 1898, Knoxville-born Rear Admiral Washburn Maynard, son of local politician and Postmaster General Horace Maynard, fired the first shot of the Spanish–American War from the gunboat USS ''Nashville'' off the coast of Cienfuegoes, Cuba. Rear Admiral Washburn Maynard and the USS ''Nashville'' were instrumental in the capture of the Spanish steamer ''Buena Ventura'' and several other vessels. The crew of the USS ''Nashville'' also participated in the May 11, 1898 heroic mission of cutting underwater Spanish telegraph cables. It is proposed that partially in honor of former U.S. Postmaster General Horace Maynard, the post office and the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinch Mountain
Clinch Mountain is a mountain ridge in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia, lying in the ridge-and-valley section of the Appalachian Mountains. From its southern terminus at Kitts Point, which lies at the intersection of Knox, Union and Grainger counties near Blaine, Tennessee, it runs in a generally east-northeasterly direction to Garden Mountain near Burke's Garden, Virginia. It separates the Clinch River basin, to the north, and the Holston River basin, to the south. Geography Clinch Mountain is a long ridge, about in length. It runs generally southwest-northeast, with numerous curves. Its north-south extent is , and east-west . Due to its size it is sometimes called a mountain range or complex. The ridge includes the sub-range of Knob Mountain, as well as four summits above 4,000 feet ( Beartown Mountain, Flattop Mountain, Morris Knob, and Chimney Rock Peak). For its entire length, Clinch Mountain has only one true gap through which the ridge is completely sli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherokee Dam
Cherokee Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Holston River in Grainger County, Tennessee, Grainger County and Jefferson County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The dam is operated and maintained by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to help meet urgent demands for energy at the outbreak of World War II.Tennessee Valley Authority, ''The Cherokee Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, and Initial Operations of the Cherokee Project'', Technical Report no. 7 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946), pp. 1-19, 32, 237. Cherokee Dam is high and impounds the Cherokee Lake. It has a generating capacity of 136 megawatts. The dam was named for the Cherokee, a Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe that controlled much of East Tennessee when the first European settlers arrived in the mid-18th century.Tennessee Valley AuthorityCherokee Lake Retrieved: 7 January 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 40 In Tennessee
Interstate 40 (I-40) is part of the Interstate Highway System that spans from Barstow, California, to Wilmington, North Carolina. In Tennessee, I-40 traverses the entirety of the state from west to east, from the Mississippi River at the Arkansas border to the northern base of the Great Smoky Mountains at the North Carolina border. At a length of , the Tennessee segment of I-40 is the longest of the eight states on the route, and the longest Interstate Highway in Tennessee. Sometimes known as "Tennessee's Main Street", 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 physiographical provinces 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-Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
