State Route 92 (SR 92) is a state highway in
East Tennessee
East Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law. Geographically and socioculturally distinct, it comprises approximately the eastern third of the U.S. state of Tennessee. East Tennessee consists of 33 count ...
with both four lane and two lane sections.
Route description
SR 92 begins at
US 411
U.S. Route 411 (US 411) is an alternate parallel-highway associated with US 11. US 411 extends for about from US 78 in Leeds, Alabama, to US 25W/ US 70 in Newport, Tennessee. US 411 travels through nor ...
/
SR 35 in
Chestnut Hill. It heads north toward
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* Bartholomew Dandridge (1737–1785), American lawyer, jurist, and planter.
* Bartholomew Dandridge (1691–c.1754), English portrait painter.
* Bob Dandridge (1947), American baske ...
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 Jefferson City and turns northwest. It then crosses the
Holston River just west of
Cherokee Dam on the
Jefferson–
Grainger county line heads north to end at
US 11W
U.S. Route 11W (US 11W), locally known as Bloody 11W, is a divided highway of US 11 in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia. The U.S. Highway, which is complemented by US 11E to the south and east, runs from US 11, US 11E, and US 70 in ...
in downtown
Rutledge.
[https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/maps/county-maps-(us-shields)/h-m/Jefferson%20County.pdf ][https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/maps/county-maps-(us-shields)/a-g/Grainger%20County.pdf ]
Since 1971, plans were proposed for SR 92 to be extended north of Rutledge to cross the
Clinch Mountain ridgeline connecting to the unincorporated town of
Washburn
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, but no action has been taken to move forward with these plans.
Junction list
References
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Transportation in Grainger County, Tennessee
Transportation in Jefferson County, Tennessee