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Tennessee's US Highways |
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Numbered Highways of the Volunteer state, past and present.
Note: routes shown below like (this) are
historical in nature and are not currently signed in Tennessee.
US 11 US 11E US 11W US 19 US 19E US 19W US 23 US 25 US 25E US 25W US 27 US 31 US 31E US 31W (US 37) US 41 (US 41E) [I] (US 41W) [I] (US 41E) [II] (US 41W) [II] US 43 US 45 US 45E US 45W US 51 US 58 US 61 (US 63) US 64 US 70 (US 70N) [I] (US 70S) [I] (US 70N) [II] (US 70S) [II] US 72[I] US 72 [II] US 74 US 76 US 78 US 79 US 127 US 129 (US 143) US 231 (US 241) [I] (US 241) [II] (US 270) (US 276) US 321 US 411 US 412 US 421 US 431 US 441 (US 511) US 641
US 11
From: Knoxville
To: Georgia state line at Chattanooga
Length in TN: 124 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: Alternate US 11: (Chattanooga); Business
US 11: Athens
History in TN: 1925: proposed from Bristol to GA; 1926: assigned;
1929: replaced from Bristol to Knoxville by US 11W
US 11E
From: Bristol
To: Knoxville
Length in TN: 120 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1929 - present
Bannered Routes: Business US 11E: Greeneville
History in TN: 1929: replaced US 511 from Bristol to Strawberry
Plains, co-signed with US 70 from Strawberry Plains to Knoxville
US 11W
From: Bristol
To: Knoxville
Length in TN: 111 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1929 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1929: replaced US 11 from Bristol to Knoxville
US 19
From: Bristol
To: Hillcrest
Length in TN: 12 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1926: assigned from Bluff City to NC state line S
of Hampton; 1927: extended north to VA through Bristol; 1930:
replaced S of Hillcrest by US 19E
US 19E
From: Hillcrest
To: NC state line E of Roan Mountain
Length in TN: 32 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1930 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1930: replaced US 19 south of Hillcrest; 1934-1952
ASSHO proposed replacement by Alt US 19
US 19W
From: Hillcrest
To: NC state line at Spivey Gap
Length in TN: 53 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1930 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1930: assigned; 1934-1952 ASSHO proposed
replacement by US 19
US 23
From: VA state line N of Kingsport
To: NC state line at Sams Gap
Length in TN: 60 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1930 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1930 assigned
US 25
From: Newport
To: NC state line E of Del Rio
Length in TN: 20 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1925: Proposed from KY state line at Jellico to
NC; 1926: assigned
US 25E
From: KY state line at Cumberland Gap
To: Newport
Length in TN: 64 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1926: assigned from VA state line at Cumberland
Gap to Newport; 1934-1952 ASSHO proposed replacement by US 25;
1996: re-aligned to newly built tunnel at KY state line
US 25W
From: KY state line at Jellico
To: Newport
Length in TN: 111 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: (Alternate US 25W: Lake City to Knoxville)
History in TN: 1926: assigned; 1934-1952 ASSHO proposed
replacement by US 129
US 27
From: KY state line N of Winfield
To: GA state line at Chattanooga
Length in TN: 147 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1928 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1928: extended from KY to Chattanooga; 1934:
extended to GA
US 31
From: Nashville
To: AL state line south of Elkton
Length in TN: 95 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: Alternate US 31: Nashville to Pulaski
History in TN: 1925: proposed from KY to AL; 1926: assigned;
1930: replaced from KY to Nashville by US 31E
US 31E
From: KY state line N of Westmoreland
To: Nashville
Length in TN: 50 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1930 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1930: replaced US 31; 1934: AASHO proposed
replacement by US 143
US 31W
From: KY state line S at Mitchell
To: Nashville
Length in TN: 35 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1930 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1934: AASHO proposed replacement by US 31
(US 37)
From: KY state line at Static
To: Chattanooga
Length in TN: 135 mi
Dates Proposed in TN: 1934-1935
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1934: proposed along TN 29; 1958: US 127 assigned
along route
US 41
From: KY state line NW of Sadlersville
To: GA state line at East Ridge
Length in TN: 197 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: Alternate US 41: KY state line N of Ringgold to
Monteagle, (Chattanooga); Bypass US 41A: Clarksville
History in TN: 1925: proposed from KY to GA; 1926 assigned from
KY state line at Ringgold to Chattanooga; 1929: replaced from KY
state line at Ringgold to Nashville by US 41W [II]; 1930:
replaced from Chattanooga to GA by US 41E [I]; 1933: replaced US
41E [I]; 1943: replaced US 41E [II]
(US
41E) [I]
From: Chattanooga
To: GA state line at East Ridge
Length in TN: 1 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1930 - 1933
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1930: replaced US 41, at least in AASHO records;
1933: replaced by US 41
(US
41W) [I]
From: Chattanooga
To: GA state line at Chattanooga
Length in TN: 1 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - 1934
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1926: assigned; 1934: replaced by US 27
(US
41E) [II]
From: KY state line NW of Sadlersville
To: Nashville
Length in TN: 47 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1929 - 1943
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1929: replaced US 241; 1934-1943: AASHO proposed
replacement by US 41; 1943: replaced by US 41
(US
41W) [II]
From:KY state line NW of Ringgold
To: Nashville
Length in TN: 56 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1929 - 1943
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1929: replaced US 41; 1934-1943: AASHO proposed
replacement by US 43; 1943: replaced by Alt US 41
US 43
From: Columbia
To: AL state line S of St. Joseph
Length in TN: 55 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1938 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1934: AASHO proposed from KY to AL; 1938: extended
from AL; 1952: remainder of proposed US 43 retired by AASHO
US 45
From: Fairview
To: MS state line S of Selmer
Length in TN: 60 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: Bypass US 45: Jackson
History in TN: 1925: AASHO proposed from KY state line at South
Fulton to MS; 1926 assigned; 1929: replaced from KY state line to
Fairview by
US 45E
From: South Fulton
To: Fairview
Length in TN: 56 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1929 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1929 ; 1934-1952: proposed by AASHO to be replaced
by US 45
US 45W
From: South Fulton
To: Fairview
Length in TN: 64 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1929 - present
Bannered Routes: Bypass US 45W: Humboldt
History in TN: 1929 ; 1934-1952: proposed by AASHO to be replaced
by Alt US 45
US 51
From: KY state line at South Fulton
To: MS state line S of Whitehaven
Length in TN: 135 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: Bypass US 51: (Union City), Dyersburg;
Truck US 51: (Memphis)
History in TN: 1925: proposed; 1926 assigned
US 58
From: VA state line NE of Cumberland Gap
To: Cumberland Gap
Length in TN: 1 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1996 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1996: extended from VA
US 61
From: AR state line at Memphis
To: MS state line at Goodman
Length in TN: 12 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1925: proposed; 1926 assigned
(US 63)
From: AR state line at Memphis
To: Memphis
Length in TN: 1 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1935 - 1999
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1935 extended from AR to Memphis; 1999:
decommissioned
US 64
From: NC state line at Angelico Gap
To: AR state line at Memphis
Length in TN: 394 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1932 - present
Bannered Routes: Alternate US 64: (Chattanooga); Business
US 64: Monteagle to Winchester; Bypass US 64: Cleveland
History in TN: 1932: extended east from AR to Chattanooga; 1933:
extended east to NC
US 70
From: NC state line E of Del Rio
To: AR state line at Memphis
Length in TN: 480 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: Alternate US 70: (Crossville to Pegram via
Murfreesboro), Huntingdon to Brownsville; Business US 70:
Dickson, Camden, Huntingdon
History in TN: 1925: proposed; 1926: assigned; 1929: replaced
from Sparta to Nashville by US 70N [I]; 1935:replaced US 70N [I];
1939: replaced by US 70S [II], TN 26 and US 70N [II] between
Crossville and JCT near Pegram; 1963: extended from Crossville to
JCT near Pegram, replacing part of US 70S [II], TN-26, and part
of US 70N [II]
(US
70N) [I]
From: Sparta
To: Nashville
Length in TN: 92 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1929 - 1935
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1929: replaced US 70; 1935: replaced by US 70
(US
70S) [I]
From: Sparta
To: Nashville
Length in TN: 89 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1929 - 1935
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1929: replaced US 270 and was co-signed along US
31
US 70N
[II]
From: Crossville
To: Lebanon
Length in TN: 87 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1939 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1939: assigned from Crossville to JCT US 70 near
Pegram; 1963: west of Lebanon replaced by US 70
US 70S
[II]
From: Sparta
To: JCT US 70 near Pegram
Length in TN: 113 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1939 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1939: assigned from Crossville to JCT near Pegram;
1963: east of Sparta replaced by US 70
US 72 [I]
From: Chattanooga
To: AL state line at Richard City
Length in TN: 37 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1926: assigned; 1930: truncated at Jasper; 1935:
extended to Chattanooga
US 72 [II]
From: MS state line SE of Collierville
To: Memphis
Length in TN: 24 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1926 assigned; 1930: replaced by US 64 from Selmer
to Memphis; 1935: removed from US 45 & extended west
US 74
From: NC state line at Angelico Gap
To: Cleveland
Length in TN: 45 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1987 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1987: extended from NC; 1994: truncated at
Cleveland
US 76
From: GA state line at East Ridge
To: Chattanooga
Length in TN: 8 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1932 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1932: extended from GA
US 78
From: MS state line at Capleville
To: Memphis
Length in TN: 15 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1925: proposed; 1926 assigned
US 79
From: KY state line NE of Beldon
To: AR state line at Memphis
Length in TN: 207 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1944 - present
Bannered Routes: Business US 79: Brownsville
History in TN: 1944: extended from AR to KY
US 127
From: KY state line at Static
To: Chattanooga
Length in TN: 135 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1958 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1934: route proposed as US 37; 1958: extended from
KY
US 129
From: Knoxville
To: NC state line at Deals Gap
Length in TN: 53 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1935 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1935: extended from GA, extension N of Knoxville
to KY along US 25W proposed; 1952: proposed extension to KY taken
off ASSHO books
(US 143)
From: KY state line at Turners
To: Jackson
Length in TN: 192 mi
Dates Proposed in TN: 1934 - 1944
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1934: proposed to replace US 31E; 1937: proposal
extended to Centerville along TN-100; 1944: proposal extended to
Jackson along TN-100 and TN-20
US 231
From: KY state line at Turners
To: AL state line S of Fayetteville
Length in TN: 121 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1954 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1954: extended from AL to KY, replaced US 241 [II]
(US
241) [I]
From: KY state line NW of Sadlersville
To: Nashville
Length in TN: 45 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - 1929
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1925: proposed; 1926: assigned; 1929: replaced by
US 41E
(US
241) [II]
From: Murfreesboro
To: AL state line S of Fayetteville
Length in TN: 63 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1930 - 1954
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1930: assigned; 1954: replaced by US 231
(US 270)
From: Sparta
To: Murfressboro
Length in TN: 65 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - 1929
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1926: assigned; 1929: replaced by US 70S [I]
(US 276)
From: NC state line at Newfound Gap
To: Sevierville
Length in TN: 28 mi
Dates Proposed in TN: 1944
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1944: proposed to extend from NC; 1952: US 441
extended along proposed route
US 321
From: Jct I-40 at Eaton Crossroad
To: NC state line E of Elk Mills
Length in TN: 196 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1930-1933, 1961- present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1930: assigned from Bristol to NC state line at
Trade; 1933: replaced by US 421; 1961: extended from NC to
Johnson City; 1981: extended west
US 411
From: Newport
To: GA state line at Conasauga
Length in TN: 126 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1939 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1934: proposed, including replacing US 11E; 1939:
extended from GA to Maryville; 1951: extended to Greeneville;
1956: extended to Bristol; 1972: truncated at Greeneville; 1987:
truncated at Newport
US 412
From: Jct I-65 at Columbia
To: MO state line west of Boothspoint
Length in TN: 183 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1982 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1982: assigned; 1989: extended east
US 421
From: VA state line at Bristol
To: NC state line at Trade
Length in TN: 42 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1933 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1933: extended from NC to VA; replaced US 321
US 431
From: KY state line at Ashburn
To: AL state line S of Fayetteville
Length in TN: 129 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1954 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1954: assigned
US 441
From: Lake City
To: NC state line at Newfound Gap
Length in TN: 83 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1952 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1944: part of route proposed as US 276; 1952:
extended from NC
(US 511)
From: Bristol
To: Strawberry Plains
Length in TN: 284 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1926 - 1929
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1925: proposed; 1926: assigned; 1929: replaced by
US 11E
US 641
From: KY state line at Hazel
To: JCT I-40 near Holladay
Length in TN: 56 mi
Dates Signed in TN: 1955 - present
Bannered Routes: none known
History in TN: 1955: assigned; 1977: extended south
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This page last updated Tuesday, July 31, 2001
Page originally created by Robert V. Droz on March 7, 2001.