Interstate 75 in Tennessee - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

In the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

of Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

, Interstate 75

Interstate 75

Interstate 75 is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes and Southeastern regions of the United States. It travels from State Road 826 and State Road 924 in Hialeah, Florida to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, at the Ontario, Canada, border...

runs from Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County...

to Jellico

Jellico, Tennessee

Jellico is a city in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,448 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Jellico is located at . The city is situated amidst the Cumberland Mountains in the Elk Creek Valley, which runs perpendicular to the Tennessee-Kentucky state line...

by way of Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

. Interstate 75 enters the East Tennessee

East Tennessee

East Tennessee is a name given to approximately the eastern third of the U.S. state of Tennessee, one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law. East Tennessee consists of 33 counties, 30 located within the Eastern Time Zone and three counties in the Central Time Zone, namely...

region following the Tennessee Valley

Tennessee Valley

The Tennessee Valley is the drainage basin of the Tennessee River and is largely within the U.S. state of Tennessee. It stretches from southwest Kentucky to northwest Georgia and from northeast Mississippi to the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina...

from Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

, all the way through Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

to near Lake City

Lake City, Tennessee

Lake City is a town in Anderson and Campbell counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, northwest of Knoxville. The population was 1,888 at the 2000 census...

, then climbs into the Cumberland Mountains

Cumberland Mountains

The Cumberland Mountains are a mountain range in the southeastern section of the Appalachian Mountains. They are located in southern West Virginia, western Virginia, eastern edges of Kentucky, and eastern middle Tennessee, including the Crab Orchard Mountains...

before crossing over into Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

.

Interstate 75 originally continued into downtown Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

then turned to the north at Malfunction Junction, following what is now signed as Interstate 275

Interstate 275 (Tennessee)

Interstate 275 is an Interstate Highway in Tennessee that serves Knoxville by connecting the downtown with I-75 and I-640. Measuring 2.98 miles in length, the northern terminus is the junction with I-75 and I-640 and the southern terminus is I-40....

. When the western section of Interstate 640 was completed in 1982, Interstate 75 was moved to overlap the auxiliary route to divert through traffic away from downtown in preparation for the 1982 World's Fair

1982 World's Fair

The 1982 World's Fair, formally known as the Knoxville International Energy Exposition, was held in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States. The theme of the exposition was "Energy Turns the World."...

. This concurrency

Concurrency (road)

A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...

is somewhat unusual in that the exit numbers and mile markers follow the auxiliary route I-640 instead of Interstate 75 milage.

In December 1990, a 99 vehicle accident occurred in dense fog outside Calhoun

Calhoun, Tennessee

Calhoun is a town in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 496 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Calhoun is situated along the north bank of the Hiwassee River, which flows down from the Appalachian Mountains to the east and empties into the Chickamauga Lake impoundment of the...

that resulted in 12 deaths and 42 injuries. The accident was later profiled on the show Forensic Files
Forensic Files
Forensic Files is an American documentary-style series which reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even outbreaks of illness. The show is broadcast on truTV, narrated by Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, in association with truTV...

.

In March 2005, the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 were shut down between mile marker 141 to 143 in Campbell County

Campbell County, Tennessee

Campbell County is a U.S. county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 40,716. Its county seat is Jacksboro. The Census Bureau has identified the county as a Micropolitan Statistical Area, designated the LaFollette Micropolitan Statistical Area for the largest...

due to a rockslide below the roadway that caused the pavement to partially collapse.

On May 1, 2008 I-75 Northbound traffic was re-routed back along its original path in downtown Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

along Interstate 275

Interstate 275 (Tennessee)

as part of SmartFix 40, a major construction project that includes closing a portion of I-40

Interstate 40 in Tennessee

In the state of Tennessee, Interstate 40 traverses the entirety of the state from west to east, running from the Mississippi River at the Arkansas border to the northern base of the Great Smoky Mountains at the North Carolina border...

. Traffic was re-routed along I-275 as the ramp from I-640 Eastbound/I-75 Northbound to I-75 Northbound is only one lane which causes traffic delays at peak times.

Lane configurations

Between Kentucky line and Exit 112 (2 lanes on each side)
From Exit 112 to I-275
Interstate 275 (Tennessee)
Interstate 275 is an Interstate Highway in Tennessee that serves Knoxville by connecting the downtown with I-75 and I-640. Measuring 2.98 miles in length, the northern terminus is the junction with I-75 and I-640 and the southern terminus is I-40....

/I-640 interchange (3 lanes on each side)
Along I-640
Interstate 640
Interstate 640 is a bypass of Interstate 40 running north of Knoxville, Tennessee. For many years only about a two-mile segment of it between State Route 33 and U.S. Highway 25W was open. Finally, the road was completed in anticipation of the traffic which was to be generated by the 1982...

concurrency (3 to 4 lanes each way)
From I-40
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 is the third-longest major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90 and I-80. Its western end is at Interstate 15 in Barstow, California; its eastern end is at a concurrency of U.S. Route 117 and North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina...

/I-640 western split to I-140 (Exit 376) (4 to 5 lanes each way)
From I-140
Interstate 140 (Tennessee)
Interstate 140 is a spur route of Interstate 40 near Knoxville, Tennessee, that forms part of the Pellissippi Parkway. It runs east from Dutchtown Road north of Interstate 40 near Farragut to U.S. Route 129, near McGhee Tyson Airport. It intersects with U.S. Route 11 and U.S. Route 70 near its...

to I-40/I-75 split west of Farragut
Farragut, Tennessee
Farragut is a town in Knox and Loudon counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and is generally a suburb of nearby Knoxville. Farragut's population was 20,689 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area...

(3 lanes each way)
From I-40 to Exit 7 (SR 317
State Route 317 (Tennessee)
State Route 317 is a highway extending from Chattanooga, Tennessee, through Ooltewah, Collegedale, Apison, and ending in Bradley County. State Route 317 is also known as Bonny Oaks Drive, Old Lee Highway, Apison Pike, Wesleyan Road, and Weatherley Switch Road SE; it dead ends into State Route 60 in...

near Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County...

) (2 lanes each way)
From Exit 7 to SR 153 (Exit 3) (4 lanes each way)
From SR 153 to I-24 (3 lanes each way)
Through I-24
Interstate 24
Interstate 24 is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It runs diagonally from Interstate 57 to Chattanooga, Tennessee, at Interstate 75....

interchange (2 lanes each way)
From EB 24 to SB 75 ramp to Georgia line (3 through lanes each way, auxiliary lane SB for US 41
U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41 is a north–south United States Highway that runs from Miami, Florida to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, was U.S...

exit)

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	# Exit number An exit number is a number assigned to a road junction, usually an exit from a freeway. It is usually marked on the same sign as the destinations of the exit, as well as a sign in the gore....	Destinations	Notes
Hamilton Hamilton County, Tennessee Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It was named for Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury. The 2005 Census Estimate placed the population at 310,935 . Its county seat is Chattanooga....	Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County...		1		Signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north) northbound
			2	, Birmingham	South end of US-74 overlap
			3		Signed as exits 3A (east) and 3B (west) northbound
			4
			4A	Hamilton Place Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			5	Shallowford Road
			7		South end of US-11/US-64/SR-2 overlap; signed as exits 7A (SR-317 east) and 7B (SR-317 west) northbound
			9	Volkswagen Drive	Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant is an automobile assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee that began production in April 2011, was formally inaugurated in May 2011 and is expected to employ approximately 2,000 once fully operational...
			11		North end of US-11/US-64/SR-2 overlap
Bradley			20		North end of US-74 overlap
	Cleveland		25	, Lee University Lee University Lee University is an American accredited, private, four-year liberal arts college located in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States. It is historically affiliated with the Church of God, a Pentecostal denomination, and was the denomination's Bible Training School from 1918 until 1947, when the name...
	Cleveland		27
			33
McMinn			36
			42
	Athens Athens, Tennessee Athens is a city in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. It is the county seat of McMinn County and the principal city of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Chattanooga-Cleveland-Athens Combined Statistical Area. The population was 13,220 at the 2000...		49
			52	Mount Verd Road (SR-305) – Athens
			56
Monroe	Sweetwater Sweetwater, Tennessee Sweetwater is a city in Monroe and McMinn counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the most populous city in Monroe County. The population was 5,586 at the 2000 census. Sweetwater is the home of the Craighead Caverns which contains the Lost Sea, the United States' largest underground...		60
Monroe			62
Loudon			68
	Loudon Loudon, Tennessee Loudon is a city in and the county seat of Loudon County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 4,476 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located in eastern Tennessee, southwest of Knoxville, on the Tennessee River...		72
	Bridge over the Tennessee River Tennessee River The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately 652 miles 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...
			76
	Lenoir City Lenoir City, Tennessee Lenoir City is a city in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 8,642 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area....		81
	Begin concurrency
			84B		South end of I-40 overlap; no exit number southbound
Knox Knox County, Tennessee Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its 2007 population was estimated at 423,874 by the United States Census Bureau. Its county seat is Knoxville, as it has been since the creation of the county. The county is at the geographical center of the Great Valley of East Tennessee...			369	Watt Road
	Farragut		373	Campbell Station Road – Farragut Farragut, Tennessee Farragut is a town in Knox and Loudon counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and is generally a suburb of nearby Knoxville. Farragut's population was 20,689 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area...
	Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...		374
			376		Signed as exits 376A (north) and 376B (east)
			378	Cedar Bluff Road	Signed as exits 378A (south) and 378B (north) southbound
			379	Bridgewater Road, Walker Springs Road, Gallaher View Road	Signed as exits 379 (Bridgewater Road, Walker Springs Road) and 379A (Gallaher View Road) southbound
			380	Kingston Turnpike
			383	Papermill Drive (SR-332)
					North end of I-40 overlap; south end of I-640 overlap
		End concurrency Begin
			1
			3B		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			3	– Asheville	North end of I-640 overlap; no exit number northbound
		End concurrency
			3		No exit number southbound
			108	Merchants Drive
			110	Callahan Drive, Dante Drive
			112
			117
Anderson Anderson County, Tennessee Anderson County is a U.S. county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, its population is 75,129. Its county seat is Clinton.It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee, Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...			122
	Lake City Lake City, Tennessee Lake City is a town in Anderson and Campbell counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, northwest of Knoxville. The population was 1,888 at the 2000 census...		128
			129		South end of US-25W/SR-9 overlap
Campbell Campbell County, Tennessee Campbell County is a U.S. county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 40,716. Its county seat is Jacksboro. The Census Bureau has identified the county as a Micropolitan Statistical Area, designated the LaFollette Micropolitan Statistical Area for the largest...	Caryville Caryville, Tennessee Caryville is a town in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,297 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Caryville is located at ....		134		North end of US-25W/SR-9 overlap; south end of SR-63 overlap
			141		North end of SR-63 overlap
			144	Stinking Creek Road
			156	Rarity Mountain Road
	Jellico		160

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