Interstate 24 West - Chattanooga

Interstate 24 commences west from Exit 2 on southbound I-75 one mile ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 184) with Moore Road.

12/20/23

Traffic from northbound at I-75 at Exit 2 joins Interstate 24 west ahead of the Spring Creek Road overpass. This bridge was replaced in 2020/21.

12/20/23

Adjacent N Terrace Road came into view by a distance sign for Nashville and Birmingham (via I-59). The first of three Interstate 59 trailblazers posted in Tennessee referenced the 16 miles linking I-24 with I-59 south from I-75. This assembly was removed during construction.

09/06/20

Frontage Roads (N/S Terrace Road) connect I-24 with Moore Road at Exit 184.

12/20/23

Exit 184 leaves I-24 westbound at the McBrien Road over crossing. Moore Road travels 3.7 miles north from U.S. 41/76 (Ringgold Road) in Eastridge to Shallowford Road in east Chattanooga. Moore Road also intersects U.S. 11 (Brainard Road) near the Brainard neighborhood and the Eastgate Town Center (former Eastgate Mall) nearby.

12/20/23

Interstate 24 west continues next to the slip ramp (Exit 183 A) for Belvoir Avenue and Germantown Road joining East Ridge with Chattanooga's Brainard community. Exit 183 A serves Tennessee Temple University.

09/06/20

Westbound at the split diamond interchange (Exit 183 A) on I-24. N Terrace Road intersects Belvoir Avenue first, a street joining the freeway with U.S. 41/76 (Ringgold Road) to the south and U.S. 11 (Brainard Road) to the north. Germantown Road also links I-24 with U.S. 41/76 to the south, but continues north of the commercial strip on U.S. 11 to North Brainerd and Tunnel Road to Eastdale.

09/06/20

Removed after 2014, a reassurance marker for I-24 west appeared between Exit 183 A and the Belvoir Avenue overpass. Trucks are restricted to the right two lanes through here.

06/25/12

Westbound I-24 enters the northern wedge of the East Ridge city limits at Germantown Road.

06/18/05

Interstate 24 makes a sweeping curve across Missionary Ridge before reentering the Chattanooga city limits at Seminole Drive.

09/06/20

Seminole Drive and S Crest Road pass over Interstate 24 on Missionary Ridge. Parallel U.S. 11 (McCallie Avenue) and U.S. 41/76 (Ringgold Road) utilize tunnels to cross Missionary Ridge nearby.

09/06/20

Lookout Mountain (el. 2,392 feet) comes into view on the Interstate 24 westbound curve ahead of the Westside Drive (U.S. 41/76) underpass.

06/25/12

Raccoon Mountain lines the western horizon beyond Downtown Chattanooga.

09/06/20

Interstate 24 takes a sharp curve back to the west on the 0.75 miles leading to Exit 181 for Fourth Avenue.

06/25/12

Beyond the curve from Missionary Ridge, a loop ramp from U.S. 41/76 (Westside Drive) west forms an auxiliary lane along I-24 westbound.

09/06/20

Exit 181 departs next for Fourth Avenue and the Fort Cheatham and East Lake neighborhoods in Chattanooga. U.S. 41/76 turn north from Westside Drive onto Dodds Avenue north alongside U.S. 11/64 to E Main Street. U.S. 11/64 parallel I-24 along adjacent 23rd Avenue.

09/06/20

Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 181) with Fourth Avenue on I-24 west. Fourth Avenue north becomes Kelly Avenue at adjacent U.S. 11/64 (23rd Street). Kelly Avenue extends north through the Highland Park / Oak Grove neighborhood to U.S. 41/76 (E Main Street).

09/06/20

Another auxiliary lane accompanies I-24 west to the three quarter cloverleaf interchange (Exit 180 A/B) with Rossville Boulevard (SR 27). The forthcoming exchange brings U.S. 27 northbound onto the freeway west.
References to SR 8 here are incorrect, as the state route travels alongside U.S. 41/76 from the Georgia state line to Downtown Chattanooga, where it turns north as the counterpart to U.S. 127.

09/06/20

Exit 180 A joins Rossville Boulevard (SR 27) northwest to 23rd Street (U.S. 11/64) at Central Avenue. Central Avenue leads northward from there to Chattanooga National Cemetery.

09/06/20

Exit 180 B loops onto Rossville Boulevard through the East Lake / Clifton Hills community of south Chattanooga. U.S. 27 travels 2.43 miles south from I-24 to the Georgia state line, where it crosses Missionary Ridge east from Rossville to Lakeview and Beverly Hills. U.S. 27 continues south from there to Chickamauga Battlefield.

09/06/20

U.S. 27 north joins I-24 west for one mile before branching northward along a c/d roadway system to I-124 north and Downtown Chattanooga. The c/d roadway also connects with the exits to Market (SR 58) and 21st Street at Southside Chattanooga.

09/06/20

Interests to the Chattanooga Choo Choo Historic Site are advised to take Exit 178 while tourists heading to the Tennessee Aquarium are directed onto U.S. 27 [I-124] north to 4th Street.

09/06/20

I-24/U.S. 27 expand to four westbound lanes across two sets of Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway (CCKY) tracks parallel to U.S. 11/64 on 23rd Street. This stretch of freeway was completed in 1960.
The forthcoming c/d roadway (Exit 178) departs in 0.4 miles through the "Big Scramble Interchange". A pair of parclo interchanges join the departing U.S. 27 north with SR 58 (Market Street) and 21st at Long Streets for U.S. 11-64 (20th Street) and U.S. 11-41-64-72 along Broad Street.

09/06/20

I-24 west narrows to two lanes as three lanes depart at Exit 178 for Southside and Downtown, Chattanooga. Previously a fully signed route, Interstate 124 constitutes the southern most 1.97 miles of the Dayton Freeway leading U.S. 27 north to Hill City and Signal Mountain. Signage for I-124 was removed by the 1990s due to motorist confusion at the three-wye interchange with I-24.

09/06/20

Taking the c/d roadway (Exit 178) for U.S. 27 north, the off-ramp for SR 58 (Market Street) quickly separates. SR 58 ends to the immediate north at U.S. 11/64 (20th Street), where SR 27 takes over along Market Street north to Downtown and the unmarked beginning of U.S. 127.

09/06/20

A loop ramp follows for SR 58 (Market Street) south to Alton Park. The ramp forks with a northern branch to W 21st Street and Long Street north. The connection with 21st Street links I-24/U.S. 27 with Broad Street (U.S. 11-41-64-72) in three blocks. The four US highways line Broad Street south to St. Elmo, where they turn west along Cummings Highway to Lookout Mountain.

09/06/20

Lookout Mountain rises to the southwest as Interstate 24 turns westward along the Tennessee River. The slopes of the mountain are a part of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Areas of the summit fall within the town of Lookout Mountain.

09/06/20

Looking upriver at the Tennessee at Pan Gap on distant Raccoon Mountain. I-24 circumvents Raccoon Mountain by dipping into north Georgia.

09/06/20

Interstate 24 hugs the Tennessee River opposite Moccasin Bend as it leaves Southside, Chattanooga.

09/06/20

U.S. 11-41-64-72 (Cummings Highway) and a CSX Southern Railroad line also share space between Lookout Mountain and Interstate 24. The adjacent railroad passes through Lookout Mountain Tunnel along this stretch.

09/06/20

Advancing west across Lookout Creek, Interstate 24 enters the Tiftonia community in west Chattanooga ahead of Exit 175 with Browns Ferry Road.

09/06/20

A diamond interchange (Exit 175) joins Interstate 24 with Browns Ferry Road at Tiftonia. The exit provides connections with U.S. 11-41-64-72 (Cummings Highway) leading back to Lookout Mountain.

09/06/20

Browns Ferry Road leads northward from Exit 175 through Lookout Valley to a number of subdivisions and Browns Ferry along the Tennessee River.

09/06/20

Having just split with U.S. 11 (Birmingham Highway) at Tiftonia, U.S. 41-64-72 converge with Interstate 24 next at a diamond interchange (Exit 174).

09/06/20

U.S. 11 turns south to run alongside I-24 to Wildwood, Georgia while U.S. 41-64-72 leave Lookout Valley for a circuitous route around Raccoon Mountain. Knocked down in 2013, the guide sign at Exit 174 remains unposted into 2023.

06/25/12

U.S. 41-64-72 weave west from Interstate 24 to Cummings Gap and the Marion County line. Beyond there, the three routes follow the Tennessee River to Haletown.

09/06/20

Six miles remain from Lookout Valley before I-24 reaches Interstate 59 south.

06/25/12

Distance sign posted for the control cities of both I-24 west (Nashville) and I-59 south (Birmingham). Growing Murfreesboro lies 91 miles west of the Peach State crossing along I-24.

07/26/22

U.S. 11 (Birmingham Highway) runs directly alongside I-24 to the immediate south of Exit 174. The US highway diverges from the freeway ahead of the state line en route to Wildwood. Georgia State Route 299 provides a connection to U.S. 11 at Exit 169. GDOT uses Tennessee mileposts for the ensuing two exits.

07/26/22

While U.S. 41-64-72 straddle the northern slopes of Raccoon and Aetna Mountains along the Tennessee River, Interstate 24 travels southward around the hills to enter Dade County, Georgia.

07/26/22