I-40 East / I-75 North

Exit numbers along the I-40/75 overlap continue the sequence from Interstate 40. Forthcoming Watt Road at Exit 369 serves a number of industrial businesses and the Dixie Lee Quarry nearby.

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Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 369) with Watt Road, I-40/75 east cross the Knox County line. Watt Road leads south to U.S. 11/70 (Kingston Pike) at Dixie Lee Junction. Everett Road extends north to Hickory Creek Park.

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I-40/75 through Knox County is the Troy A. McGill Memorial Highway. A native of Knoxville, McGill was a U.S. Army Soldier who fought in World War II that was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.¹

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Weigh stations operate along both directions of I-40/75 east of Blackoak Ridge.

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Advancing east from Blackoak Ridge, I-40/75 meet Campbell Station Road at a diamond interchange (Exit 373).

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Campbell Station Road leads south from Hardin Valley to U.S. 11/70 (Kingston Pike) in Farragut. Parkside Drive stems east to Cedar Springs from nearby along a heavily developed retail corridor on the south side of I-40/75.

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I-40 east and I-75 north overlap for 16.6 miles. The freeway expands from six to eight lanes beyond forthcoming Exit 374.

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SR 131 (Lovell Road) heads 0.88 miles north from U.S. 11/70 (Kingston Pike) at Canton Hollow Road in western Knoxville to the diamond interchange at Exit 374.

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SR 131 (Lovell Road) arcs 4.01 miles northeast from Exit 374 to SR 162 at Centerpoint Business Park and SR 169 at Ball Camp. The 12.00 mile route extends northeast to SR 62 at Karns and U.S. 25W in Beaver Valley.

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A directional cloverleaf interchange joins I-40/75 with I-140/SR 162 (Pellissippi Parkway). SR 162 is an expressway north 5.89 miles to Tusculum University Knoxville, Pellissippi State Community College and SR 62 west to Oak Ridge where the American Museum of Science and Energy is located.

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I-140 (Pellissippi Parkway) opened between Northside Drive (SR 332) and U.S. 129 (Airport Highway) at Alcoa on December 4, 1992² and to I-40/75 at Exit 376 on December 16, 1996.³ Pellissippi Parkway (SR 162) north to Oak Ridge dates from the mid 1970s. Pellissippi is the Cherokee Indian name for the Clinch River.⁴

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I-40/75 run between a large industrial park and an array of car dealerships along Parkside Drive east to the exchange with I-140 (Pellissippi Parkway) east and SR 162 west.

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A distributor roadway separates at Exit 376 for Interstate 140 east to Alcoa and Maryville and SR 162 northwest to Oak Ridge.

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I-140 concludes 11.19 miles to the southeast at SR 33 (Old Knoxville Highway) near Rockford. The SR 162 Pellissippi Parkway Extension project lengthens the highway 4.4 miles further to U.S. 321 (Lamar Alexander Highway) east of Maryville.

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Pellissippi Parkway (SR 162) originally concluded eastbound at the wye interchange with I-40/75 beyond I-140. The entrance ramp from SR 162 forms an auxiliary lane to Exit 378 for Cedar Bluff Road.

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Cedar Bluff Road connects U.S. 11/70 (Kingston Pike) at Cedar Springs with SR 169 (Middlebrook Pike) north of Cedar Bluff.

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182,291 vehicles per day were recorded along I-40/75 east of I-140/SR 162 in 2018.

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Two lanes depart at Exit 378 for Cedar Bluff Road. The original diamond interchange joining I-40/75 with Cedar Bluff was upgraded with loop ramps from the commercial arterial onto the freeway.

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A split diamond interchange links I-40/75 with Bridgewater, Walker Springs and Gallaher View Roads at Exit 379. Bridgewater Road leads north from Kingston Pike and Suburban Road to the Crestwood Hills community. Walker Springs Road arcs northeast from the retail strip along U.S. 11/70 to Gallaher View Road.

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Exit 378 ties into Bridgedale Road east ahead of Walker Springs and Gallaher View Roads. Gallaher View Road stems north from Westland Drive to SR 169 (Middlebrook Pike) by a mixture of residential subdivisions, apartment buildings and big box retail.

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U.S. 11/70 (Kingston Pike) remain south of I-40/75 to the Marble City neighborhood in Knoxville. A trumpet interchange with Montvue Road south connects the two routes at forthcoming Exit 380.

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Exit 380 leads onto West Town Way, a service road east between Montvue Road south to U.S. 11/70 and Buckingham Drive.

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I-40/75 continues east between Olde Kingston Towne Shopping Center and West Hills Park to Exit 380.

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U.S. 11/70 overlap 24.81 miles east from Dixie Line Junction near the Knox County line to East Knoxville, where U.S. 11 partitions into U.S. 11E/11W.

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Expansion of I-40/75 between Papermill Drive at Exit 383 and Interstate 640 occurred between early 2000 and Fall 2002.

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I-40/75 proceed east between the West Hills neighborhood and the commercial strip along U.S. 11/70 to a parclo interchange (Exit 383) with Papermill Drive and SR 332 (Northshore Drive).

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SR 332 follows Northshore Drive from Fort Loudon Lake at Concord to Rocky Hill and Papermill Drive at Exit 383.

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Papermill Drive parallels the south side of I-40/75 from U.S. 11/70 at Deane Hill to Exit 383. Continuing east, the service road shifts northward along the westbound lanes to Liberty Street at West View.

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Exit 383 partitions into separate ramps for SR 332 (Northshore Drive) south and Papermill Drive. SR 332 constitutes a 14.42 mile long loop west to U.S. 11/70 (Kingston Pike) in Farragut.

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I-40/75 east expand to five lanes leading to the split at Exit 385 with Interstate 640 east.

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I-75 combines with I-640 east for 3.60 miles to Interstate 275 near Norwood. Interstate 40 continues 2.9 miles east to I-275 by Downtown Knoxville.

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Interstate 640 constitutes an 10.64 mile long bypass of central Knoxville and the truck route for all vehicles carrying hazardous materials.

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Passing Forest Hills, I-40/75 east advance to the directional T interchange (Exit 385) with I-640 east. I-75 joins the Knoxville area with Rocky Top and Jacksboro to the north while I-40 links with Interstate 81 and Newport.

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Interstate 40 extends east to Asheville, Winston-Salem and Raleigh, North Carolina. Interstate 75 travels north to Lexington, Kentucky en route to Cincinnati, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan.

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