Interstate 40 West - Sevierville to Knoxville

SR 66 provides a gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains from Interstate 40 at Exit 407. The four lane arterial runs south through Sevierville to U.S. 441, which leads to the tourist town of Gatlinburg and 24 miles to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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The entire 8.60 mile long route of SR 66 is within the Sevierville city limits. The south end of SR 66 ties into the east split of U.S. 411/441 near the city center.

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U.S. 441 constitutes a four lane highway south 4.66 miles from SR 66 to U.S. 321 in the town of Pigeon Forge. U.S. 321/441 overlap 2.16 miles south to near Dollywood.

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A $15.65 million construction project underway from March 12, 2014 to July 14, 2015 converted the diamond interchange with SR 66 (Winfield Dunn Parkway) into a DDI. The DDI opened to traffic on June 30, 2015.¹

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Interstate 40 crosses the Knox County line west of SR 139 (Douglas Dam Road) and Tuckahoe Creek.

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The city limits of Knoxville extend east along I- 40 to the diamond interchange (Exit 402) with Midway Road. Midway Road heads 1.2 miles south to Midway and 2.7 miles to Kodak Road near Peters Mill.

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Midway Road north ties into Thorngrove Pike at Midway Business Park. Representing the largest tract of land for industrial development in Knox County, a groundbreaking ceremony for the 354 acre site took place on November 20, 2018.² The park opened for business on April 7, 2021.³

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I-40 proceeds 12 miles west from Midway Road in eastern Knox County to Downtown Knoxville. The succeeding exit is with Strawberry Plains Pike.

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Strawberry Plains Pike meets a commercialized diamond interchange (Exit 398). Strawberry Plains Road angles 6.5 miles southwest from U.S. 25W/70 (Asheville Highway) at Trentville to SR 168 near Ramsey.

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U.S. 11W-25E-70 (Asheville Highway) combine 6.02 miles west from the community of Trentville to the diamond interchange at Exit 394. U.S. 25E overlaps with I-40 west from Exit 394 to I-640.

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Interstate 40 spans the Holston River into the Holston Hills section of Knoxvillle. U.S. 11E/70 (Asheville Highway) continue west from U.S. 25W and Exit 394 to the Chilhowee Hills and Burlington neighborhoods.

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I-40/U.S. 25E advance 0.75 miles west from U.S. 11E/70 to Exit 393 for Interstate 640. Construction in the late 1990s expanded the freeway from four to six lanes between I-81 and Knoxville.

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10.64 miles in length, Interstate 640 constitutes the truck bypass around central Knoxville.

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U.S. 25E combines with I-640 for 7.04 miles west to Clinton Highway at the exchange with I-75/275 near Inskip.

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I-640 commences from a directional T interchange (Exit 393) with I-40. The six lane bypass arcs northwest to Fountain City in Knoxville en route to connect with I-75 north to Lexington, Kentucky.

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U.S. 11W (Rutledge Pike) converges with I-40 west from the Spring Place and Loveland neighborhoods at forthcoming Exit 392.

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Spring Hill Road spans Interstate 40 ahead of the parclo interchange (Exit 392) with U.S. 11W (Rutledge Pike).

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U.S. 11W (Rutledge Pike) leads northeast from Exit 392B to the Norfolk Southern Railroad John Sevier Yard, Skaggston and the city of Blaine.

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Exit 392A loops onto U.S. 11W south ahead of Timothy Avenue west to Knoxville Zoo Drive and Zoo Knoxville. U.S. 11W merges with U.S. 11E/70, 0.58 miles south of I-40 at Burlington. U.S. 11/70 overlap 24.31 miles west from Knoxville to Loudon County.

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Interstate 40 continues west between an industrial area and Zoo Knoxville.

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A diamond interchange follows with Cherry Street at Exit 390.

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Cherry Street and Hall of Fame Drive south from Exit 389 link I-40 with parallel U.S. 11/70 and former U.S. 25W along Magnolia Avenue.

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Cherry Street heads north from Exit 390 to Cecil Avenue by the North Knoxville and Plantation Hills neighborhoods.

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Exit 390 departs I-40 west for Cherry Street south to the Park City community in Knoxville.

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Hall of Fame Drive (SR 33) branches 0.40 miles south from U.S. 441 (Broadway) at Old North Knoxville to I-40 at Exit 389. A distributor roadway separates in a half mile for Exit 389 and SR 158 (James White Parkway) west to Downtown Knoxville.

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Finished in 2009, the Smartfix Construction project rebuilt Interstate 40 southwest from Exit 389 with Hall of Fame Drive to I-275 outside Downtown Knoxville.

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Formerly Exit 389A, the directional cloverleaf with the U.S. 441 Broadway Connector was rebuilt as a diamond interchange during Smartfix construction. Hall of Fame Drive was extended northward from James White Parkway to I-40 by November 2007.

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I-40 originally split into separate roadways through a three-wye interchange (Left Exit 388A) with SR 158 (James White Parkway). Completed on September 21, 2007, Phase II of the Smartfix40 project rebuilt James White Parkway south from I-40 to SR 71.

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Hall of Fame Drive replaced the U.S. 441 Broadway Connector north by the Fourth and Gill neighborhood. U.S. 441 (Broadway) runs north between Lincoln Park and North Knoxville to I-640/U.S. 25W at Whittle Springs.

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SR 158 constitutes a 1.73 mile long expressway spur south to U.S. 11/70 (Neyland Drive) along the Tennessee Riverfront by Downtown Knoxville. U.S. 11/70 overtook SR 158 west to the University of Tennessee and Cumberland Street in 2014.

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Hall of Fame Drive spans I-40 across a decorative overpass. Paralleling James White Parkway, Hall of Fame Drive becomes a part of U.S. 11/70 from Magnolia Avenue south to ramps with Neyland Drive (SR 158) by the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

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James White Parkway heads south from I-40 to Summit Hill Drive and then east along SR 71 to the bridge spanning the Tennessee River to South Knoxville.

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Downtown Knoxville comes into view from the top level of the directional T interchange joining I-40 with SR 158 (James White Parkway).

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I-40 advances a half mile west by Old City to Exit 387A for Interstate 275 north to I-75/640 at Lonsdale, North Knoxville and Inskip.

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A new six lane elevated highway was constructed for I-40 from Central Street west into the exchange with I-275 as part of the SmartFix40 project.

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Exit 387A departs from the viaduct taking I-40 west over U.S. 441 (Broadway), A Norfolk Southern Railroad line and Second Creek. I-275 runs 2.98 miles north from I-40 and ramps with U.S. 441 (Henley Street).

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The systems interchange (Exit 387A) with Interstate 275 north replaced a cloverleaf.

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Ramps extend south from I-275 to U.S. 441 (Henley Street) along the west side of Downtown Knoxville.

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Succeeding exits leave I-40 west for Ailor Avenue and U.S. 129 (Alcoa Highway) south.

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SR 62 (Western Avenue) stems west from U.S. 441 (Broadway) and Summit Hill Avenue to cross I-40 into the Mechanicsville community.

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Exit 387 connects I-40 west with parallel Ailor Avenue east to N 17th Street and SR 62 (Western Avenue) and west to 21st Street and the southbound beginning of U.S. 129 (Alcoa Highway). 17th Street leads south to Fort Sanders and the University of Tennessee.

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U.S. 129 (Alcoa Highway) follows an expressway south between Marble City and Fort Sanders to University of Tennessee Medical Center beyond the Tennessee River.

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U.S. 129 travels south from Knoxville to Alcoa, Maryville and into the Great Smoky Mountains east from Tallassee.

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Originally I-75 overlapped with Interstate 40 west from I-275 outside Downtown Knoxville. I-75 was rerouted onto I-640 and I-275 established with approval by AASHTO on June 24, 1980.

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The directional T interchange at Exit 386B was rebuilt in the late 1990s.

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Interstate 640 returns to I-40 at Exit 385 alongside I-75 southwest from Norwood in Knoxville.

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With eight overall lanes, I-40 runs between the West View neighborhood and John Tarleton Park to the directional T interchange (Exit 385) with I-75/640.

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I-75/640 overlap 3.60 miles northeast to I-275 at Inskip. The western leg of the Knoxville bypass was completed in 1982.

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Interstate 75 branches northwest from I-640 in Knoxville to Caryville. Regionally I-75 continues north to Lexington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio.

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