Interstate 640 East

North East

I-75 north / I-640 east pass under Middlebrook Pike (SR 169) one mile ahead of Exit 1 with SR 62 (Western Avenue). 10/15/11

A collector distributor roadway (Exit 1) separates from I-75/640 north for SR 62 (Western Avenue) at the West Haven community of Knoxville. This exchange would be Exit 105 using the mileage of I-75. 10/15/11

SR 62 (Western Avenue) runs 3.41 miles east from the six-ramp parclo interchange at Exit 1 to West Knoxville and U.S. 441 (Broadway / Henley Street). 10/15/11

State Route 62 (Western Avenue) continues west from Knoxville to West Haven. The arterial route follows Oak Ridge Highway westward from Ridgedale toward Oak Ridge. 10/15/11

The lone set of mainline shields for I-75/640 stand by the Pleasant Ridge Road overpass. 08/23/03

I-75 north splits with I-640 at a systems interchange (Exit 3) one mile beyond the Pleasant Ridge Road overpass. I-275, a 2.98 mile long route from I-40 and U.S. 441 at Downtown Knoxville, enters the exchange from the south. 01/16/19

U.S. 25W (Clinton Highway) ties into the systems interchange with I-75/275/640 from the northwest. 01/16/19

Wilson Road passes over I-75/640 east ahead of their partition at Exit 3 with Interstate 275 south between Sharp Gap and Norwood. 01/16/19

Exit 3B departs I-75/640 east for Gap Road, which leads north to Wilson Road and U.S. 25W (Clinton Highway) at Tillery Road. U.S. 25W south combines with I-640 east for seven miles. 01/16/19

I-75 turns northwest from Knoxville to Jacksboro, Williamsburg and Lexington, Kentucky while eastbound I-640 continues around Knoxville to Interstate 40 at Loveland. 01/16/19

A fourth eastbound lane opens ahead of the Gap Road overpass for I-75 north and I-275 south (Exit 3). Interstate 275 was commissioned in 1980 when I-75 was relocated onto the bypass with I-640. 01/16/19

The 3.60 mile long overlap with I-640 concludes as Interstate 75 turns north along a single lane flyover at Exit 3. U.S. 25W merges onto I-640 east at the ensuing entrance ramp. 01/16/19

Interstate 275 winds south from Exit 3A through Knoxville to connect with U.S. 441 (Henley Street) directly to Downtown. 01/16/19

Interstate 640 maintains five lanes above the I-275 mainline. The eastbound roadway was expanded from two to three lanes. 10/15/11

East South

Confirming markers for Interstate 640 east / U.S. 25W south at the Bruhin Road overpass near Inskip. 01/16/19, 05/01/05

Interstate 640/U.S. 25W continue alongside Sharp Ridge one mile east to Exit 6 for U.S.. 441 (N Broadway) at Greenway. 01/16/19

A parclo interchange (Exit 6) connects I-640/U.S. 25W with Old Broadway and U.S. 441 (N Broadway). Broadway comprises a crowded arterial between North Knoxville, Fountain City and Halls Crossroads. 01/16/19

Old Broadway loops just west of U.S. 441 (Broadway) at Greenway. The off-ramp at Exit 6 first intersects the former alignment of U.S. 441 before intersecting Broadway. The exchange was redesigned eastbound in 1999.1 01/16/19

Confirming markers posted near the Norfolk Southern Railroad underpass near Beverly. 10/15/11

A split diamond interchange (Exit 8) connects I-640/U.S. 25W with Washington Pike, Mall Road South, and Millertown Pike. N/S Mall Road comprise frontage roads along I-640 between Washington Pike and Millertown Pike by the shuttered Knoxville Center mall. 10/15/11

Exit 8 departs I-640/U.S. 25W east for S Mall Road. Washington Pike leads south from Greenway Drive to overtake Millertown Pike west to North Hills and North Knoxville. Millertown Pike stems east to the former mall, Millertown and Skaggston. 10/15/11

The entrance ramp from Millertown Pike merges onto I-640/U.S. 25W at the Buffat Mill Road over crossing. Widening of the freeway from four to six lanes between Exit 8 and Interstate 40 occurred in 2003. 10/15/11

A second diagrammatic overhead for I-40 appears on the stretch of I-640 between Loveland and Spring Place. U.S. 25W south combines with I-40 east for one mile to Exit 394 (U.S. 11E/70). I-40 continues 28 miles to the split with I-81 near Danridge. 10/15/11

Two lanes connect the east end of I-640 with I-40 west to Downtown and Nashville and I-40 east / U.S. 25W south to Newport and Asheville. 10/15/11

Photo Credits:

• 08/23/03 by AARoads and Justin Cozart.
• 05/01/05 by Carter Buchanan.
• 10/15/11 by Carter Buchanan.
• 01/16/19 by AARoads.

Connect with:
Interstate 40
Interstate 75
Interstate 275

Page Updated 06-23-2021.