Interstate 640 West

I-640/U.S. 25W arc northward between Loveland and Spring Place to Exit 8 with Millertown Pike. Exit 8 joined the freeway with the former Knoxville Center mall.

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Interstate 640 parallels Loves Creek northward by the first westbound confirming marker.

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A split diamond interchange connects I-640/U.S. 25W with Millertown Pike to Washington Pike via N/S Mall Road. Millertown Pike leads east to Kings Valley and southwest to the Whittle Springs section of Knoxville. Washington Pike runs north into the Knox County suburbs.

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Interstate 640 crosses Sharp Ridge beyond Exit 8 near Beverly.

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Turning southwest, I-640/U.S. 25W next meet U.S. 441 (N Broadway) north of Lincoln Park and North Knoxville at Exit 6.

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I-640/U.S. 25W span a Norfolk Southern Railroad a quarter mile from the parclo interchange (Exit 6) with U.S. 441 (N Broadway). U.S. 441 splits with SR 331 (Tazewell Pike) at a half diamond interchange with Old Broadway nearby.

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The I-640 Interchange at North Broadway project realigned the westbound exit away from Greenway Drive and added a grade separated loop from U.S. 441 north onto I-640/U.S. 25W west. U.S. 441 leads north to Fountain City and Halls Crossroads before turning westand paralleling I-75 to Rocky Top.

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I-640/U.S. 25W shields posted after U.S. 441 (Exit 6). Dutch Valley Drive parallels the freeway beyond the adjacent tree line.

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Continuing west along Sharps Ridge, I-640/U.S. 25W advance to the systems interchange (Exit 3) with I-75 north and I-275 south.

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Westbound I-640 originally partitioned into two lanes for Exit 3A to I-75 north and I-275 south and two lanes for the continuation alongside I-75 south. This was reconfigured by 2009 into three through lanes for I-640.

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Interstate 640 west joins I-75 south on the return to I-40 near Marble City. I-275 ties directly into U.S. 441 (Henley Street) ahead of the Henley Bridge across the Tennessee River.

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I-275 crosses Sharp Gap southeast along a 2.98 mile course to I-40/U.S. 441 outside Downtown Knoxville. Prior to 1980, I-275 south to I-40 was the alignment for I-75.

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A second lane for Exit 3A opens along I-640/U.S. 25W west at the Bruhin Road overpass. I-75 north leaves Knoxville for La Follette, Williamsburg, and Lexington, Kentucky. U.S. 25W departs via Exit 3B for Clinton Highway west.

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Interstate 75 runs northwest through the Norwood and Inskip communities while I-275 heads south through Lonsdale, Western Heights, and Mechanicsville.

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Exit 3A partitions for I-75 north to Lexington, Kentucky and a high flyover onto I-275 south toward Downtown Knoxville.

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U.S. 25W (Clinton Highway) branches west from Exit 3B along an arterial route through the Norwood community in northwest Knoxville. U.S. 25W continues 18 miles to the Anderson County seat of Clinton en route to Rocky Top, Caryville and Jacksboro. U.S. 25W combines with U.S. 25E at Corbin, Kentucky.

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SR 62 (Western Avenue) heads 3.41 miles east from I-75/640 to West Knoxville, Knoxville College and U.S. 441 (Broadway / Henley Street) outside Downtown.

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