U.S. 321 North




U.S. 321 (University Parkway) intersects S Roan Street just ahead of the parclo interchange with I-26/U.S. 19W-23. S Roan Street is the former route of U.S. 19W/23 into Downtown Johnson City.
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Interstate 181 ended at the exchange with U.S. 321 until August 5, 2003, when it was replaced by an extension of I-26 north to I-81.
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East of I-26, U.S. 321 upgrades to a freeway for 3.8 miles leading into the city of Elizabethton. The ensuing exit is with Milligan Highway.
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A guide sign for I-181 was amended to display I-26 west and U.S. 23 north. I-26 leads north from Johnson City to Kingsport.
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Milligan Highway extends south from Legion Street in Johnson City to SR 359 in southwestern reaches of Elizabethton.
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Spanning U.S. 321 within the parclo interchange at Milligan Highway, Tweetsie Trail follows the former ET and WNC Railroad line.
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SR 359 (Milligan Highway) connects Elizabethton with I-26/U.S. 19W-23 at Okolona, 4.84 miles to the southwest.
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U.S. 321 passes over Tweetsie Trail north from the Elizabethton Municipal Golf Course to the intersection with SR 91 south and G Street (former SR 362) east.
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SR 91 (Elizabethton Highway) leads west back to Johnson City along the former alignment of U.S. 321. A second branch of SR 91 extends northeast from U.S. 19E at Elizabethon.
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SR 362 was realigned eastward from G Street onto a new alignment opened south from U.S. 321 by November 2015.
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A $44 million project realigned SR 362 from Gap Creek Road onto a new highway extending 5.895 miles south from U.S. 321 to SR 361.1
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All of the new alignment of SR 362 (Mary Patton Highway), except for the 0.140 mile link between U.S. 321 and parallel G Street, opened to traffic on August 7, 2015.1
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U.S. 321/SR 67 (W Elk Avenue) north bound at Franklin Club Drive north and Williams Avenue south in Elizabethton.
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U.S. 321/SR 67 shift onto Broad Street from Elk Avenue, which continues into Downtown Elizabethton.
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SR 400 follows N Lynn Avenue south from Watauga Road to end at U.S. 321/SR 67 (Broad Street).
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SR 400 constitutes a 10.91 mile long arc west to the city of Watauga and south to Johnson City.
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U.S. 19E (Veterans Memorial Parkway) converges with U.S. 321/SR 67 just south of the Watauga River.
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U.S. 19E travels north from Elizabethton to Bluff City and Bristol. SR 91 branches east from nearby to Hunter and Shady Valley.
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U.S. 19E/321-SR 67 intersect the east end of Elk Avenue just beyond their merge at Broad Street.
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U.S. 19E/321-SR 67 (Veterans Memorial Parkway) run along the west side of Lynn Mountain on the ensuing stretch.
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State Line drive-in movie theater, located just north of the intersection with State Line Road on U.S. 19E/321-SR 67.
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An abandoned bridge from a 1930s alignment is just south of the George S. Brown Bridge on the Doe River.
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U.S. 321/SR 67 resume an easterly course fro U.S. 19E at the unincorporated community of Hampton.
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Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman, Justin Cozart: 08/23/03
- Alex Nitzman: 10/25/15
Page Updated Sunday August 23, 2020.