Tennessee State Route 73
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by TDOT | ||||
Length | 101.76 mi (163.77 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end |
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Foothills Parkway in Walland Gatlinburg Bypass in Gatlinburg Foothills Parkway in Cosby | ||||
North end |
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Counties | Loudon, Blount, Sevier, Cocke | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Route 73 (SR 73) is west-north state highway in East Tennessee.
Route description
The route begins at an interchange with Interstate 40 (I-40) concurrent with U.S. Route 321 (US 321) and SR 95 south of Oak Ridge and north of Lenoir City. The three highways head south to an intersection with US 70 and I-75 in Lenoir City. They then continue southeast to intersect US 11 in Lenoir City. SR 95 leaves US 321 and SR 73 south of Lenoir City, The two highways head east into Blount County traveling just south of Friendsville. On the edge of Maryville the highways have a short concurrency with SR 335 and intersect US 129, in downtown they intersect US 411 and SR 33. The highways then proceed out of Maryville and intersect Foothills Parkway's western segment in Chilhowee, turn south and then back east to Townsend where the highways intersect SR 73 Scenic. US 321 and mainline SR 73 turn north and SR 73 Scenic heads east into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The highways then continue northeasterly through Wears Valley to Pigeon Forge where they turn south onto US 441 and travel concurrent for 8.5 miles (13.7 km) to Gatlinburg (just before Gatlinburg, they have an interchange with Gatlinburg Bypass), where SR 73 and US 321 turn east and US 441 heads south. They then absorb and begin a concurrency with SR 32 in Cosby and intersect Foothills Parkway's eastern segment. SR 73 then leaves US 321 and SR 32 south of Newport. It then has a second interchange with I-40 and heads northerly to terminate at US 25 and US 70 on the east side of Newport.
Junction list
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Loudon | Lenoir City | 0 | 0.0 | Northern terminus of US-321, western terminus of SR-73 and begin US-321 and SR-95 overlap | |
Interchange; eastern terminus of SR-444 | |||||
| east end of SR-95 overlap | ||||
Blount | Friendsville | southern terminus of SR-333 | |||
Maryville | begin SR-335 overlap | ||||
end SR-335 overlap | |||||
Northern terminus of SR-336 | |||||
SR-447 is unsigned it is just signed as a connector to US-411 & SR-35; southern terminus | |||||
Walland | Foothills Parkway – Top of The World, Chilhowee Lake, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Look Rock area | ||||
Townsend | western terminus of SR-73 Scenic | ||||
Sevier | Wears Valley | Foothills Parkway | Future Interchange | ||
Pigeon Forge | Begin overlap with US-441 and TN-71 | ||||
Southern terminus of SR-449 | |||||
Gatlinburg | Gatlinburg Bypass – Cherokee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Interchange; Northern terminus of Gatlinburg Bypass | |||
east end US-441 overlap | |||||
Gatlinburg–Pittman Center line | Southern terminus of SR-454 | ||||
Pittman Center | Southern terminus of SR-416 | ||||
Cocke | Cosby | begin SR-32 overlap | |||
Foothills Parkway | |||||
Eastern terminus of SR-339 | |||||
End of US-321 and SR-32 overlap | |||||
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Newport | 101.76 | 163.77 | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Scenic route
Location | Townsend–Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
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State Route 73 Scenic is a spur route of SR-73 in Blount and Sevier counties in the eastern portion of Tennessee. It serves as a connector route into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The road runs from Townsend to southwest of Gatlinburg. The route is also called Fighting Creek Gap Road[1] from US 441 to the Elkmont Campground entrance and Little River Gorge Road[2] to the Towsend Entrance Road. Locals often refer to this stretch of park road as "Little River Road" as this road follows the former roadbed of the Little River Railroad along the Little River from the Townsend entrance to the Park to Elkmont.
It begins at US Route 321 (US-321) and mainline SR-73 in Townsend and heads east into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and ends it's signed portion at Laurel Creek Road which goes to Cades Cove. The unsigned portion begins and ends at US Route 441 (US-441) in the park south of Gatlinburg, It then becomes signed again and turns north on to US 441/TN 71 and follows US 441/TN 71 for 2.7 miles to US 321/TN 73 in downtown Gatlinburg where it ends.
- Junctions
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Blount | Townsend | Western terminus | |||
Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Laurel Creek Road – Cades Cove | ||||
Sevier | Wear Gap Road – Wears Valley | ||||
Elkmont Road – Elkmont | |||||
Western end of US 441/SR 71 concurrency | |||||
Gatlinburg Bypass – Pigeon Forge | Interchange | ||||
Gatlinburg | Eastern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
Tennessee portal U.S. Roads portal
References
- ↑ "Park Tiles". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ↑ "Park Tiles". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-12.