Interstate 24 in Tennessee

Interstate 24 in Tennessee

Infobox road
state=TN
type=I
route=24
maint=Tennessee DOT



length_mi=180.16
length_round=2
length_ref=Fact|date=July 2008
established=1962-1978
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=KY|I|24 at Kentucky state line
junction=jct|state=TN|I|65 in Nashville
jct|state=TN|I|40 in Nashville
jct|state=TN|I|440 in Nashville
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=TN|I|75 in Chattanooga
counties=Montgomery, Robertson, Cheatham, Davidson, Rutherford, Bedford, Coffee, Grundy, Marion, Hamilton
previous_type=Dual
previous_route=23
next_type=Dual
next_route=24

In the U.S. state of Tennessee, Interstate 24 runs from Clarksville to Chattanooga by way of Nashville. Just west of Chattanooga, I-24 drops into Georgia for 4 miles (6 km).

One of the most notoriously hazardous stretches of Interstate highway in the United States is approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Chattanooga on I-24 in Monteagle, where the highway goes over the Cumberland Plateau. Compared to grades elsewhere, Monteagle's 4 to 6% grade does not come close to the steepest highway roads (Interstate 40 between Nashville and Knoxville features 5% grades in each direction), but the slope is protracted over a distance of several miles. While all motorists need to exercise caution, truckers are particularly vexed by Monteagle, and many have died going through this area.Fact|date=February 2007 The east bound lanes feature two runaway truck ramps where a truck whose brakes have failed due to overheating can exit into a long pit full of loose gravel to safely stop. These 2 ramps are on the left side of the grade. This dangerous stretch of highway inspired Johnny Cash to write a song about Monteagle Mountain.

The Monteagle grade also has one of the 3 widest medians of any Interstate highway. (The other 2 being I-8 through the In-Ko-Pah grade in California and I-84 through the Cabbage Hill grade east of Pendleton, Oregon.) There is more than a mile between the eastbound and westbound lanes at one point. The eastbound lanes descend the mountain on one side of a ridge, while the westbound lanes ascend on the other side of the ridge. Also of interest on Monteagle Mountain is the steep grade on I-24 north of Monteagle. This steep grade occurs for Westbound traffic and features a very sharp 45 MPH curve to the right while descending steeply at the same time. This downhill curve also features off-ramp approach style lane dividers, too, in order to tell motorists and truckers both to slow down.

Interstate 124 is an occasional (currently unsigned but still occasionally mentioned in DOT publications) designation of a portion of the US 27 freeway which runs as a spur into downtown Chattanooga and beyond. [Tennessee Department of Transportation, [http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/roadprojects/2007/ Fiscal Years 2008-2010 Transportation Improvement Program] , May 1, 2007] Also in Chattanooga is the "Ridge Cut", a 1/4 mile section of Missionary Ridge, between the 4th Avenue exit and the Germantown/Belvoir exit. Accidents and severe congestion are common here.

Exit list

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Interstate 40 in Tennessee — Interstate 40 Route information Maintained by …   Wikipedia

  • Interstate 81 in Tennessee — Infobox road state=TN route=81 type=I maint= length mi=75.66 length round=2 length ref= [ [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table1.htm Route Log Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways Table 1]… …   Wikipedia

  • Interstate 65 in Tennessee — Infobox road state=TN type=I route=65 maint=Tennessee DOT alternate name=The Albert Arnold Gore Sr. Memorial Highway length mi=121.71 length round=2 length ref=Fact|date=July 2008 established=1958 direction a=South terminus a=jct|state=AL|I|65 at …   Wikipedia

  • Interstate 55 in Tennessee — Infobox road state=TN type=I route=55 length mi=12 length round=2 length ref=Fact|date=July 2008 established= direction a=South terminus a=Jct|state=MS|I|55|I|69 at Mississippi state line junction=Jct|state=TN|I|69|I|240 in Memphis, Tennessee… …   Wikipedia

  • Interstate 69 in Tennessee — Infobox road state=TN route=69 type=I alternate name= maint= section= length mi= length round= length ref= length notes= year established= city= direction a=south terminus a= junction= direction b=north terminus b= counties= previous type=Dual… …   Wikipedia

  • Interstate 75 in Tennessee — Infobox road state=TN type=I maint=Tennessee DOT route=75 length mi=161.86 length round=2 length ref= [ [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table3.cfm FHWA Route Log] ] established=1963 1974 [… …   Wikipedia

  • Interstate 155 (Missouri-Tennessee) — Infobox road route=155 type=I length mi=26.77 length round=2 length ref= [ [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table2.htm Route Log Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways Table 2] ] year… …   Wikipedia

  • Interstate 175 (Kentucky-Tennessee) — Infobox road type=I route=175 alternate name= length mi= length round= length ref= established= direction a=South terminus a=Jct|state=TN|I|75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee junction= direction b=North terminus b=Jct|state=KY|I|75 in Lexington,… …   Wikipedia

  • Interstate 69 — Route information Length …   Wikipedia

  • Interstate Highway System — Interstate redirects here. For other uses, see Interstate (disambiguation). Interstate Highways in the 48 contiguous states. Dark orange routes are built and open freeways, blue are open auxiliary routes, and green dashed indicates proposed… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”