Route information | ||||
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Maintained by TDOT | ||||
Length | 16.2 mi (26.1 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | I-75 near Calhoun | |||
US 11 in Calhoun | ||||
East end | US 411 / SR 30 in Delano | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Tennessee | |||
Counties | McMinn, Polk | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Route 163 (SR 163) is an east-west state highway in McMinn and Polk counties of East Tennessee. It connects Calhoun and Delano, along with serving as the main access road between Interstate 75 (I-75) and Calhoun.
Officially, SR 163 begins in McMinn County at an interchange with I-75 (Exit 36). West of the interchange, the route travels as Lamontville Road through rural wooded areas running parallel to the Hiwassee River, until it reaches SR 58 in Meigs County. About 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of I-75 the highway enters Calhoun and comes to an intersection and runs concurrently with US 11 (SR 2, Lee Highway) for about 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km). They go south near a paper mill operated by Resolute Forest Products, formerly Bowater, before entering a business district, where SR 163 splits off and goes through downtown as Bowater Road. SR 163 then leaves both Calhoun and the Hiwassee River behind and continues east through farmland rural areas to cross into Polk County. About 1 mile (1.6 km) later, the highway enters the unincorporated community of Delano and comes to an end at an intersection with US 411/SR 30 (SR 33). [1]
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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McMinn | | 0.0 | 0.0 | I-75 – Chattanooga, Knoxville | I-75 exit 36; western terminus; road continues west as Lamontville Road |
Calhoun | US 11 north (Lee Highway/SR 2 east) – Riceville, Athens | Western end of wrong-way US 11/SR 2 concurrency | |||
US 11 south (Lee Highway/SR 2 west) – Charleston, Cleveland | Eastern end of wrong-way US 11/SR 2 concurrency | ||||
Polk | Delano | 16.2 | 26.1 | US 411 / SR 30 (SR 33) – Etowah, Benton | Eastern terminus |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Calhoun is a town in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was estimated at 536 in 2020.
U.S. Route 411 (US 411) is an alternate parallel-highway associated with US 11. It extends for about 309.7 miles (498.4 km) from US 78 in Leeds, Alabama, to US 25W/US 70 in Newport, Tennessee. US 411 travels through northeastern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee. It is signed north-south, as with most highways that have odd numbers, but the route runs primarily in a northeast-southwest direction, and covers a more east-west mileage than it does north-south. Notable towns and cities along its route include Gadsden, Alabama; Rome, Georgia; Cartersville, Georgia; Maryville, Tennessee; Sevierville, Tennessee, and Newport, Tennessee.
State Route 42 (SR 42) is a 115.3-mile-long (185.6 km) state highway that runs southeast-to-northwest through portions of Peach, Crawford, Monroe, Butts, Henry, Clayton, and DeKalb counties in the central and north-central parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route connects Byron with the Atlanta metropolitan area, via Forsyth, McDonough, and Forest Park.
State Route 54 (SR 54) is a 70.5-mile-long (113.5 km) state highway that travels southwest-to-northeast through portions of Troup, Meriwether, Coweta, Fayette, Clayton, and Fulton counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects Hogansville with Atlanta, via Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, and Forest Park.
State Route 72 (SR 72) is a 46.7-mile-long (75.2 km) state highway that runs west-to-east through portions of Clarke, Madison, and Elbert counties in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. This route is part of a multi two-state route 72 that begins at Athens, Georgia and ends at Rock Hill, South Carolina. The route connects the Athens area with the South Carolina state line, southwest of Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, via Comer and Elberton.
State Route 2 is a 197-mile-long (317 km) west–to–east state highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It begins in Murfreesboro, in Rutherford County, and ends near Farragut in Loudon County. The route is both a primary and secondary route. Most of the route is unsigned.
State Route 37 (SR 37) is a 153.6-mile-long (247.2 km) state highway that travels west-to-east through portions of Clay, Calhoun, Baker, Mitchell, Colquitt, Cook, Berrien, Lanier, and Clinch counties in the southwestern and south-central parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the Alabama state line west of Fort Gaines to the Homerville area, via Newton, Camilla, Moultrie, Adel, and Lakeland. The highway actually serves as the eastern terminus of a long multi-state route that starts in Mississippi and goes through Alabama.
Interstate 75 (I-75) in the US state of Tennessee runs from Chattanooga to Jellico by way of Knoxville. I-75 enters the East Tennessee region from Georgia, following the Tennessee Valley all the way through Knoxville to near Rocky Top, then climbs into the Cumberland Mountains before crossing over into Kentucky at Jellico.
State Route 156 (SR 156) is a 34.3-mile-long (55.2 km) state highway that runs west-to-east through portions of Floyd and Gordon counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.
State Route 133 (SR 133) is an 82.8-mile-long (133.3 km) southeast-to-northwest state highway in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels through portions of Lowndes, Brooks, Colquitt, Worth, Dougherty, and Lee counties. It connects the Valdosta and Albany areas.
Georgia State Route 107 (SR 107) is a 61.8-mile-long (99.5 km) state highway that exists in the southern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels from Interstate 75 (I-75) in Ashburn to U.S. Route 221 (US 221) in rural Jeff Davis County.
State Route 122 (SR 122) is a 98.2-mile-long (158.0 km) state highway that travels west-to-east through portions of Thomas, Brooks, Lowndes, Lanier, Clinch, and Ware counties in the southern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the cities of Thomasville and Waycross, via Lakeland.
State Route 60 is a north-south major state route in Eastern Tennessee. It covers 54 miles (87 km) and runs from the Tennessee-Georgia state line in Bradley County to Dayton joining US 27.
State Route 33 is a primary and secondary route in East Tennessee. It runs 176 miles, from the Georgia state line in Polk County, northeast to the Virginia state line north of Kyles Ford in Hancock County. South of Maryville, SR 33 is a "hidden" route which shares a concurrency with US 411.
State Route 68 (SR 68) is a 106.89-mile-long (172.02 km) state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
State Route 30 is an east-west state highway in the central and eastern portions of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It runs generally west to east, connecting McMinnville in Warren County with Parksville along the Ocoee River in Polk County. It crosses several major geographic features in Tennessee, including the Cumberland Plateau, the Sequatchie Valley, the Tennessee River, and parts of the Cherokee National Forest.
State Route 308 is a secondary state route located in northern Bradley County, Tennessee that serves the city of Charleston. The route is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) long and is located entirely in Bradley County.
State Route 309, also known as Union Grove Road, is a 2.6-mile-long (4.2 km) east–west state highway in McMinn County, Tennessee. It serves as the primary access road from Interstate 75 to the town of Niota.
State Route 315, also known as Tellico-Reliance Road, is a 15.0-mile-long (24.1 km) north–south state highway in the Unicoi Mountains region of southeastern East Tennessee.
The 1990 Interstate 75 fog disaster was a transportation accident that occurred on the morning of December 11, 1990, on a section of Interstate 75 (I-75) near Calhoun, Tennessee, during dense fog which obscured the visibility of motorists. The accident occurred in an area where fog is common and had been the site of previous multi-vehicle accidents caused by poor visibility. It consisted of a series of multi-vehicle collisions that ultimately involved 99 vehicles, and resulted in 12 deaths and 42 injuries. It was reportedly the largest motor vehicle accident in United States history when it occurred, in terms of the number of vehicles, and was the largest and second deadliest vehicle accident in Tennessee history behind the 1972 Bean Station bus-truck collision, which killed 14. The disaster resulted in multiple safety improvements to the section of I-75 where the accident occurred.