U.S. 33
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US 33 #1: Kentucky passed a resolution in Nov 1930 to support their wish to route a new US route from Harlan KY through Pennington Gap, Jonesville and Blackwater to Tennessee as part of a corridor from Chicago to Charleston SC.
On March 8, 1934 Virginia requested US 33 be added to the US route system through Virginia as described above. KY to Pennington Gap would've replaced some of VA 65; Pennington Gap to TN would've replaced some of VA 64. On Dec 20, 1934 AASHO denied the addition of US 33 on the basis that the Kentucky portion of the route was not constructed. US 33 #2: A parallel (though apparently non-coordinated) effort was being made by Tennessee to have a US 33 corridor from Chicago to Charleston, but they formally requested US 33E and US 33W routings through their state to meet in Asheville. US 33 would then follow US 25 to Hendersonville then US 176 to Spartanburg SC and beyond. Presumably US 33 would have supplanted US 176. In a September 1933 letter to AASHO, North Carolina seemed to be hesitant to want to double or triple mark US 33 through the state. There is a November 1935 letter to AASHO from the Asheville Chamber of Commerce advocating for US 33. There is no further correspondence on this US 33. US 33 #3: In July 1937, Tennessee sent AASHO a telegram requestion US 33 be added to the entirety of TN 70 from Virginia to North Carolina, presumably this would've continued to US 25-70 or further to Asheville. Don't thimk this got traction from anybody, as the current US 33 was born in September 1937. |
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