TN 32 with US 11E out of Morristown 1930 Official

TN 32 straight through 1932 Official

In 1934, TN 32 south was rerouted below Morristown to head through White Pine to US 70 west of Newport. The original routing used Old White Pine Rd, Leepers Ferry Rd (no longer crosses Nolichucky River), Solomon Ferry Rd, Point Pleasant Rd, Holt Town Rd, Waxwing Rd, TN 160, US 321 into Newport.
Also in 1934, TN 32 was removed from Old Witt Rd below Morristown.
Also in 1934, TN 32 was removed from Old SR 32 in Raven Hill
If TN 32 used Nettleton Rd between Cleveland Ave Harrogate and the US 58 interchange it stopped doing so by 1935.
By 1936, TN 32 was removed from Old Kentucky Rd from the Springdale area to Tazewell
In 1939 or 1940, TN 32 was extended into Newport with US 25-70, then south replacing TN 75 through Cosby to North Carolina.

TN 75 Newport through Cosby to NC 1932 Official

TN 32 replaces TN 75 1940 Official

Around 1942, TN 32 was rerouted around the east and north of the new Cherokee Lake north of Morristown. The old route veers northwest at Needmore (TN 343 north end area) and manages to be underwater continuously (including going under the TN 375 bridge) until US 11W near Rock Haven; TN 32 was also removed from Old Hwy 25E through Rock Haven up to the rerouted TN 32 on Clinch Mtn (using Ridgeview Rd)

TN 32 Newport via Bybee to Morristown and Cumberland Gap 1929 Official

TN 32 Newport via White Pine 1938 Official

TN 32 avoids Cherokee Lake 1951 Official

In 1956, TN 32 was removed from Dry Valley Rd/Old Dry Valley Ln and Larry Keaton Rd at the Clinch River
Between 1952-58, TN 32 was removed from Dogwood Heights Dr through Bacchus and Blairs Creek Rd
In 1959, TN 32 was removed from Old US 25E in northern Tazewell
Between 1965-70, TN 32 was removed from Patterson Rd, Catalapa Ave and some Nettleton Rd in Harrogate
Around 1970, TN 32 was placed on a bypass using current US 58 and Cumberland Dr around the east of Cumberland Gap TN, leaving behind S. Cumberland Dr, Brooklyn St, Colwyn St and N Cumberland Dr northeast into Virginia.
In 1981, TN 32 was removed from Ridgeview Rd on Clinch Mountain and "Old Hwy 25E" through Thorn Hill.
In the early 1980s (by 1983), TN 32 was removed from Old Cosby Hwy within Newport.
In 1983, TN 32 was placed on the Morristown Bypass replacing TN 32 Byp, this left behind TN 343.

TN 32 Byp around Morristown 1980(?) Hamblen County

TN 32 around Morristown 1985 Hamblen County

In 1996, TN 32 was routed through the new tunnel directly to Kentucky, leaving behind an extended US 58 and unnumbered Cumberland Dr northwest into Virginia.

TN 32 through town of Cumberland Gap to Virginia 1939 Claiborne County

TN 32 bypasses town of Cumberland Gap 1985 Claiborne County

TN 32 rerouted into Kentucky instead 1998 Claiborne County

In 1997, TN 32 was removed from Cosby Bridge Rd and Old Hwy 32 north of the TN 73 jct near I-40; Armory Rd and Cosby Cutoff Rd
In 1998, TN 32 was removed from Broadway Dr to Bean Station and Main St leaving Bean Station.
In 2001, TN 32 was rerouted to bypass Tazewell. This removed TN 32 from Maples Ln, Youngstown Rd and a rerouted TN 33 on Broad St
About 2010, TN 32 was removed from Old SR 32 between Tazewell and Springdale
Posting: TN 32 is only posted on its secondary routing - US 321 Crosby to North Carolina.
Secret US Route Overlay: US 321 (7.1 mi)
US 25E (63.5 mi)
Comment: TN 32 is a major thoroughfare from I-81 northwest into Kentucky to connect with I-75.
TN 32 near the NC border has more curves than the Tail of the Dragon, is narrower, has no traffic and is convenient to I-40 for those who want to get a steering workout without wending your way all the way to US 129.