ROUTE LOG
TN 107 BEGIN: 0 - 0
US 25 NB, US 70 WB, TN 9 NB: 6.0 - 6.0
US 25 SB, US 70 EB, TN 9 SB: 3.3 - 9.3
Greene-Cocke Line: 5.6 - 14.9
TN 70 SB: 7.9 - 22.8
TN 351: 0.8 - 23.6
US 321 NB, TN 35 WB, TN 70 NB: 8.2 - 31.8
TN 350 EB: 1.1 - 32.9
US 11E Bus SB, TN 350 WB: 0.1 - 33.0
US 321 SB, TN 35 EB: 0.4 - 33.4
US 11E SB, US 11E Bus END, US 321 SB, TN 34 WB: 2.6 - 36.0
US 11E NB, US 321 NB, TN 34 EB: 2.6 - 38.6
TN 351 SB: 2.7 - 41.3
TN 351 NB: 2.3 - 43.5
Washington-Greene Line: 2.3 - 45.8
TN 353: 2.9 - 48.7
TN 81 NB: 8.4 - 57.1
Unicoi-Washington Line: 4.3 - 61.4
I-26 (exit 37), US 19W, US 23, TN 36, TN 81 END: 2.3 - 63.7
TN 395: 1.4 - 65.1
TN 173 WB: 4.0 - 69.1
TN 173 EB: 5.6 - 74.7
NC STATE LINE: 4.6 - 79.3
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Creation: Appeared in 1930 running from US 11E (now Sam Doak St at Erwin Hwy) Tusculum to TN 81 (now "81 Loop" at AJ Willis Rd) north of Erwin.
Adjustments: In 1937 or 1938, TN 107 east was extended south with TN 81 to Erwin, then north with US 19W-23 to unicoi, then east to the North Carolina State line past Limestone Cove.
In 1938 (per 1938 Cocke County map), TN 107 west was extended south with US 11E to Greenville, then south with TN 70 to the Flag Branch area, then west to US 25-70. After following US 25-70 west to Del Rio, TN 107 was extended southeast to the North Carolina line at Lemon Gap. The continuation into North Carolina was NC 292 until about 1940.
TN 107 from Tusculum to TN 81
1932 Official
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TN 107 extended east to NC
1938 Official
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TN 107 extended west to NC
1940 Official
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About 1951, TN 107 was removed from Old Erwin Hwy in Tusculum; Florence St; Moon Creek Rd, abandoned routing over the Nolichucky River, Cottontail Ln, current TN 351; Laurel Estates Circle, Hickory Hollow Rd; current TN 351 and Williamson Rd in the Pleasant Hill area
TN 107 original route east of Tusculum
1938 Greene County
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TN 107 straightened out east of Tusculum
1983 Greene County
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In 1959, TN 107 was removed from the "81 Loop" near the northern TN 81 Nolichucky River bridge
In 1965, TN 107 was removed from Bachman Dr at the north end of the US 11E Greeneville Bypass.
In 1971 (bridge date), TN 107 was rerouted in Del Rio to its current French Broad River crossing. The old bridge was slightly west and TN 107 used Chickasaw Way west to reach US 25-70.
In 1976, TN 107 was removed from Robert Love Rd and some Arnold Rd and put on the current TN 81 south Nolichucky Bridge crossing.
By 1979 (but likely MUCH earlier), TN 107 was removed from current TN 173 and Old Iron Mountain Rd east of Limestone Cove.
Between 1982-86, TN 107 west was truncated from Lemon Gap at the NC line to the Ground Squirrel Rd/Round Mountain Rd jct below Harmony Grove. Round Mountain Rd to Lemon Gap is essentially unpaved.
In 2002 or 2003, TN 107 was put on a newly constructed bypass around the east of Tusculum, leaving behid Erwin Hwy.
TN 107 west truncated several miles
1986 Official
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TN 107 bypasses Tusculum
2004 Official
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Posting: Posted as primary from US 11E to I-26; the rest is secondary.
The overlays with US 25-70 amd TN 81 are fully posted but the remaining overlays (TN 70, US 321, US 11E Bus, US 11E) are unposted.
The west endpoint is fully posted
Secret US Route Overlay: US 11E Bus (2.6 mi)
Comment: A curious routing that for many years connected two remote parts of North Carolina through Erwin and Greeneville.
There is a road called 107 cutoff between TN 70 near its TN 107 split and TN 107 southeast of Tusculum, which is TN 351. It is 10 miles shorter to use TN 351 than to follow TN 107's unposted route through Greeneville and Tusculum...a little fuzzy on the wisdom of that.
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