TN 168
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From:  south of Knoxville (Knox County)
To:  Knoxville (Knox County)
Total Length:
19.0 miles




ROUTE LOG
US 129, TN 115: 0 - 0
TN 33: 1.0 - 1.0
US 441, TN 71: 5.8 - 6.8
US 11E NB, US 70 EB, US 25W SB, TN 9 NB: 9.2 - 16.0
I-40 (exit 394), US 25W NB, TN 9 NB: 0.9 - 16.9
US 11, US 11E END, US 11W, US 70 WB, TN 1: 2.1 - 19.0
Creation: Appeared in 1982 or 1983 running as it does today. The piece between US 11E-11W split and I-40 is a renumbering of TN 9.
Adjustments: None
Posting: posted as secondary routing everywhere; unposted "east" of I-40.
The TN 9 overlay is not posted
Secret US Route Overlay: US 11E-70 (2.1 mi)
Comment: The across the Holston River is an extremely rare instance of all 4 cardinal directions on routes heading in a single direction.
TN 168 is also blown off by I-40 just south of US 11E-25W-70
TN 168 is useful for folks on either US 129 or US 441 to get to the east of Knoxville without having to go through the city.

2001 Official
TN 168 around the east of Knoxville
2001 Official
1985 Knox County
TN 168 east continues west with US 11E-25W-70 to form 4-directional routing
1985 Knox County


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