Approaching US 421 on KY 30 westbound at Tyner in Jackson County.
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Intersection
where KY 30 joins US 421. The KY 30 sign dates back to the 1970s and
note the stencil marks in the "0," which was common in District 11
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Heading south and west on the dual route, with another older KY 30 sign with the stencil marks in the "0."
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This
is where KY 30 splits from US 421. The old US 30 goof sign that was
once located here was only up briefly before being replaced. |
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oops! The arrow is pointing the wrong way!
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Construction along KY 30 in Laurel County.
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Another shot through the construction zone where KY 30 is being improved.
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KY 80 at I-75 in London.
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Turning south onto I-75.
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One-mile exit signage for KY 192 and the Hal Rogers Parkway.
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Overhead for the KY 192 exit.
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Overheads at the KY 192 exit.
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I-75 south of London is three lanes in each direction.
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Two-mile exit sign for Exit 29.
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I-75 approaching Exit 29.
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A lot of 25's going on here.
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At Exit 29.
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Approaching US 25W, another case where the exit number and route number are the same.
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The numbers are peeling on the US 25W shield.
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At Exit 25.
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Clearview exit gore sign.
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This is the bridge crossing US 25W at Exit 25. I-75 has its original concrete surface here.
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Typical view of I-75 between Corbin and Williamsburg.
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Two miles from yet another US 25W exit.
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One mile from US 25W.
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At the US 25W exit.
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It's kinda odd to see Oak Ridge, Tenn. show up on this Kentucky mileage sign, especially since I-75 doesn't go to Oak Ridge.
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KY 92 is the last exit in Kentucky.
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At KY 92.
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A new bridge is being built at the KY 92 exit. The new interchange will be a SPUI.
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Jellico is the first exit in Tennessee.
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Pine Mountain in the background as I-75 nears the Tennessee state line.
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This sign in Kentucky announces the first exit in Tennessee.
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Entering the Volunteer State.
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Starting
up Jellico Mountain on I-75 south. This mountain is really an extension
of Pine Mountain which marks much of the Kentucky/Virginia border. The
sign instructs trucks not to pass in the left lane but on the day of
this crossing, a gasoline tanker truck slowed traffic in the passing
lane to 45 mph in a 70 mph zone passing slower trucks. |
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Al Gore Jr. invented the Internet, his dad must have invented the interstates.
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A new exit has opened on Jellico Mountain.
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Along much of I-75 at the top of the mountain, the lanes run separately and out of sight of one another.
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Tennessee has installed these signs at each divide between river basins.
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Stinking Creek Road has had an exit from I-75 for years.
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Sharp curve near the TN 63 exit.
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This
exit is heavily commercialized and offers the only services along the
30-mile stretch of I-75 that runs across the mountain. |
I-75 and TN 63 share the route from the top of the mountain down to the Caryville area.
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Getting ready to head down the mountain.
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At Caryville, TN 63 departs I-75 and US 25W joins.
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The famous red signs for the US 25E Cumberland Gap Tunnel can be found along I-75.
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At Exit 134.
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I-75 and US 25W run together for a few miles.
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This
is the exit where US 25W departs I-75. That should be a 25W shield
instead of a 441 shield. This error has existed for at least 10 years. |
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This sign is correct. The US 441 exit is Exit 128, not the Exit 129 one mile prior.
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Might this be the reason Kentucky had Oak Ridge listed on a mileage sign several miles back?
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I-75 mileage marker near the Knox/Anderson county line.
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This sign has been here for years.
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TDOT
is getting ready for the closure of I-40 in downtown Knoxville by
erecting signs and covering them up until the road is closed in May. |
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At
the junction of I-75, I-275 and I-640, southbound I-75 narrows to one
lane for the ramp to I-640 west. Here you can see the effect this
squeeze has on traffic as it tries to move over to the right lane. |
A Detour East I-40 sign has been put in place in preparation for the I-40 closure.
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I-75 departs the old route for the I-640 bypass. The old route of I-75 into downtown Knoxville was converted to I-275 years ago.
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Traffic for I-75 south stacks up as it is squeezed into one lane.
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The ramp from I-275 to I-640 east uses a very tight loop ramp.
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Now we are on I-275 south, the old route of I-75.
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Where is "Junction?" Unusual treatment on this overhead.
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Approaching the end of I-275.
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No changes have yet been made to this sign noting the closure of I-40 east.
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The dome from Knoxville's World's Fair in the early 1980s can be seen from I-275.
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This group of overhead signs greets travelers when they merge from I-275 onto I-40 west.
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This is the northern terminus of US 129.
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This is where I-75 joins I-40.
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This is the first exit on I-75 south of the I-40 split.
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This is a typical view of I-75 south of I-40 heading toward Chattanooga.
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Another instance of the exit number and route number matching.
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I-75
carries a 65 mph speed limit in several of the rural counties outside
Knoxville. Must be an air quality thing; traffic or highway conditions
certainly don't merit the decrease from Tennessee's normal 70 mph
limit. |
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The speed limit finally goes to 70 mph when I-75 passes from Loudon into Monroe county.
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