U.S. Route 76 in Tennessee


U.S. Route 76 is an east–west U.S. highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its route is almost entirely in Chattanooga.

Route description

US 76 begins at an intersection with US 41/US 72/SR 17 in downtown Chattanooga. It goes east, concurrent with US 41/SR 17 through some industrial areas, where SR 8 joins the concurrency, before entering suburbs and coming to an intersection with South Willow Street, where SR 17 splits off and goes north. US 41/US 76/SR 8 then comes to an intersection with US 11/US 64/SR 2, where they turn south to become concurrent with those three highways for a short distance before US 11/US 64/SR 2 turn east onto East 23rd Avenue while US 41/US 76/SR 8 turn southeast onto Westside Drive and have an interchange with I-24. They then turn east again pass through the Bachman Tubes, leaving Chattanooga and entering the City of East Ridge. They travel through the city and then have an interchange with I-75 before entering Georgia, where SR 8 ends and US 41/US 76 become concurrent with Georgia State Route 3, which begins here. The entire route of US 76 in Tennessee is in Hamilton County and is concurrent with US 41 and SR 8.

History

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