Tennessee State Route 73

State Route 73 Scenic
State Route 73 Scenic
Location	Townsend–Great Smoky Mountains National Park

State Route 73
State Route 73
Route information
	Maintained by TDOT
Length	101.76 mi (163.77 km)
Major junctions
West end	I-40 / US 321 / SR 95 in Lenoir City
	I-75 in Lenoir City; US 129 / SR 115 in Maryville; Foothills Parkway in Walland; US 441 in Pigeon Forge; Gatlinburg Bypass in Gatlinburg; US 441 in Gatlinburg; Foothills Parkway in Cosby; US 321 / SR 32 near Cosby; I-40 near Cosby
North end	US 25 / US 70 / SR 9 in Newport
Location
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Counties	Loudon, Blount, Sevier, Cocke
Highway system
	Tennessee State Routes; Interstate; US; State;

State Route 73 is west-north state highway in East Tennessee.

Route description

The route begins at Interstate 40 (I-40) concurrent with US Route 321 (US-321) and SR-95 south of Oak Ridge and north of Lenoir City. The three routes head south to junction with U.S. Route 70 and Interstate 75 (I-75) in Lenoir City. They then continue southeast to junction with US Route 11 (US-11) in Lenoir City. SR-95 leaves US-321 and SR-73 south of Lenoir City, The now two routes head east into Blount County passing just south of Friendsville. On the edge of Maryville the routes have a short concurrency with SR-335 and junction with US Route 129 (US-129), in downtown the junction with US Route 411 (US-411) and SR-33. The routes then proceed out of Maryville and junction with the Foothills Parkway western section in Walland, turns south then back east to Townsend where the routes junction with Scenic SR-73. US-321 and mainline SR-73 turn north and Scenic 73 heads east into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The routes then continue northeasterly through Wears Valley to Pigeon Forge where they turn south onto US Route 441 and run concurrent for 8.5 miles to Gatlinburg(Just before Gatlinburg they have an interchange with Gatlinburg Bypass) where SR-73 and US-321 turn east and US-441 head south. . They then absorb and begin a concurrency with SR-32 in Cosby and junction with the Foothills Parkway east. SR-73 then leaves US-321 and SR-32 south of Newport it the junctions with I-40 for a second time and head northerly to terminate at U.S. Route 25 and U.S. Route 70 (US-25) and (US-70) on the east side of Newport.

History

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Loudon	Lenoir City	0	0.0	I-40 / US 321 north / SR 95 north – Oak Ridge, Knoxville, Nashville	Northern terminus of US-321, western terminus of SR-73 and begin US-321 and SR-95 overlap
				US 70 / SR 1 – Kingston
					I-75 – Chattanooga, Knoxville
					US 11 / SR 2 – Loudon, Farragut
				SR 444 west – Tellico Village	Interchange; eastern terminus of SR-444
				SR 95 south – Greenback	east end of SR-95 overlap
Blount	Friendsville			SR 333 north	southern terminus of SR-333
	Maryville			SR 335 south	begin SR-335 overlap
					SR 335 north	end SR-335 overlap
				SR 446 (Foothills Mall Drive) to US 129 – Foothills Mall
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				US 411 / SR 33 – Rockford, Madisonville
				SR 336 south	Northern terminus of SR-336
				SR 447 north to US 411 / SR 35 – Alcoa	SR-447 is unsigned it is just signed as a connector to US-411 & SR-35; southern terminus
	Walland			Foothills Parkway – Top of The World, Chilhowee Lake, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Look Rock area
	Townsend			SR 73 Scenic east – Great Smoky Mountains National Park	western terminus of SR-73 Scenic
Sevier	Wears Valley			Foothills Parkway	Future Interchange
	Pigeon Forge			US 441 / SR 71 – Sevierville	Begin overlap with US-441 and TN-71
	Pigeon Forge			SR 449 north (Dollywood Lane/Veterans Boulevard) – Dollywood	Southern terminus of SR-449
	Gatlinburg			Gatlinburg Bypass – Cherokee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Interchange; Northern terminus of Gatlinburg Bypass
				US 441 / SR 71 south – Cherokee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park	east end US-441 overlap
				SR 454 north	Southern terminus of SR-454
	Pittman Center			SR 416 north	Southern terminus of SR-416
Cocke	Cosby			SR 32 north / SR 32 south	begin SR-32 overlap
				Foothills Parkway
				SR 339 west – Sevierville	Eastern terminus of SR-339
				US 321 / SR 32 north	End of US-321 and SR-32 overlap
				I-40 – Knoxville, Asheville
	Newport	101.76	163.77	US 25 / US 70 / SR 9 – Newport, Del Rio, Hot Springs	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Unopened

Scenic route

State Route 73 Scenic is a spur route of SR-73 in Blount and Sevier counties in the eastern portion of Tennessee. It serves as a connector route into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The road runs from Townsend to southwest of Gatlinburg. The route is also called Fighting Creek Gap Road^[1] from US 441 to the Elkmont Campground entrance and Little River Gorge Road^[2] to the Towsend Entrance Road. Locals often refer to this stretch of park road as "Little River Road" as this road follows the former roadbed of the Little River Railroad along the Little River from the Townsend entrance to the Park to Elkmont.

It begins at US Route 321 (US-321) and mainline SR-73 in Townsend and heads east into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and ends it's signed portion at Laurel Creek Road which goes to Cades Cove. The unsigned portion begins and ends at US Route 441 (US-441) in the park south of Gatlinburg, It then becomes signed again and turns north on to US 441/TN 71 and follows US 441/TN 71 for 2.7 miles to US 321/TN 73 in downtown Gatlinburg where it ends.

Junctions

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Blount	Townsend	US 321 / SR 73 (East Lamar Alexander Parkway / Townsend Entrance Road) – Maryville, Pigeon Forge	Western terminus
Blount	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Laurel Creek Road – Cades Cove
Sevier		Wear Gap Road – Wears Valley
		Elkmont Road – Elkmont
		US 441 / SR 71 (Newfound Gap Road) – Gatlinburg, Cherokee	Western end of US 441/SR 71 concurrency
		Gatlinburg Bypass – Pigeon Forge	Interchange
	Gatlinburg	US 441 north / SR 71 north (Parkway) / US 321 / SR 73 (East Parkway/Parkway) – Pigeon Forge, Cosby	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ "Park Tiles". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
^ "Park Tiles". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

External links

Media related to Tennessee State Route 73 at Wikimedia Commons^{[dead link]}

[npspt-1] "Park Tiles". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

[npspt2-2] "Park Tiles". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

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