Interstate 275 is an Interstate Highway in Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 that serves Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

 by connecting the downtown with I-75 and I-640

Interstate 640

Interstate 640 is a bypass of Interstate 40 running north of Knoxville, Tennessee. For many years only about a two-mile segment of it between State Route 33 and U.S. Highway 25W was open. Finally, the road was completed in anticipation of the traffic which was to be generated by the 1982...

. Measuring 2.98http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-275_tn.html miles in length, the northern terminus is the junction with I-75 and I-640 and the southern terminus is I-40

Interstate 40

Interstate 40 is the third-longest major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90 and I-80. Its western end is at Interstate 15 in Barstow, California; its eastern end is at a concurrency of U.S. Route 117 and North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina...

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History

Originally constructed in 1958 as I-75, this was renumbered as I-275 in early 1982. Its renumbering became necessary when I-75 was re-routed onto I-640 to divert traffic from the downtown area, the remnant was designated as I-275.

In 2007, the existing cloverleaf exits (1A/B, 1C/D, 2A/B) were replaced with traditional diamond interchanges to add a continuous third lane in each direction. This was done to handle increased traffic flow for the shutdown of Interstate 40 in downtown Knoxville that took place on May 1, 2008 . I-275 was the designated detour route for I-75

Interstate 75 in Tennessee

In the U.S. state of Tennessee, Interstate 75 runs from Chattanooga to Jellico by way of Knoxville. Interstate 75 enters the East Tennessee region following the Tennessee Valley from Georgia, all the way through Knoxville to near Lake City, then climbs into the Cumberland Mountains before crossing...

 North traffic during the I-40 shutdown to avoid traffic cogestion at the I-640/I-75/I-275 junction as the ramp for I-75 Northbound from I-640 Eastbound is only one lane.

Exit list

The entire route is in Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

, Knox County

Knox County, Tennessee

Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its 2007 population was estimated at 423,874 by the United States Census Bureau. Its county seat is Knoxville, as it has been since the creation of the county. The county is at the geographical center of the Great Valley of East Tennessee...

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Mile	Exit	Destinations	Notes
0.00	0A		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
0.00	0B		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
0.68	1A	Baxter Avenue	Formerly exits 1A-B
1.04	1B	Woodland Avenue east, Oldham Avenue west	Formerly exits 1C-D
2.23	2	Central Street east, Heiskell Avenue west
2.97	3		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
3.35			Northbound exit and southbound entrance

External links

• Interstate 275 (Tennessee) at AARoads.com