Tennessee State Route 61
Encyclopedia
State Route 61 is a west-to-east highway in the U.S. state
of Tennessee
that is 69 miles (111 km) long.
State Route 61 begins in Roane County, and it ends in Union County.
It overlaps Interstate 75
in Anderson County.
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of 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 is 69 miles (111 km) long.
State Route 61 begins in Roane County, and it ends in Union County.
It overlaps Interstate 75
Interstate 75
Interstate 75 is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes and Southeastern regions of the United States. It travels from State Road 826 and State Road 924 in Hialeah, Florida to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, at the Ontario, Canada, border...
in Anderson County.
Counties traversed (west to east)
State Route 61 traverses the counties shown in the table below.| Counties traversed by State Route 61 | ||
|---|---|---|
| County | miles | kilometers |
| Roane | 18.2 | 29.3 |
| Anderson Anderson County, Tennessee Anderson County is a U.S. county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, its population is 75,129. Its county seat is Clinton.It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee, Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:... |
28.3 | 45.5 |
| Knox 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... |
1.6 | 2.6 |
| Grainger | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Union | 19.9 | 32.0 |