U.S. Route 411
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Auxiliary route of US 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Length | 309.7 mi[citation needed] (498.4 km) | |||||||||||||||||||
Existed | 1934–present | |||||||||||||||||||
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South end | US 78 in Leeds, AL | |||||||||||||||||||
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North end | US 25W / US 70 in Newport, TN | |||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||
States | Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||||
Counties | AL: Jefferson, St. Clair, Etowah, Cherokee
GA: Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Murray TN: Polk, McMinn, Monroe, Loudon, Blount, Sevier, Jefferson, Cocke | |||||||||||||||||||
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U.S. Route 411 (US 411) is an alternate parallel-highway associated with US 11. It extends for about 309.7 miles (498.4 km) from US 78 in Leeds, Alabama, to US 25W/US 70 in Newport, Tennessee. US 411 travels through northeastern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee. It is signed north-south, as with most highways that have odd numbers, but the route runs primarily in a northeast-southwest direction, and covers a more east-west mileage than it does north-south. Notable towns and cities along its route include Gadsden, Alabama; Rome, Georgia; Cartersville, Georgia; Maryville, Tennessee; Sevierville, Tennessee, and Newport, Tennessee.
US 411 and US 11 never intersect with one another, though they come very close in various places including Leeds, Alabama, Gadsden, Alabama, and Maryville, Tennessee. US 411 also spends much of its route close to the Interstate Highway System: Interstate 20 (I-20), I-40, I-75, and I-59, though it never has an interchange with I-59.
Most of the terrain through which US 411 passes is rural countryside, with no major metropolitan areas directly along its route. However, it does pass relatively near the major cities of Birmingham, Alabama, Chattanooga, Tennessee and Knoxville, Tennessee. In Sevier County, Tennessee, south of Knoxville, US 411 is used by many tourists as a route to the northern side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. US 411 passes approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of the national park, but intersects with US 441, which actually goes through this park. Although US 411 has a south–north designation, it contains long stretches that are west–east, and its overall direction is actually southwest–northeast.
US 411 is generally a two-lane highway through the countryside. However, it has long been a four-lane, divided highway connecting Rome and Cartersville, Georgia, and it is a multi-lane highway connecting Cartersville with I-75. Also, for part of its route in the Cartersville area, US 411 shares a four-lane, divided highway with US 41. Furthermore, the Tennessee Department of Transportation completed a project to widen the highway to four lanes between Maryville and Ocoee, Tennessee, and between Chestnut Hill and Newport, Tennessee.
Route description
mi | km
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AL | 88.4 | 142.3 |
GA | 99.9 | 160.8 |
TN | 121.4 | 195.4 |
Total | 309.7 | 498.4 |
Alabama
US 411 begins at US 78 (Parkway Drive) in the city of Leeds in far eastern Jefferson County. SR 25, the U.S. Highway's companion route, continues south as a signed highway that briefly follows US 78 east before splitting south toward
US 411 continues northeast through the Beaver Creek Valley between Pine Ridge and the Beaver Creek Mountains. The highway leaves the valley after it joins US 231 (Heart of Dixie Highway) to pass through Pine Ridge to the city of Ashville. The U.S. Highways enter town along 5th Street and proceed to the county courthouse, where they meet the eastern end of SR 23 (6th Avenue). Both highways turn east onto 6th Avenue, then US-231 turns north onto Court Street East. US 411 leaves Ashville along Rainbow Drive, which heads northeast between Big Canoe Creek and Canoe Creek Mountain to the south. The U.S. Highway crosses the mountain and enters Etowah County where it crosses the Big Canoe Creek branch of Neely Henry Lake. US 411 follows the western flank of Dunaway mountain to Rainbow City, where the route intersects SR 77 (Grand Avenue).
US 411 expands to a four-lane divided highway as it enters the city of Gadsden. The highway crosses the Big Wills Creek branch of Neely Henry Lake and meets the eastern end of I-759 at a partial cloverleaf interchange; that freeway continues east as SR 759. US 411 veers onto Albert Rains Boulevard, which follows the right bank of the Coosa River through downtown Gadsden. The highway passes by the Spirit of American Citizenship Monument and under Broad Street, an Omnitrax rail line, and US 278 and US 431 (Meighan Boulevard), which access US 411 via a partial cloverleaf interchange. US 411 leaves (or will soon exit) Gadsden along a newly constructed four-lane divided highway that passes between Shinbone Ridge to the west and several loops of the Coosa River. The U.S. Highway drops to two lanes before it enters Cherokee County, then expands again to a four-lane divided highway, Weiss Lake Boulevard.
US 411 curves east along the northern edge of Weiss Lake and intersects SR 68 (Industrial Boulevard) in the town of Leesburg, east of which US 411 and SR 68 cross the lake, an impoundment of the Coosa River. Shortly after entering the city of Centre, the U.S. Highway and state highway turn onto the Clarence E. Chestnut Jr. Bypass, a four-lane road with center turn lane; US 411 Business and SR 25 continue along Main Street into the center of town. SR 68 diverges from the U.S. Highway at Cedar Bluff Road, which carries SR 283 southwest toward downtown. SR 283 becomes US 411's companion route on the bypass, which next intersects SR 9 (Armory Road), which intersects SR 68 immediately to the north. US 411 drops to two lanes east of SR 9 and curves south to collect the east end of US 411 Business (Main Street) and SR 25 on the eastern edge of Centre. US 411 continues east and crosses Cowan Creek before reaching the Alabama–Georgia state line and the northern terminus of SR 25 east of the hamlet of Forney.
Georgia
US 411 enters Georgia at the western terminus of its companion SR 53 in the southwestern corner of Floyd County. The two-lane highway, which is named Gadsden Road, has a brief concurrency with SR 100, which heads north as Fosters Mill Road and south as Mill Street, on the west side of the town of Cave Spring. US 411 enters town along Alabama Street and leaves to the northeast along Rome Street. The U.S. Highway continues as Cave Spring Road, which crosses Cedar Creek and passes through Vans Valley. US 411 passes under the West Rome Bypass and intersects US 27 and SR 1 (Cedartown Highway), which US 411 joins heading north. The four-lane road with center turn lane passes along the west side of Lindale and between Walker Mountain and Booze Mountain on the west and east, respectively.
US 411 and US 27 expand to a divided highway as they enter the city of Rome and then a four-lane freeway as they cross over a Norfolk Southern rail line. The freeway has a
US 411 heads east along Cartersville Highway into Bartow County. The four-lane divided highway parallels and then crosses the
US 411 drops to two lanes south of the town of White, where the highway begins to closely parallel the north–south CSX rail line. The U.S. Highway intersects SR 140 (Henry Mack Hill Road) in the hamlet of Rydal before entering Gordon County. US 411 passes through the town of Fairmount as Salacoa Street; the U.S. Highway runs concurrently with SR 53 between Calhoun Street and Fairmount Highway. North of the town of Ranger, through which the route is named Tennessee Highway, the highway meets the eastern end of SR 156 (Red Bud Road). US 411 passes through the town of Oakman, then diverges from a road called Old Highway 411, crosses to the west side of the railroad, intersects SR 136 (Nicklesville Road), and enters Murray County. The U.S. Highway passes to the west of Reregulation Reservoir and Carters Lake, both impoundments of the Coosawattee River, which the highway crosses to the west of the lakes.
US 411 intersects US 76 and SR 282 at Ramhurst, which follow part of Old Highway 411 before heading east through the Cohutta Mountains, and begins to follow the path of the
Tennessee
US 411 enters Tennessee at the southern terminus of its companion
US 411 becomes undivided and crosses over the CSX rail line shortly after entering McMinn County. In the town of Etowah, the highway follows Tennessee Avenue, meets the western end of SR 310 (Mecca Pike), and SR 30 splits west along David M. Lilliard Memorial Highway. The highway becomes divided once again north of town and continues through farmland and countryside before becoming undivided once again before entering the town of Englewood and goes through town passing just east of the downtown area and intersecting and having a short concurrency with SR 39 (Athens Pike; Tellico Street). US 411 then becomes a divided highway again as it leaves Englewood and enters countryside once again before crossing into Monroe County.
US 411 continues through countryside before entering the city of
US 411 continues through farmland as an undivided 4-lane highway and has an intersection with
US 411 goes through some Seymour neighborhoods for about a mile and a half before coming to an intersection with
After crossing the county line, US 411 immediately enters the community of
It continues along the new 4-lane highway into the city of Newport and ends at its national northern terminus at an intersection with US 25W/US 70 (SR 9) just a short distance away from that route's interchange with I-40 (Exit 432 A-B; though exit 432 A is only signed as US 411 on the interstate in both directions), with SR 35 turning right to become concurrent with, though unsigned, that route towards downtown.
National Highway System
The following portions of US 411 are part of the National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense:
- From the southern part of Rainbow City, Alabama, through Gadsden, to a point southwest of Turkey Town
- From the southern end of the US 27/SR 1 concurrency in Six Mile, Georgia, through Rome and Cartersville, to McCallie
- The entire length of the US 76 concurrency, from south-southeast of Chatsworth, into the city
- From the Georgia–Tennessee state line, in Tennga, to the bridge over the Little River, northeast of Maryville, Tennessee[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Major intersections
State | County | Location | mi [9] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Southern terminus; southern end of SR 25 concurrency; SR 25 continues as a signed highway south of US 411. | ||||||
Atlanta | I-20 exit 144 | |||||
Odenville | 12.428 | 20.001 | SR 174 east – Pell City | Southern end of SR 174 concurrency | ||
13.430 | 21.613 | SR 174 west – Springville | Northern end of SR 174 concurrency | |||
| 23.113 | 37.197 | US 231 south (Heart of Dixie Highway / SR 53 south) – Pell City | Southern end of US 231 concurrency | ||
Ashville | 27.211 | 43.792 | SR 23 south (6th Avenue) – Springville | Northern terminus of SR 23 | ||
27.235 | 43.830 | US 231 north (Court Street East / SR 53 north) – Oneonta | Northern end of US 231 concurrency | |||
Etowah | Rainbow City | 43.215 | 69.548 | SR 77 (Grand Avenue) – Attalla, Talladega | ||
SR 759 east – Birmingham, Chattanooga | I-759 exit 4; eastern terminus of I-759; western terminus of SR 759 | |||||
48.306 | 77.741 | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||||
Cherokee | Leesburg | 66.460 | 106.957 | SR 68 west (Industrial Boulevard) – Collinsville | Southern end of SR 68 concurrency | |
Centre | 69.780 | 112.300 | US 411 Bus. north (Main Street) | Northern end of SR 25 concurrency | ||
71.994 | 115.863 | SR 68 north / SR 283 south (Cedar Bluff Road) – Cedar Bluff | Northern end of SR 68 concurrency; southern end of SR 283 concurrency | |||
72.143 | 116.103 | SR 9 (Armory Road) – Cedar Bluff, Piedmont | ||||
74.353 | 119.660 | US 411 Bus. south (Main Street) | Southern end of SR 25 concurrency; northern terminus of SR 283 | |||
Forney | 88.397 | 142.261 | SR 25 ends | Northern end of SR 25 concurrency; northern terminus of SR 25 | ||
88.397 0.0 | 142.261 0.0 | Alabama–Georgia state line | ||||
Georgia | Floyd | Haney | 0.0 | 0.0 | SR 53 begins | Western end of SR 53 concurrency; western terminus of SR 53 |
Cave Spring | 4.4 | 7.1 | SR 100 north (Fosters Mill Road) – Summerville | Southern end of SR 100 concurrency | ||
5.1 | 8.2 | SR 100 south (Mill Street) – Cedartown | Northern end of SR 100 concurrency | |||
SR 1 south – Cedartown, Georgia Highlands College | Southern end of US 27/SR 1 concurrency | |||||
Rome | 17.5 | 28.2 | Darlington Drive / Old Lindale Road | Interchange | ||
18.3 | 29.5 | Maple Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; interchange | |||
20.1 | 32.3 | Northern end of US 27/SR 1 and SR 53 concurrencies; southern end of SR 20 concurrency; interchange | ||||
20.3 | 32.7 | SR 101 (Dean Avenue) – Rockmart | No southbound entrance; interchange | |||
21.9 | 35.2 | Chieftains Museum Major Ridge Home | Southern terminus of SR 1 Loop | |||
Bartow | | 38.2 | 61.5 | US 41 north / SR 3 north – Adairsville, Calhoun, Kingston | Southern end of US 41/SR 3 concurrency; interchange | |
Cartersville | 41.6 | 66.9 | US 41 south / SR 3 south / SR 61 south (Tennessee Street) | Northern end of US 41/SR 3 concurrency; southern end of SR 61 concurrency | ||
42.1 | 67.8 | SR 20 east to I-75 – Canton | Northern end of SR 20 concurrency | |||
45.1 | 72.6 | Atlanta | I-75 exit 293 | |||
Rydal | 52.8 | 85.0 | SR 140 – Adairsville, Canton | |||
Gordon | Fairmount | 59.7 | 96.1 | SR 53 west (Calhoun Street) – Calhoun | Southern end of SR 53 concurrency | |
60.1 | 96.7 | SR 53 east (Fairmount Highway) – Jasper, Ellijay | Northern end of SR 53 concurrency | |||
| 66.6 | 107.2 | SR 156 west (Red Bud Road) – Calhoun, Salacoa Creek Park | Eastern terminus of SR 156 | ||
| 70.8 | 113.9 | SR 136 (Nicklesville Road) – Resaca, Talking Rock | |||
SR 282 east | Southern end of US 76 concurrency | |||||
Vann House Historic Site | Southern end of SR 2 and SR 52 concurrencies; eastern terminus of SR 52 Alt. | |||||
85.3 | 137.3 | Vann House Historic Site | Northern end of US 76 and SR 52 concurrencies | |||
Eton | 88.1 | 141.8 | SR 286 west | Eastern terminus of SR 286 | ||
Cisco | 97.1 | 156.3 | SR 2 west – Ringgold | Northern end of SR 2 concurrency | ||
Tennga | 99.9 | 160.8 | SR 61 ends | Northern end of SR 61 concurrency; northern terminus of SR 61 | ||
99.9 0.0 | 160.8 0.0 | Georgia–Tennessee state line | ||||
Tennessee | Polk | Conasauga | 0.0 | 0.0 | SR 33 begins | Southern end of unsigned SR 33 concurrency; southern terminus of unsigned SR 33 |
Oldfort | 3.1 | 5.0 | SR 313 west (Ladd Springs Road) – Cleveland | Eastern terminus of SR 313 | ||
SR 40) – Cleveland, Murphy, NC | Partial cloverleaf interchange; provides access to the Cherokee National Forest | |||||
Benton | 15.7 | 25.3 | SR 314 south (Parksville Road) – Parksville | Northern terminus of SR 314 | ||
Reliance | Southern end of SR 30 concurrency | |||||
23.6 | 38.0 | SR 163 west (Bowater Road) – Calhoun | Eastern terminus of SR 163 | |||
McMinn | Etowah | 29.0 | 46.7 | SR 310 east (Mecca Pike) – Tellico Plains | Western terminus of SR 310 | |
29.8 | 48.0 | SR 30 west (David W. Lilliard Memorial Highway) – Athens | Northern end of SR 30 concurrency | |||
Englewood | 36.1 | 58.1 | SR 39 west (Englewood Avenue) – Athens | Southern end of SR 39 concurrency | ||
36.2 | 58.3 | SR 39 east (Tellico Street) – Tellico Plains | Northern end of SR 39 concurrency | |||
The Lost Sea and the Cherokee National Forest | ||||||
Warren Street south – Madisonville | Southbound exit, northbound entrance; northern terminus of Warren Street | |||||
Vonore | 52.4 | 84.3 | SR 72 west – Loudon | Southern end of SR 72 concurrency | ||
54.7 | 88.0 | Fort Loudoun State Park | ||||
57.4 | 92.4 | SR 72 east – Tallassee | Northern end of SR 72 concurrency | |||
Loudon | | 61.8 | 99.5 | SR 95 north – Greenback | Southern terminus of SR 95 | |
Blount | | 63.3 | 101.9 | SR 336 east (Brick Mill Road) – Lanier | Western terminus of SR 336 | |
| 67.7 | 109.0 | Tail of the Dragon | |||
Maryville | 69.4 | 111.7 | SR 335 north (William Blount Drive) | Southern terminus of SR 335 | ||
72.4 | 116.5 | Directional T interchange; no access from southbound US 129 to northbound US 411; northern end of US 129 concurrency; provides access to McGhee Tyson Airport | ||||
73.1 | 117.6 | Provides access to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park | ||||
74.0 | 119.1 | US 411 Truck south / SR 33 north (Broadway Avenue) / SR 35 south (Washington Street) – Alcoa, Knoxville | Northern end of SR 33 concurrency; southern end of US 411 Truck/SR 35 concurrency | |||
US 321 | Northern end of US 411 Truck concurrency | |||||
Sevier | Seymour | 89.0 | 143.2 | US 441 north (Chapman Highway / SR 71) / SR 338 north (Boyds Creek Highway) – Knoxville | Southern end of US 441 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 338 | |
Sevierville | 101.8 | 163.8 | US 441 south (Forks of the River Parkway / SR 71) / SR 66 north (Winfield Dunn Parkway) to I-40 – Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Knoxville | Northern end of US 441 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 66 | ||
SR 448 north (North Parkway) | Southern terminus of SR 448 | |||||
102.9 | 165.6 | SR 449 south (Veterans Boulevard) – Pigeon Forge | Northern terminus of SR 449; provides access to Dollywood | |||
104.8 | 168.7 | SR 416 east (Old Newport Highway) – Pittman Center | Western terminus of SR 416 | |||
105.6 | 169.9 | SR 339 east (Long Springs Road) – Cosby | Western terminus of SR 339 | |||
Jefferson | Chestnut Hill | 116.0 | 186.7 | SR 92 north (Chestnut Hill Road) – Dandridge | Southern terminus of SR 92 | |
Northern terminus of US 411; northern end of SR 35 concurrency; SR 35 continues north as an unsigned highway. | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ National Highway System: Alabama (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 8, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Gadsden, AL (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Georgia (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 8, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Rome, GA (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Cartersville, GA (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Dalton, GA (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Tennessee (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 8, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Knoxville, TN (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ a b Alabama Department of Transportation. "Milepost Maps". Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- Jefferson County (PDF)
- St. Clair County (PDF)
- Etowah County (PDF)
- Cherokee County (PDF)