Editing Grainger County, Tennessee (section)

===Transportation===
[[File:East Tennessee Crossing - The East Tennessee Crossing Meeting Clinch Mountain - NARA - 7718111.jpg|thumb|U.S. Route 25E in northern Grainger County near Thorn Hill]]
U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 11W|11W]] and [[U.S. Route 25E|25E]] are the major arterial roadways in the county. US 25E, established as the [[East Tennessee Crossing Byway]] and [[Appalachian Development Highway System#Corridor S|Appalachian Development Corridor S]], provides four-lane [[Limited-access road|expressway]] north-south access to Hamblen and Claiborne counties. US 11W, established as Rutledge Pike and [[Tennessee State Route 1|Memphis-to-Bristol Highway]], provides four-lane expressway access in the municipalities of Bean Station and Blaine. The highway outside of these areas is two-lane.<ref name="etrrtp">{{cite web |title=East Tennessee Rural Regional Transportation Plan |url=http://www.etdd.org/wp-content/uploads/ETN-RRTP-Final-10-28-20-reduced.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.etdd.org/wp-content/uploads/ETN-RRTP-Final-10-28-20-reduced.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |website=East Tennessee Development District |publisher=[[Tennessee Department of Transportation]] |access-date=June 7, 2021 |date=October 28, 2020}}</ref>

State Routes [[Tennessee State Route 92|92]], [[Tennessee State Route 131|131]], [[Tennessee State Route 375|375]] are the secondary roadways in the county. SR 92 provides two-lane access from Rutledge to the Jefferson County line near [[Cherokee Dam]]. SR 131 provides two-lane access to Union and Hancock counties, and the unincorporated communities of Washburn and Thorn Hill. SR 375, established as Lakeshore Drive, provides two-lane access along the northern shore of Cherokee Lake to SR 92 and US 25E.<ref name="etrrtp"/>