Editing Knoxville, Tennessee (section)

====Highways====
[[File:Knoxville-hall-of-fame-drive-tn1.jpg|right|thumb|The James White Parkway connects [[Interstate 40|I-40]] with Downtown Knoxville.]]

The two principal interstate highways serving Knoxville are [[Interstate 40 in Tennessee|Interstate 40]], which connects the city to [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]] (directly) and [[Bristol, Tennessee|Bristol]] (via [[Interstate 81 in Tennessee|I-81]]) to the east and [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] to the west, and [[Interstate 75]], which connects the city to [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] to the south and [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] to the north. The two interstates merge about {{convert|20|mi}} west of Downtown Knoxville near [[Dixie Lee Junction, Tennessee|Dixie Lee Junction]] and diverge as they approach the Downtown area, with I-40 continuing on through the Downtown area and I-75 turning north. [[Interstate 640]] provides a [[bypass (road)|bypass]] for I-40 travelers, and [[Interstate 275 (Tennessee)|Interstate 275]] provides a faster connection to I-75 for Downtown travelers headed north. A spur route of I-40, [[Pellissippi Parkway|Interstate 140]] (Pellissippi Parkway), connects West Knoxville with [[McGhee Tyson Airport]] and Maryville.<ref name=tdotmap>{{cite map |author = Tennessee Department of Transportation Long Range Planning Division Office of Data Visualization|title = Knox County|year = 2018|url = https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/maps/county-maps-(us-shields)/h-m/Knox%20County.pdf|publisher = [[Tennessee Department of Transportation]]}}</ref>

Prior to its reconstruction for the 1982 World's Fair tourism traffic, the interchange of I-75 (now I-275) and I-40 was known as "Malfunction Junction", because its consistent state of traffic jammed throughout daily.<ref name="lakinjct">{{cite news |last=Lakin |first=Matt |title=Junction for malfunction |url=http://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/junction-for-malfunction-ep-360224674-356724351.html |access-date=December 27, 2020 |work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |date=August 26, 2012}}</ref>

Knoxville's busiest road is a stretch of [[U.S. Route 129 in Tennessee|U.S. Route 129]] known as Alcoa Highway, which connects the Downtown area with McGhee Tyson Airport and Maryville.<ref>[http://knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=19917 Knoxville Book of Lists—Knox Co.'s Busiest Roads] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214120239/http://www.knoxvillebookoflists.com/?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=19917 |date=February 14, 2012 }}, Knoxvillebiz.com (''Knoxville News Sentinel''), 2012. Retrieved: January 11, 2012.</ref> A merged stretch of [[U.S. Route 70 in Tennessee|US-70]] and [[U.S. Route 11 in Tennessee|US-11]] enters the city from the east along Magnolia Avenue, winds its way through the Downtown area, crosses the U.T. campus along Cumberland Avenue ("The Strip"), and proceeds through West Knoxville along [[Kingston Pike]]. US-11 splits into [[U.S. Route 11E|US-11E]] and [[U.S. Route 11W|11W]] in Downtown, with the former connecting Knoxville to [[Jefferson City, Tennessee|Jefferson City]] and [[Morristown, Tennessee|Morristown]], and the latter with [[Rutledge, Tennessee|Rutledge]] and [[Bean Station, Tennessee|Bean Station]]. [[U.S. Route 441 in Tennessee|US-441]], which connects Knoxville to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, passes along Broadway in North Knoxville, Henley Street in the Downtown area, and Chapman Highway in South Knoxville. [[U.S. Route 25W (Tennessee)|US-25W]], which enters from the east concurrent with US-70, connects Knoxville with [[Clinton, Tennessee|Clinton]].<ref name=tdotmap/>

[[File:Knoxville-R.jpg|thumb|left|Bridges over the Tennessee River]]

[[Tennessee State Route 158|State Route 158]] (SR 158) loops around the Downtown area from Kingston Pike just west of UT's campus, southward and eastward along Neyland Drive and the riverfront, and northward along the James White Parkway before terminating at I-40. [[Tennessee State Route 62|SR 62]] (Western Avenue, Oak Ridge Highway), connects Downtown Knoxville with [[Oak Ridge, Tennessee|Oak Ridge]] to the west. [[Tennessee State Route 168|SR 168]], known as Governor John Sevier Highway, runs along the eastern and southern periphery of the city. [[Tennessee State Route 162|SR 162]] (Pellissippi Parkway) connects West Knoxville with Oak Ridge. [[Tennessee State Route 331|SR 331]] (Tazewell Pike) connects the [[Fountain City, Tennessee|Fountain City]] area to rural northeast Knox County. [[Tennessee State Route 332|SR 332]] (Northshore Drive) connects West Knoxville and [[Concord, Knox County, Tennessee|Concord]]. [[Tennessee State Route 33|SR 33]] (Maryville Pike, Maynardville Pike) traverses much of South Knoxville southward, and connects to the suburbs of [[Halls Crossroads, Tennessee|Halls Crossroads]] and [[Maynardville, Tennessee|Maynardville]] northward.<ref name=tdotmap/>

Four vehicle bridges connect Downtown Knoxville with South Knoxville, namely the South Knoxville Bridge (James White Parkway), the [[Gay Street Bridge]] ([[Gay Street (Knoxville)|Gay Street]]), the [[Henley Street Bridge]], or Henley Bridge (Henley Street), and the J. E. "Buck" Karnes Bridge (Alcoa Highway). Two railroad bridges, located between the Henley Street Bridge and Buck Karnes Bridge, serve the CSX and Northfolk Southern railroads. Smaller bridges radiating out from the downtown area include the Western Avenue Viaduct and Clinch Avenue Viaduct, the Robert Booker Bridge (Summit Hill Drive), the Hill Avenue Viaduct, and the Gay Street Viaduct.<ref name=tdotmap/>