Site Navigation Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee     Interstate 640 - Knoxville Interstate 640 East Interstate 75 northbound & Interstate 640 eastbound share a short three mile overlap between Interstate 40 and Interstate 275 in northwest Knoxville. The paired Interstates see one mainline interchange between their respective merges at Tennessee State Secondary 62 (Western Avenue). Pictured here is the one-mile overhead for Exit 1 at the Middlebrook Pike (Tennessee SSR 169) overpass. Photo taken 08/23/03. What would be Exit 105 of Interstate 75 is instead signed as Exit 1 of Interstate 640. Interstate 75 originally followed Interstate 40 eastbound toward downtown Knoxville to the Interstate 275 freeway. A relocation to an overlap with Interstate 640 occurred in an attempt to shunt some of the through traffic of Interstate 75 away from the Knoxville city center. Tennessee State Secondary 62 intersects the three mile Interstate 75 & 640 alignment via Western Avenue. The east-west arterial becomes the Oak Ridge Highway westward toward the city by the same name. Photo taken 08/23/03. The Exit 1 interchange constitutes a partial cloverleaf interchange with two northbound ramps to Western Avenue. A collector/distributor roadway segregates the movements onto the respective Exit 1 ramps from the six-lane freeway mainline. Photo taken 08/23/03. The only set of Interstate 75 northbound & Interstate 640 eastbound mainline reassurance shields are posted at the Pleasant Ridge Road overpass. Photo taken 08/23/03. Several things occur at the Exit 3 stack interchange of Interstate 75 & 640. First Interstate 75 departs the Interstate 640 Knoxville bypass, returning to its original north-south alignment. Secondly Interstate 275 ends, culminating a 2.98 mile freeway between Interstate 75 & 640 and downtown Knoxville. Thirdly U.S. 25W (Clinton Highway) enters the Interstate system from the northwest to begin a seven mile overlap with Interstate 640 east. Photo taken 08/23/03. Exit 3B comprises an eastbound only off-ramp to Gap Road for interests to U.S. 25W (Clinton Highway) northbound. Gap Road travels a short distance between Interstate 75 & 640 northward to U.S. 25W just northwest of the Exit 3 stack interchange. Photo taken 08/23/03. Interstate 75 north & Interstate 640 eastbound at the Gap Road off-ramp eight years prior. Photo taken 05/29/95. Four lanes of Interstate 75 north & 640 eastbound travel underneath the Gap Road overpass of Exit 3B. Interstate 640 maintains just two through lanes through the Interstate 75 & 275 junction ahead. High speed ramps carry Interstate 75 away from Interstate 640. Photo taken 08/23/03. Interstate 75 northbound & Interstate 640 end their three mile marriage at the Exit 3 ramp departure. Ramps for Interstate 75 & Interstate 275 southbound depart ahead of the U.S. 25W merge onto Interstate 640. Photo taken 08/23/03. Taking the Exit 3 ramp to the partition of Interstate 275 southbound from Interstate 75 northbound. Interstate 275 directly connects Interstate 75 & 640 with Interstate 40 and U.S. 441 at Downtown Knoxville. Photo taken 08/23/03. Interstate 640 east & U.S. 25W eastbound as they depart the Interstate 75 & 275 stack interchange. Crossing the Knoxville Bypass above is Bruhin Road. Photos taken 05/01/05. Interstate 640 now carries six lanes of travel throughout the 7.98 mile routing between Interstate 75 & 275 and Interstate 40. Featured along the stretch are two interchanges. The first of which is the Exit 6 diamond interchange with U.S. 441 (Broadway Street). The one mile overhead for the exit is posted before the Holland Drive overpass. Photo taken 08/23/03. Nearing the ramp departure to U.S. 441 (Broadway Street) and the nearby Old Broadway Street. Broadway Street is a busy north-south arterial serving the neighborhoods of Greenway, Smithwood, Shannondale, and North Knoxville. Thus a two lane off-ramp is afforded for eastbound Interstate 640 motorists. Photo taken 05/01/05. Interstate 640 east & U.S. 25W southbound at Exit 6 (U.S. 441). The interchange was reconstructed to allow for a new ramp west of the old one. The new configuration allows traffic to access both Old Broadway and New Broadway from the same departure point. Photo taken 08/23/03. One-mile guide sign for Exit 8 on Interstate 640 east & U.S. 25W south. A folded diamond interchange composes the eastbound junction with Washington Pike, Mall Road, and Valley View Drive. Mall Road itself acts as a frontage road system for Interstate 640 between Washington Pike and Millertown Pike. A second folded diamond interchange than returns traffic onto the Knoxville Bypass eastbound from Millertown Pike. Photo taken 08/23/03. Midway between Washington Pike and Millertown Pike on the Knoxville Bypass eastbound. Crossing above are the East Town Road overpasses. These bridges link the Mall Boulevards with the Knoxville Center Mall. Photo taken 08/23/03. Millertown Pike traffic merges onto Interstate 640 & U.S. 25W north of the Buffat Mill Road overcrossing. Attached to the bridge high above is the one-mile diagrammatical overhead for Exits 10A/B (Interstate 40). Construction was present at the time of the photograph to widen the final stretches of Interstate 640 from four to six lanes. Photos taken 08/23/03 & 05/01/05. A second diagrammatical overhead for the Interstate 640 eastern terminus. U.S. 25W southbound enters Interstate 40 eastbound for a one mile overlap between Exits 393 and 394. The federal highway departs the freeway system for U.S. 11E & 70 (Asheville) highway at Exit 394. Photo taken 05/01/05. The Knoxville Bypass draws to a close at the ramp partition between Interstate 40 west and Interstate 40 east & U.S. 25W south. One mile to the west is Exit 392 with U.S. 11W (Rutledge Pike). U.S. 11W crosses over Interstate 640 just north of Interstate 40 with no direct access. Photo taken 005/01/05. Interstate 640 West Interstate 640 west & U.S. 25W north travel northward initially away from Interstate 40 through North Knoxville. Exit 8 joins the freeway with Knoxville Center and Millertown Pike in one mile. Photo taken 05/01/05. A split-diamond interchange facilitates the movements between Interstate 640 & U.S. 25W at Millertown Pike to Washington Pike via the Mall Road North and South frontage streets. Millertown Pike travels east to Kings Valley and southwest to the Whittle Springs section of the city. Washington Pike stems north from the mall area into the Knox County suburbs. Photo taken 05/01/05. Turning southwest, Interstate 640 & U.S. 25W next meet U.S. 411 (Broadway) at Exit 6 in the Fountain City community. Broadway carries the federal highway southward into downtown. Photo taken 05/01/05. Interstate 640 west & U.S. 25W south span the Norfolk Southern Railroad on the one-half mile approach to the Exit 6 partial-cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 441 (Broadway). U.S. 441 splits with Tennessee State Secondary 331 (Tazewell Pike) north of Exit 6. Photo taken 05/01/05. U.S. 441 (Broadway Street) and Tennessee State Secondary 331 (Tazewell Pike) part ways through Fountain City in north Knoxville. U.S. 441 continues to Halls Crossroads while Tennessee SSR 331 turns northeast to Harbison Crossroads. Photo taken 05/01/05. Interstate 640 west & U.S. 25 northbound shields posted after U.S. 441 (Exit 6). Dutch Valley Drive parallels the freeway beyond the adjacent tree line. Photo taken 05/01/05. Westbound travelers next approaches the merge with Interstate 75 and the southbound beginning of Interstate 275 (Exit 3B). Interstate 275 provides a direct link to Interstate 40 and U.S. 441 north of downtown Knoxville. Interstate 640 west joins Interstate 75 south for its return to Interstate 40. Photo taken 05/01/05. Interstate 640 partitions into two lanes for Exit 3A to Interstate 75 north and 275 south and the continuation of westbound with Interstate 75 south through west Knoxville. U.S. 25W departs from within the Interstate 75 & 275 stack via Exit 3B for Clinton Highway west. Photo taken 05/01/05. Interstate 275 originally carried Interstate 75 southward from Interstate 640 to Interstate 75 north of downtown. The routing was relocated to Interstate 640 to divert through traffic away from downtown in 1975. Interstate 75 north leaves Knoxville for La Follette, Williamsburg, and Lexington, Kentucky. Photo taken 05/01/05. U.S. 25W leaves the Interstate system for a multi-lane divided arterial leading west through the Norwood community of northwest Knoxville. The federal highway reaches the Anderson County seat of Clinton in 18 miles. Photo taken 05/01/05. Exit 3A carries all drivers to Interstate 275 south to downtown and Interstate 75 north to Lexington in unison from Interstate 640 west. Interstate 75 continues through the Norwood and Inskip communities while Interstate 275 heads south through Lonsdale, Western Heights, and Mechanicsville. Photo taken 05/01/05. A high flyover carries drivers onto Interstate 275's southbound beginning at the Interstate 640 and 75 stack interchange in North Knoxville. Interstate 275 ties directly into U.S. 441 (Henley Street) north of the Knoxville central business district. Photo taken 05/01/05. Page Updated April 5, 2008.