Site Navigation Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee     Interstate 40 East - Knoxville to North Carolina U.S. 11E north & 70 east follow Asheville Highway from Burlington and Holston Hills in Knoxville to the Exit 394 diamond interchange with Interstate 40 & U.S. 25W. U.S. 25W parts ways with the freeway network for U.S. 11E & 70 east toward Strawberry Plains. Photo taken 05/01/05. Meeting Interstate 40 next is Strawberry Plains Pike at the Exit 398 diamond interchange east of Knoxville. Strawberry Plains Road heads northeast from the exit to U.S. 25W & 70 (Asheville HIghway) at Trentville. The road in conjunction with U.S. 11E leads drivers to Strawberry Plains itself. Photo taken 05/01/05. The Exit 407 diamond interchange with Tennessee 66 (Winfield Dunn parkway) represents the north end of the state highway. Tennessee 66 provides a gateway to the Smoky Mountains area from Interstate 40, constituting a four-lane divided highway southward to U.S. 441 at Sevierville. U.S. 441 continues the four-lane highway five miles to Pigeon Forge and its merge with U.S. 321. U.S. 411 east continues to Chestnut Hill. Photo taken 05/01/05. Deep Springs Road intersects with Interstate 40 at the Exit 412 diamond interchange north of Tennessee State Secondary 139 on Douglas Lake. Photo taken 05/01/05. Eastbound at the Exit 412 off-ramp to Deep Springs Road. The road heads south to Tennessee State Secondary 139 west for Douglas Dam. Northward, the local road connects with U.S. 25W & 70 to the southeast of Strawberry Plains. Photo taken 05/01/05. U.S. 25W & 70 cross paths with Interstate 40 for a second time (Exit 415) outside of Dandridge. The Exit 415 partial-cloverleaf interchange lies east of the Green Hill Road overpass at the settlement of Green Hill. U.S. 25W & 70 continue to shadow the freeway eastward from the Jefferson County seat to Clevenger and Newport. Photo taken 05/01/05. Interstate 40 continues a short distance to the Exit 417 diamond interchange with Tennessee 92. The north-south arterial connects the freeway with Dandridge and U.S. 25W & 70. Photo taken 05/01/05. Exit 417 carries drivers to Tennessee 92 from Interstate 40 east. Tennessee 92 continues northward seven miles to Jefferson City and junction U.S. 11E and overall 23 miles to Rutledge and junction U.S. 11W. Photo taken 05/01/05. Interstate 40 approaches the northbound beginning of Interstate 81 (Exit 421) in rural Jefferson County. Interstate 81 continues the Interstate 40 eastward push from Knoxville to the Tri-Cities region and Roanoke, Virginia. Photo taken 05/01/05. Exit 421 represents the end of the six-lane section of Interstate 40. Interstate 81 begins and heads 75.66 miles northeast to Bristol, Virginia while Interstate 40 turns southeast toward the Great Smoky Mountains and Asheville, North Carolina. Photo taken 05/01/05. One half mile out from the Exit 421 directional interchange with Interstate 81 north on Interstate 40 east. Interstate 40 branches southeast toward Douglas lake; Interstate 81 continues northeast toward Morristown. Motorists destined for Kingsport and Johnson City will reach Interstate 26 in 57 miles. Photo taken 05/01/05. Before Interstate 40 eastbound expanded from two to three lanes in the late 1990s, this set of guide signs directed motorists onto Interstate 81 north (Exit 421). Photo taken 05/29/95. Page Updated April 5, 2008.