Tennessee State Route 32

State Route 32 marker State Route 32 marker
State Route 32
Map
SR 32; primary in red, secondary in blue, unsigned in green
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length89.4 mi (143.9 km)
ExistedOctober 1, 1923[1]–present
Major junctions
South endMount Sterling Road at the North Carolina state line
Major intersections
North end US 25E at the Kentucky state line in the Cumberland Gap Tunnel at Cumberland Gap
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountiesCocke, Jefferson, Hamblen, Grainger, Claiborne
Highway system
SR 31 SR 33

State Route 32 (SR 32) is a state highway in East Tennessee. For most of its route, it is an unsigned companion route concurrent with U.S. Route 25E (US 25E).[2] The highway stretches 89 miles from the North Carolina state line to the Tennessee-Kentucky state line near the town of Cumberland Gap.

From the junction with US 25W-US 70 in Newport to the Kentucky-Tennessee state line at the Cumberland Gap, SR 32 is designated as the East Tennessee Crossing Byway, a National Scenic Byway.[3] SR 32 is also designated as Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridor S. The corridor follows SR 32 between I-81 in Morristown and State Route 63 (ADHS Corridor F) in Harrogate.[4]

  1. ^ Highway Planning Survey Division (1925). Biennial Report of the Commissioner of the Department of Highways and Public Works State of Tennessee for the Years 1923 and 1924 (PDF) (Report). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works. pp. 39–44. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  2. ^ 2015 Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2015 ed.). Tennessee Department of Transportation. § Back (eastern TN). Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  3. ^ O'Neil, Duay (October 20, 2009). "Hwy 25 East is Now a National Scenic Byway". The Newport Plain Talk. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
  4. ^ "ADHS Approved Corridors and Termini". Archived from the original on November 1, 2007.