  State Route 70 | ||||
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| Trail of the Lonesome Pine | ||||
 SR 70; primary in red, secondary in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length | 63.34 mi[1] (101.94 km) | |||
| Existed | October 1, 1923[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  NC 208 near South Greene | |||
   US 321 / SR 107 / SR 350 at Greeneville US 11E at Greeneville I-81 near Romeo US 11W at Rogersville | ||||
| North end |  SR 70 at Blackwater, Virginia | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Tennessee | |||
| Counties | Greene, Hawkins, Hancock | |||
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State Route 70 (SR 70) is a state-maintained highway in East Tennessee, beginning at the border with North Carolina in the midst of the Cherokee National Forest and the Great Smoky Mountains and ending at the Virginia border in the extremely rural and mountainous terrain of Hancock County.
The highway travels through both Greeneville and Rogersville, bisecting Interstate 81 between the two towns.
- ^ "Tennessee State Route 70" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- ^ 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.