Please note:
As of Oct. 2020, this page is no longer a public-facing part of the usends.com website, because we have determined that US 511 was probably never a signposted route. More info is available on this page. This US 511 page is no longer maintained, and is kept only for archival purposes.
End of historic US highway 511
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AASHO envisioned US 511 essentially as an alternate route for US 11 between Bristol and Knoxville. But Tennessee never signposted it that way, because they wanted the two routes designated US 11E and US 11W (more info on this page):
c. 1927, Rand McNally
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This photo shows the modern equivalent of the intersection where US 511 would have ended -- today's US 11E runs just to the south of the original highway through here. The view was to the west on what is now southbound US 11E. Historically US 70 came in from the left (where the black pickup is)...
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Sanderson, Oct. 2000
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...but that segment of US 11E had not yet been built. So US 70 continued off to the right for another eighth-mile or so, to what is now known as the "Old Andrew Johnson Highway". There it turned left (facing the same direction as the camera), but a right turn would have been the south beginning of US 511.
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Today US 70 bypasses Strawberry Plains to the south, and its former route up to this point is now TN secondary hwy. 139. This photo shows the old junction:
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Karners, Apr. 2014
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That was looking southwest on Old A.J. Hwy at the planned endpoint of US 511. Straight ahead was westbound US 70, while eastbound was to the left on Old Dandridge Pike. At right is visible the remnant of what was once a fine-looking service station. This shot was taken back at the modern intersection, looking north on 139 (or Dandridge):
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Sanderson, Oct. 2000
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That was formerly westbound US 70, which continued straight ahead to Old A.J., then turned left. But a right turn on A.J. would have been the beginning of northbound US 511.
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Research and/or photo credits: Karin and Martin Karner; Mike Roberson; Dale Sanderson; Michael Summa
Page originally created 2000;
last updated Oct. 21, 2020.
last updated Oct. 21, 2020.
