US route endpoints in
Chattanooga

(Incidentally, the intention there is "TO South US 27", because there is a ramp to the US 27 freeway about a half-mile ahead.)  It was 1928 when US 27 was first extended to Chattanooga.  At the time, US 41 followed a different route than it does today east from Jasper, coming to this point via what is now US 127 (Signal Mountain).  US 27 came south on Dayton, so it could have ended there at its junction with US 41.  But it is more likely that the two routes overlapped straight ahead into downtown Chattanooga.  Today, that is what US 127 does, according to TNDoT: officially it continues straight ahead on Dayton, which becomes Cherokee Boulevard.  At Market Street, US 127 turns south to cross the Tennessee River... but there is no signage to indicate these movements.  At 9th Street, or M.L. King Boulevard, we reach the official south end of US 127:

Formerly that junction made a somewhat reasonable endpoint, as US 11-64 was routed along MLK.  But those routes no longer come through here.  And at any rate, there is absolutely no highway signage at any approach to this intersection.  Making this junction even more interesting is the fact that the west beginning of US 76 is straight ahead on Market (officially, that is... although again, there is no signage in this area for that route, either.  And as a matter of fact, what signage does exist for US 76 is even more misleading than the signage for US 127, as we will see below).  

Two blocks ahead (at 11th Street), we reach the intersection which, at various times, has served as the terminus of US 27, US 64, US 72, and US 76:

That was looking west on 11th, which carried US 11-64.  The junction assembly shown there indicates that at the upcoming intersection (Market), US 72 began straight ahead, and US 76 began to the left.  ​In about three more blocks, Market has an intersection with Main, which carries US 41.  Officially, US 76 joins US 41 by turning to the east on Main (but once again, no signage indicates this).  About two blocks east on Main is the intersection with Rossville Avenue, where US 27 and US 76 diverged (Rossville is now closed to traffic at the railyards, but historically it was a through route).  In about two more blocks (approaching Washington Street) is the first US 76 sign...

...or, more accurately: the first US 76 sign that is actually on US 76 (more on that below).  

Now we will turn around and retrace our path back to the north.  Directly across the street from the sign shown above is the last US 76 marker that is posted on the official US 76:

In a couple blocks we arrive back at Rossville, where US 76 joined US 27.  About two blocks that direction, US 76 officially turns north on Market... but, you guessed it: no signage to that effect.  At this point, we are going to take a slight detour by continuing west on Main, where another perplexing sign was posted:

That assembly was on Main at Cowart Street, and it implied that US 76 ended one block ahead, at Broad.  However, that information had been incorrect since 2002, when the westernmost segment of US 76 was changed (and by 2013 that "End" sign had been removed).  This photo shows the intersection at Broad, which is a former endpoint of US 76...