State Route 315(SR 315), also known asTellico-Reliance Road,is a 15.0-mile-long (24.1 km) north–south state highway in theUnicoi Mountainsregion of southeasternEast Tennessee.
 State Route 315 | ||||
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| Tellico-Reliance Road | ||||
 SR 315 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byTDOT | ||||
| Length | 15.0 mi (24.1 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1983[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 30inReliance | |||
| North end |  SR 39inJalapa | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Tennessee | |||
| Counties | Polk,Monroe | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editSR 315 begins inPolk CountyinRelianceat an intersection withSR 30.It immediately heads across theHiwassee Rivervia a long bridge to pass through the community before leaving Reliance and entering theUnicoi Mountainsand theCherokee National Forest.The highway then winds its way northeast through the mountains to cross intoMonroe County.SR 315 then leaves the mountains and the forest to pass through farmland before coming to an end at an intersection withSR 39inJalapa.The entire route of SR 315 is a rural two-lane highway.[2]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Polk | Reliance | 0.0 | 0.0 | SR 30–Etowah,Delano,Cherokee National Forest | Southern terminus |
| Bridge over theHiwassee River | |||||
| Monroe | Jalapa | 15.0 | 24.1 | SR 39(Mecca Pike) –Englewood,Etowah,Tellico Plains | Northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
editKML is not from Wikidata
- ^"The Road To 100 Years"(PDF).Tennessee Road Builder.Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22.RetrievedApril 6,2019.
- ^"State Route 315"(Map).Google Maps.RetrievedAugust 2,2019.