State Route 338 (SR 338) is a secondary highway located entirely within Sevier County in East Tennessee. The road runs generally south–north although like most roads in East Tennessee it has numerous winding turns.[2]
 State Route 338 | ||||
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| Boyds Creek Highway Douglas Dam Road Old State Highway 66 | ||||
 TN 338 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length | 20.2 mi (32.5 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1983[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   US 411 / US 441 in Seymour | |||
 SR 66 in Sevierville | ||||
| North end |  SR 139 northeast of Sevierville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Tennessee | |||
| Counties | Sevier | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editSR 338 begins at an intersection with US 441/US 411/SR 35/SR 71 in Seymour. It winds its way northeast as Boyds Creek Highway to pass through Boyds Creek before entering Sevierville and coming to an intersection with SR 66 and the Great Smoky Mountains Parkway. SR 338 turns south and becomes concurrent with SR 66 to pass through a business district before leaving SR 66 and turning northeast onto Douglas Dam Road and leaving Sevierville. It continues northeast through farmland to pass through Alder Branch, where it becomes Old State Highway 66, before turning north and crossing the French Broad River just west of the Douglas Dam. SR 338 then continues north to come to an end at an intersection with SR 139.
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Sevier County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Seymour | 0.0 | 0.0 |  US 411 north / US 441 (Chapman Highway/SR 35 north/SR 71) – Sevierville, Knoxville US 411 south (Maryville Highway/SR 35 south) – Maryville | Southern terminus | |
| Sevierville |   SR 66 north (Winfield Dunn Parkway) to I-40 – Kodak | Southern end of wrong-way SR 66 concurrency | |||
| SR 66 south (Winfield Dunn Parkway) – Downtown, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg | Northern end of wrong-way SR 66 concurrency | ||||
| | Bridge over the French Broad River | ||||
| | 20.2 | 32.5 | SR 139 (Douglas Dam Road) – Kodak, Dandridge | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ "The Road To 100 Years" (PDF). Tennessee Road Builder. Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ^ Sevier County, Tennessee General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Tennessee Department of Transportation. 2007. Retrieved June 10, 2015.