Interstate 124

Infobox road
state=TN
type=I
route=124
maint=Tennessee DOT


length_mi=1.97
length_round=2
length_ref=cite web|url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table2.cfm|title=Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System: Table 2|publisher=FHWA, October 31, 2002|accessdate=2007-09-24]
established=1960
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=TN|I|24
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=TN|US|27
previous_type=Secondary
previous_route=123
next_type=Secondary
next_route=124

Interstate 124 (I-124) is an unsigned designation for a short segment of a 4-lane limited access highway located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. During periods where this two miles (3.22 km) long segment of U.S. Highway 27 has been signed as I-124, it has served as a spur route of Interstate 24 to downtown Chattanooga. The road segment has not been signed as I-124 for several years (it is marked on overhead signs and mile markers as U.S. Highway 27), and the Tennessee DOT official map no longer designates it as I-124, but some DOT publications still make reference to the designation. [Tennessee Department of Transportation, [http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/roadprojects/2007/ Fiscal Years 2008-2010 Transportation Improvement Program] , May 1, 2007] The US 27 freeway diverges from I-24 just before the Moccasain Bend in the Tennessee River, continues North through downtown Chattanooga, and then across the Tennessee River as a limited-access freeway on the P.R. Olgiati Bridge. The river is the point at which the I-124 designation traditionally ended. After crossing the river, the freeway continues under the US 27 designation for another 30 miles (beyond which the spur continues under the TN 111 designation for a further 20 miles).

Other extremely short "stub" Interstates occur in many downtown areas around the country to help traffic flow both through and into the cities.

Exit list

The entire route is in Chattanooga, Hamilton County.

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