U.S. Route 411 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 US 411 highlighted in red | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Auxiliary route of US 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 309.7 mi[citation needed] (498.4 km) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Existed | 1934–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| South end |  US 78 in Leeds, AL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| North end |   US 25W / US 70 in Newport, TN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| States | Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Counties | AL: Jefferson, St. Clair, Etowah, Cherokee
GA: Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Murray TN: Polk, McMinn, Monroe, Loudon, Blount, Sevier, Jefferson, Cocke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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U.S. Route 411 (US 411) is an alternate parallel-highway associated with US 11. It extends for about 309.7 miles (498.4 km) from US 78 in Leeds, Alabama, to US 25W/US 70 in Newport, Tennessee. US 411 travels through northeastern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee. It is signed north-south, as with most highways that have odd numbers, but the route runs primarily in a northeast-southwest direction, and covers a more east-west mileage than it does north-south. Notable towns and cities along its route include Gadsden, Alabama; Rome, Georgia; Cartersville, Georgia; Maryville, Tennessee; Sevierville, Tennessee, and Newport, Tennessee.
US 411 and US 11 never intersect with one another, though they come very close in various places including Leeds, Alabama, Gadsden, Alabama, and Maryville, Tennessee. US 411 also spends much of its route close to the Interstate Highway System: Interstate 20 (I-20), I-40, I-75, and I-59, though it never has an interchange with I-59.
Most of the terrain through which US 411 passes is rural countryside, with no major metropolitan areas directly along its route. However, it does pass relatively near the major cities of Birmingham, Alabama, Chattanooga, Tennessee and Knoxville, Tennessee. In Sevier County, Tennessee, south of Knoxville, US 411 is used by many tourists as a route to the northern side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. US 411 passes approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of the national park, but intersects with US 441, which actually goes through this park. Although US 411 has a south–north designation, it contains long stretches that are west–east, and its overall direction is actually southwest–northeast.
US 411 is generally a two-lane highway through the countryside. However, it has long been a four-lane, divided highway connecting Rome and Cartersville, Georgia, and it is a multi-lane highway connecting Cartersville with I-75. Also, for part of its route in the Cartersville area, US 411 shares a four-lane, divided highway with US 41. Furthermore, the Tennessee Department of Transportation completed a project to widen the highway to four lanes between Maryville and Ocoee, Tennessee, and between Chestnut Hill and Newport, Tennessee.