APD-40
| APD-40 | |
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 9.3 mi (15.0 km) |
| Existed: | 1968 – present |
| Component highways: |
       US 64 Byp. / US 74 / SR 60 / SR 311 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: |
 I-75 in Cleveland
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| North end: |
 US 11 in Cleveland |
APD-40 or APD 40 refers to a road composed of the U.S. Route 64 Bypass (US 64 Byp.) and a section of Tennessee State Route 60 (SR 60) which forms a partial beltway around the business district of Cleveland, Tennessee. The route takes its name from its part of Corridor K of the Appalachian Development Highway System, and is sometimes called Appalachian Highway or simply The Bypass. It is an abbreviation for Appalachian Development Number 40. The US 64 Byp. section of the road is also multiplexed with SR 311 and part of US 74. The road is a four-lane divided highway its entire length and parts are controlled-access. The bypass is an east-west route and the state route is a north-south.
While the road is a bypass around downtown Cleveland, it has come to be one of the heaviest traveled roads in the area, with industries and major businesses locating to it. It has been reported as the road where the most roadway accidents and fatalities occur in Bradley County.
APD-40 begins at the exit 20 interchange on Interstate 75 (I-75) as US 64 Byp. Beginning as controlled-access, it rounds a minor curve to the southeast and enters a long straightaway on the edge of the city limits of Cleveland, and about midway through is an interchange with US 11/US 64 (South Lee Highway). About 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the Interstate, the freeway ends and the road enters South Cleveland, passing several major industries and crossing a Norfolk Southern Railway. It then crosses Lead Mine ridge, junctions at an interchange with Blue Springs Road and crosses another Norfolk Southern railroad. The road travels for about a mile through a business and residential area before intersecting with McGrady Drive, which is a connector to SR 60 (Dalton Pike).The road then curves sharply to the northeast and enters a "semi-controlled access" straightaway interchanging with SR 74 (Spring Place Road) and bypassing Cleveland to the east. It is again on the edge of the city limits here. About a mile later, APD-40 again enters a freeway, intersecting with US 64 in a cloverleaf interchange and becoming SR 60. The road curves slightly to the northwest and interchanges with Benton Pike. It then interchanges with Overhead Bridge Road, crosses a Norfolk Southern line, and finally interchanges with 20th Street NE, before curving again to the northwest where the freeway ends and the road becomes 25th Street, entering into the metropolis of Cleveland. The road intersects with US 11 (Ocoee Street) about a half mile (0.8 km) later.
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