Tennessee State Route 68
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| Length: | 106.9 mi (172.0 km) | |||
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| South end: |
  SR 5 / SR 60 in Copperhill, Tennessee/McCaysville, Georgia at TN/Ga state line |
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   US 64 / US 74 / SR 40 in Ducktown SR 165 (Cherohala Skyway) in Tellico Plains  US 411 / SR 33 in Madisonville I-75 in Sweetwater  US 27 / SR 29 near Spring City
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| North end: |
  US 127 / SR 28 in Crossville
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| Counties: | Polk, Monore, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Cumberland | |||
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State Route 68 (SR 68) is a 107.2-mile-long (172.5 km) state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
SR-68 begins in southeastern Tennessee, at an intersection with Georgia State Route 5 and Georgia State Route 60 at the Tennessee–Georgia state line in Copperhill, Tennessee and McCaysville, Georgia. It then goes north to Ducktown, Tennessee where it junctions with U.S. Route 64 (US-64) and US-74. The route continues north and enters the Cherokee National Forest and goes through a mostly rural area, then in Turtletown it turns east and junctions with the second shortest state route in Tennessee: SR-123. SR-68 then turns back north and continues through a sparsely populated area and crosses over the Hiwassee River, The route then becomes curvy and dangerous. It then enters Monroe County and goes through Coker Creek and then Tellico Plains and junctions with SR-165 the Cherohala Skyway. In Tellico Plains, SR-68 serves as the eastern terminus for SR-39 it then proceeds north to Madisonville where it has an interchange/junction with US-411 and SR-33. After this junction, the route then turns more northwesterly toward Sweetwater and passes The Lost Sea. In Sweetwater, it turns west and junctions with US-11 and Interstate 75. Just past the I-75 junction, the route enters McMinn County where there are no highway junctions. It then enters Meigs County and Ten Mile and junctions with SR-305, SR-58, and has a brief concurrency with SR-304. It then crosses Watts Bar Dam and the Tennessee River into Rhea County near the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant and continues west. The route then has a 1-mile-long (1.6 km) concurrency with SR-302 and a 2.7-mile-long (4.3 km) concurrency with US-27. US-27 and SR-68 go north to Spring City where SR-68 turns back west and US-27 goes north. Just after leaving Spring City, it turns back to north crosses over Waldens Ridge into Cumberland County where the route ends at US-127 in Crossville near Cumberland Mountain State Park and the Cumberland Homestead Towers.
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