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Kingston Pike is a highway in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, that connects Downtown Knoxville with West Knoxville, Farragut, and other communities in the western part of the county. The road follows a merged stretch of U.S. Route 70 and U.S. Route 11. From its initial construction in the 1790s until the development of the Interstate Highway System in the 1960s, Kingston Pike was the main traffic artery in western Knox County, and an important section of several cross-country highways. The road is now a major commercial corridor, containing hundreds of stores, restaurants, and other retail establishments.〔Jack Neely, "Down the Dixie Lee Highway," ''From the Shadow Side: And Other Stories of Knoxville, Tennessee'' (Tellico Books, 2003), pp. 125-139.〕 The old Kingston road was originally built in the 1790s to connect Knoxville with Fort Southwest Point at what is now Kingston.〔John Wooldridge, George Mellen, William Rule (ed.), ''Standard History of Knoxville, Tennessee'' (General Books, 2009), pp. 171-173.〕 During the Civil War, Confederate and Union forces fought several skirmishes along the Kingston road as they struggled for control of Knoxville.〔Robert McKenzie, ''Lincolnites and Rebels: A Divided Town in the American Civil War'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 159-171.〕 The Kingston Turnpike Company was chartered in 1866 to improve the Kingston road, and by 1893 had extended the improved road to the county line.〔 From the 1920s into the 1950s, Kingston Pike was a major stopover for tourists traveling along the Dixie and Lee highways, which intersected at Kingston Pike.〔 Starting with the completion of West Town Mall in 1970, Kingston Pike developed into Knoxville's largest retail corridor. Historian Jack Neely once wrote, "If suburban sprawl had a local name, it would be Kingston Pike."〔 The road is now home to "an enclosed shopping mall, a big-box mall, over 100 strip malls, 100 chain restaurants," and "more acreage of asphalt surface parking than any other street in the Knoxville MSA."〔 ==Route== Kingston Pike is a five-lane road that runs westward for approximately from the L&N tracks just east of Alcoa Highway to the divergence of US-70 and US-11 in the Dixie Lee Junction community just across the Knox-Loudon county line. East of the L&N tracks, Kingston Pike continues into the Fort Sanders and downtown areas as Cumberland Avenue. This road continues to just west of its intersection with U.S. Route 441 (locally known as Henley Street). There, the street splits into eastbound Main Street and westbound Cumberland Avenue. U.S. 11 and U.S. 70 follow U.S. 441 for several blocks before veering eastward into East Knoxville. West of Dixie Lee Junction, US-70 continues westward to Kingston, while US-11 veers southwestward to Lenoir City. The westernmost Kingston Pike street address is the now-vacant Court Cafe building (13110) at the county line, and the easternmost is the Metron Corporation (2309). The two-block section of road between the county line and the US-70/US-11 split is typically considered Kingston Pike, although its businesses (e.g., Dixie Lee Nursery and Dixie Lee Fireworks) have "Highway 11 East" street addresses.〔(Yellow Pages listing for the Dixie Lee Nursery and Garden Center ). Retrieved: 19 September 2010.〕〔(MerchantCircle listing for Dixie Lee Fireworks ). Retrieved: 19 September 2010.〕 US-70 west of Dixie Lee Junction is sometimes casually referred to as Kingston Pike or Kingston Highway, although its street addresses simply use "Highway 70 East."〔(Twin Lake Material, Inc. ), e.g. (Retrieved: 20 September 2010.〕 Before major highway construction in the 1960s, Kingston Pike followed a more winding route beyond Bearden, as evidenced by the numerous sideroads named "Old Kingston Pike."〔 On some maps, Hines Valley Road, which intersects US-70 at Eaton Crossroads (just north of Lenoir City), is referred to as "Old Kingston Pike."〔(USGS Topographical Map - Lenoir City, TN ). Retrieved: 19 September 2010.〕 Along with US-70 and US-11, Kingston Pike is part of State Route 1. Kingston Pike runs roughly parallel with a merged stretch of Interstate 40 and Interstate 75, which passes just to the north. Along with Knoxville and Farragut, communities linked by Kingston Pike include Sequoyah Hills, West Hills, Bearden, Ebenezer Mill, and Concord. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kingston Pike」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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