Tennessee State Route 338
 State Route 338 | ||||
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 SR 338 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length | 20.2 mi (32.5 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1983[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   US 411 / US 441 in Seymour | |||
 SR 66 in Sevierville | ||||
| North end |  SR 139 northeast of Sevierville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Tennessee | |||
| Counties | Sevier | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Route 338 (SR 338) is a secondary highway located entirely within Sevier County in East Tennessee. The road runs generally south–north although like most roads in East Tennessee it has numerous winding turns.[2]
Route description
[edit]SR 338 begins at an intersection with US 441/US 411/SR 35/SR 71 in Seymour. It winds its way northeast as Boyds Creek Highway to pass through Boyds Creek before entering Sevierville and coming to an intersection with SR 66 and the Great Smoky Mountains Parkway. SR 338 turns south and runs concurrently with SR 66 to pass through a business district before leaving SR 66 and the parkway and turning northeast onto Douglas Dam Road and leaving Sevierville. It continues northeast through farmland to pass through Alder Branch, where it becomes Old State Highway 66, before turning north and crossing the French Broad River just west of the Douglas Dam. SR 338 then continues north to come to an end at an intersection with SR 139.[3]
History
[edit]Around 1948, SR 66 was extended as a new route between US 25W/70 in Dandridge and US 411/441 in downtown Sevierville.[4] SR 139 was established around 1950 between US 25W/70 northwest of Kodak and SR 66 near Douglas Dam.[5][6] After I-40 was completed in 1975, SR 66 was relocated onto a new route between Sevierville and I-40, and onto a concurrency with I-40 to US 25W/70 in Dandridge; and SR 139 was truncated to the new route of SR 66.[7] On July 1, 1983, as part of a statewide takeover of local roads, SR 338 was established as a new road, replacing the old designation of SR 66 between the Great Smoky Mountains Parkway and Douglas Dam and running concurrently with the parkway portion of SR 66. The portion west of the parkway was established as a state takeover of a locally-maintained road. SR 139 was also re-extended onto its original route between the parkway and Douglas Dam, and extended along the old route of SR 66 to Dandridge.[1]
Major intersections
[edit]The entire route is in Sevier County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Seymour | 0.0 | 0.0 |  US 411 north / US 441 (Chapman Highway/SR 35 north/SR 71) – Sevierville, Knoxville US 411 south (Maryville Highway/SR 35 south) – Maryville | Southern terminus | |
| Sevierville |   SR 66 north (Winfield Dunn Parkway) to I-40 – Kodak | Southern end of wrong-way SR 66 concurrency | |||
| SR 66 south (Winfield Dunn Parkway) – Downtown, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg | Northern end of wrong-way SR 66 concurrency | ||||
| | Bridge over the French Broad River | ||||
| | 20.2 | 32.5 | SR 139 (Douglas Dam Road) – Kodak, Dandridge | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- 1 2 "The Road to 100 Years" (PDF). Tennessee Road Builder. Vol. 17, no. 5. September 2014. p. 22. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ↑ Tennessee Department of Transportation (2007). Sevier County, Tennessee General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- ↑ DeLorme (2017). Tennessee Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (2017 ed.). 1:158,400. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 978-1-946494-04-7.[page needed]
- ↑ "Dam Route Danger (photo)". The Knoxville Journal. September 7, 1949. p. 11. Retrieved February 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ United States Geological Survey (1961). Douglas Dam, Tenn (PDF) (Topographic map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Reston, Virginia: United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
- ↑ United States Geological Survey (1970). Douglas Dam, Tenn (PDF) (Topographic map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Reston, Virginia: United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
- ↑ McMahan, Carroll (February 9, 2024). "Carroll McMahan: What's in a name? Stories behind Sevierville's familiar names". The Mountain Press. Sevierville, Tennessee. Retrieved January 24, 2026.