Center at Kelsey Lane
Closed874 US-321, Lenoir City, TN 37771
Area Description
Lenoir City is a suburban city in Loudon County, Tennessee. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area in the state's eastern region, along the Tennessee River southwest of Knoxville. Four major federal highways pass through Lenoir City: U.S. Route 11, which runs roughly parallel to the river shore, traverses the city east-to-west; U.S. Route 321, which crosses Fort Loudon Dam south of the city, traverses the city north-to-south. Interstate 75 and U.S. Route 70 intersect US-321 in the northern part of the city. I-75 provides access to the city from exit 81, and leads northeast 26 mi to downtown Knoxville (via a connection with I-40), and southwest 91 mi to Chattanooga. U.S. 321 runs through the center of town from southeast to northwest, leading northwest 7 mi to I-40 at exit 364 (the highway's northern terminus), and east 20 mi to Maryville. U.S. 70 runs to the north of the city, leading northeast 9 mi to Farragut and northwest 19 mi to Kingston. U.S. 11 runs through the center of the city, leading northeast to Farragut and Knoxville, and southwest 7 mi to the city of Loudon. Lenoir City is traditionally spread out along US-11, west of the road's junction with US-321. This section of the city still roughly follows a grid plan laid out in the 1890s. In recent decades, Lenoir City has annexed a 5-mile corridor of land along US-321 between its US-11 intersection and I-40 intersection. This corridor contains the city's newer, commercial area that caters to the high volume of traffic brought to the area by I-75 and I-40.