South County Sector Plan: The Sector Inventory

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Transportation
The Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) coordinates a multimodal transportation planning process for the Knoxville Urban Area. In conjunction with MPC, the TPO collects transportation data used to profile traffic patterns in Knox County. These profiles provide information on the origins and destinations, travel times, and trip generation of drivers in Knox County. This data serves as the foundation for the development of transportation proposals to local and state governments, which may include such things as road improvements, traffic calming, multimodal transportation, and new road construction.

The most pressing road construction projects generally involve those arterials that carry the greatest traffic volume: Alcoa Highway and Chapman Highway. For Alcoa Highway, TDOT has proposed a six-lane reconstruction of the road sections from Maloney Road to Montlake Drive and north of the bridge over Little River to Maloney Road.

Additional short-term projects in this part of the county involve dimensional improvements at the intersection of Sevierville Pike and Kimberlin Heights Road, reconstruction of the intersection at Maloney Road and Old Maryville Pike, and roadway improvements on Kimberlin Heights Road, east of Hodges Ferry Road.

Transportation Projects

Project	Location	Work Description	Schedule	Status	Sponsor
Alcoa Highway	Maloney Road to Montlake Drive	Reconstruct to 6 lanes	Short-Term	Programmed	TDOT
Alcoa Highway	North of bridge over Little River to Maloney Road	Reconstruct to 6 lanes	Short-term	Programmed	TDOT
John Sevier Highway	Alcoa Highway to Chapman Highway	Widen to 4 lane divided	Medium-Term	In Planning	Knox County
Maloney Road	Maloney Road at Old Maryville Pike	Reconstruct intersection	Short-term	In Design	Knox County
Maryville Pike	Woodson Drive to John Sevier Highway	Widen to 4 lanes	Long-Term	Proposed	NA
Maryville Pike	John Sevier Highway to Blount County Line	Widen to 4 lanes	Long-term	Proposed	NA
Maryville Pike	Woodson Drive to Chapman Highway	New 4 lane section	Long-term	Proposed	NA
Sevierville Pike	At Kimberlin Heights Road	Geometric improvements	Short-term	In Design	Knox County
James White Parkway	Moody Avenue to Chapman Highway	4 lane divided	Medium-Term	In Planning	TDOT

Note 1: Scheduled dates for completion can be roughly estimated as follows:
Short-term 1-10 years, Medium-Term 11-20 years, Long-term > 20 years.
Note 2: Scheduled times for completion of these projects are not set in stone and can change due to shifting priorities, budget shortfalls, or technical difficulties.
Source: TPO, Long Range Transportation Plan Update, March 1999
Source: TPO, FY 2000-2004 Transportation Improvement Program

Average Daily Traffic Counts by Location

Street	Location	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	% Change
Tennessee department of transportation Counts
Alcoa Highway	Near Blount County line	45,339	49,501	44,769	46,517	49,434	48,449	7%
Alcoa Highway	N. of John Sevier Highway	48,957	47,507	43,916	44,041	44,029	42,298	-14%
Alcoa Highway	S. of Cherokee Trail	48,047	52,828	47,422	39,243	50,262	43,749	-9%
Chapman Highway	N. of Simpson Road	23,358	22,513	23,134	25,166	24,757	28,132	20%
Chapman Highway	N. of Norton Drive	28,006	29,877	30,752	30,633	33,280	33,127	18%
Cherokee Trail	E. of Alcoa Highway	5,800	4,669	5,251	3,233	3,490	4,005	-31%
Gov. John Sevier Highway	W. of Konda Drive	10,567	9,928	10,695	11,040	12,012	12,620	19%
Gov. John Sevier Highway	French Broad River Bridge	9,800	9,227	9,638	9,494	11,015	12,412	27%
Gov. John Sevier Highway	E. of Alcoa Highway	16,191	17,087	16,700	14,088	17,887	19,201	19%
Gov. John Sevier Highway	W. of Twin Creeks Road	11,796	11,185	11,701	11,635	13,109	14,941	27%
Gov. John Sevier Highway	W. of Dick Ford Lane	11,033	11,477	11,839	11,318	12,647	NA	15%
Hendrons Chapel Drive	E. of Shortcut Road	3,433	3,451	3,455	3,972	4,609	4,355	27%
Kimberlin Heights Drive	W. of Hodges Ferry Road	2,919	3,037	3,295	3,310	3,569	3,966	36%
Martin Mill Pike	S. of Stock Creek Drive	1,185	1,242	1,131	1,110	1,239	1,292	9%
Martin Mill Pike	S. of Artella Drive	2,136	2,392	2,144	2,230	2,361	2,420	13%
Metropolitan Planning Commission Counts
Highland View Drive	W. of Simpson Drive	1,713	1,742	2,500	816	1,837	1,819	6%
Maryville Pike	100' E. of Belt Road	6,655	6,164	6,304	6,982	6,599	6,726	1%
Maryville Pike	100' N. of John Sevier Highway	4,877	4,923	5995	5,103	5,175	4,847	-1%
Tipton Station Road	100' W. of Haws Road	2,113	5,114	2,175	2,215	2,934	2,415	14%
Woodson Drive	100' E. of Hilltop Drive	1,751	1,676	1,689	1,615	1,928	1,596	-9%

Vehicular volumes have not increased significantly on major arterials or minor arterials, including Alcoa Highway, Chapman Highway, Governor John Sevier Highway, Maryville Pike, and Martin Mill Pike.

A significant portion of the trips being generated on Alcoa Highway, Chapman Highway, and Governor John Sevier Highway are the result of commuter traffic with origins outside Knox County.

Access management problems are prevalent along Chapman Highway, primarily due to the lack of acceleration and deceleration lanes, the large number of curb cuts, and the lack of turning lanes in many locations.

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