U.S. Route 25E (US 25E) is the eastern branch of U.S. Route 25 from Newport, Tennessee, where US 25 splits into US 25E and US 25W, to North Corbin, Kentucky, where the two highways rejoin. The road, however, continues as US 25E for roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) until it joins Interstate 75 in the Laurel County community of North Corbin at exit 29. The entire route serves as a arterial expressway for long-distance travelers and truckers connecting central Appalachia to the Great Lakes and Eastern Seaboard regions of the U.S. via access to Interstate highways. All of US 25E in Tennessee, along with US 25 from Newport to the North Carolina state line, is designated as the East Tennessee Crossing Byway, a National Scenic Byway. Portions of US 25E in Tennessee and Kentucky are designated as part of the Appalachian Development Highway System, which include Corridor S and Corridor F. Corridor S follows US 25E between I-81 in Morristown to SR 63 (Corridor F) in Harrogate, and Corridor F follows the route from SR 63 to U.S. Route 119 in Pineville. Since 1982, US 25E from exit 29 of I-75 in North Corbin to exit 8 of I-81 in Morristown has been established as a federal truck route in the National Truck Network. This same stretch of US 25E has been recognized as High-Priority Corridor 12, part of the National Highway System since 1991. US 25E has been included in the U.S. Highway System since the system's inception in 1926. US 25E is concurrent with unsigned Tennessee State Route 32 for its entire length in Tennessee. Route description Tennessee French Broad region US 25E begins in the western portion of the city of Newport in Cocke County where it forks at the northern terminus of US 25 alongside US 25W/US 70. Northbound US 25 and westbound US 70 leave Newport concurrent with one another. From Newport, US 25E continues as two-lane primary highway out of unincorporated Cocke County through a forested area near the community of Gum Spring approaching the Douglas Lake impoundment of the French Broad River. After briefly paralleling the shoreline of the French Broad River, US 25E exits Cocke County as it crosses over the French Broad at the concrete bulb-tee beam J.M. Walters Bridge. US 25E then enters Jefferson County northeast of the resort city of Baneberry, through a rural/residential corridor before entering the town