an interchange with SR 155 (Briley Parkway) east of downtown, and then Old Hickory Boulevard in Hermitage. Mount Juliet to Lenoir City East of Nashville, US 70 enters Wilson County near Mount Juliet. US 70 then bypasses the downtown area of Lebanon with intersections with US 231 (SR 10) and US 70N (SR 24), and including a concurrency with SR 141 before turning southeast to DeKalb and White Counties. US 70 is paired with Tennessee State Route 26 from Lebanon all the way to the state route's terminus in Sparta. Near the US 70S junction in Sparta, SR 1 returns to US 70 for its route from there, to Crossville, to the Harriman/Kingston area, all the way into the north side of Lenoir City, and after US 11 (SR 2) joins US 70, it eventually enters the Knoxville area. Knoxville to the North Carolina border In downtown Knoxville, US 70, along with US 11, follows Neyland Drive, south of the campus of University of Tennessee, then exits onto Hall of Fame Drive north to Magnolia Avenue. US 11/70 follows Magnolia Avenue out of downtown. At the US 11W/11E split, US 70 begins to follow US 11E, while SR 1 follows US 11W. Before crossing the Tennessee River for a second time, US 25W begins to follow US 70 (SR 9) from the east side of Knoxville until it merges with US 25E at Newport. US 70 carries US 25 into North Carolina east of Newport. Major intersections The mileposts listed in the following table is only an estimated calculation. Actual mile markers may vary. Related routes Supplemental routes U.S. Route 70 Business (Huntingdon, Tennessee) U.S. Route 70 Business (Camden, Tennessee) Tennessee State Route 391 U.S. Route 70 Business (Dickson, Tennessee) Tennessee State Route 325 U.S. Route 70 Business (Lebanon, Tennessee) Tennessee State Route 1 Tennessee State Route 9 Tennessee State Route 26 State Route 26 (SR 26) runs concurrently with US 70 for its entire existence through Wilson, De Kalb and White Counties in Middle Tennessee. The long state highway runs from Lebanon downtown Sparta. History It was signed solely as SR 26 until sometime in the 1960s or 1970s when US 70 was designated on that alignment, but retains the state route designation as a secret, or hidden designation. See also Roads in Memphis, Tennessee Roads in Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee State Route 1 Tennessee State Route 9 Tennessee State