064 Hawkins - U.S. 11W Series Traditional Geocache

064 Hawkins - U.S. 11W Series

These cache containers are not meant to be moved from their original locations
Each has been constructed to fit in the hiding environment in which it has been placed.

U.S. numbered highways are the original interstate highways and date back to 1926 and numbered in a grid. Even numbered route were for east-west routes (with the lowest numbers along Canada) and odd numbered for north-south routes (with the lowest numbers along the Atlantic Ocean). Three-digit highways were known as 'child routes' and branched off their main one or two-digit parents like U.S. 11. U.S. Route 11, created in 1926, is a north-south highway extending 1,645 miles across the eastern United States. The most southern point of the road begins in Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in eastern New Orleans, Louisiana. The most northern point actually crosses the Canadian border as Quebec Rt. 233. The Maestri Bridge, which crosses Lake Ponchatrain, served as the only route to New Orleans from the east for six weeks after Hurricane Katrina due to its sturdy construction. Route 11, parallels Interstate 81 in many areas and is joined by Interstates 59, 40, 75, and 24.

U.S. Route 11 enters Tennessee west of Chattanooga and exits Tennessee south of Bristol as it heads into Virginia. In Knoxville, the route splits into U.S. Route 11W and U.S. Route 11E. This series of 'park and grab' geocaches will focus on the most northern end of U.S. 11W in the state of Tennessee--focusing on the different counties of the area. The route extends 120 miles between Knoxville to Bristol--with a bike route alongside the highway which expands the pull-off area alongside both sides of the road.