These two roads largely trace the paths created down the length of the Appalachian Mountains by migrating animals, Native Americans, and early settlers. It also follows a major corridor for troop movements during the Civil War. These trails and roadways gradually evolved into U.S. Route 11. Interstate 81 parallels much of the older Route 11.
Created in 1926, U.S. Route 11 runs 1,645 miles between the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in eastern New Orleans, Louisiana and the United States-Canada border in Rouses Point, New York. Constructed during the 1960s Interstate 81 is 854.9 miles beginning at Dandridge, Tennessee and ending on Wellesley Island at the Canadian border, where the Thousand Islands Bridge connects it to Highway 401.
Whether you are headed North or South on I-81, the on and off ramps for Exit 7 in New York are at the same spot and lead to Route 11. Easy on, easy off to stop and take the dog for a potty break. Pick up this geocache, and then pick up after your puppy. Several human travel essentials are also located nearby.