COMMUNITY SUPPORT SPURS PROGRESS ON CORRIDOR B

A short stretch of highway in northeastern Tennessee, running from Erwin approximately 15 miles south to the North Carolina line is now under construction. This section is part of Corridor B, one of more than 20 segments of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS), intended as a 3,000-mile network of modern highways linking most of the Appalachian Region to the Interstate Highway System and the economic resources to which that system connects. This article relates how efforts by citizen groups in five states are spurring progress on Corridor B. There is now hope, and reason to expect, that by the end of this decade Corridor B will have become a modern, four-lane traffic artery that intersects or connects directly to no fewer than seven interstates. Access to that kind of transportation network is expected to revitalize scores of small towns and cities along the new highway's route.

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  Appalachian Regional Commission

  1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20235
• Authors:
  • Baldwin, F
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 30-37
• Serial:
  • Appalachia
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Appalachian Regional Commission
  • ISSN: 0003-6595

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communities; Economic development; Public relations; Redevelopment; Road construction; Small cities; Small towns
• Identifier Terms: Appalachian Development Highway System; Interstate Highway System
• Uncontrolled Terms: Community support; Revitalization
• Geographic Terms: Appalachia
• Old TRIS Terms: Corridor b
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00601485
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1990 12:00AM