Foothills Parkway
Major intersections

County
Location
mi
km
Destinations
Notes
Blount
Chilhowee
0.0
0.0
US 129 (SR 115 / Calderwood Highway) – Fontana Dam, Maryville
Western segment southern terminus
Blount
Walland
16.9
27.2
US 321 (SR 73 / East Lamar Alexander Parkway) – Townsend, Maryville
Interchange
Sevier
Wears Valley
33.0
53.1
US 321 (SR 73 / Wears Valley Road) – Townsend, Pigeon Forge
Western segment northern terminus
Sevier
Pigeon Forge
-
-
US 321 (SR 73) / US 441 (SR 71) – Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Future interchange (unfunded)
Sevier
Pittman Center
-
-
SR 416 (Pittman Center Road)
Future interchange (unfunded)
Cocke
Cosby
0.0
0.0
US 321 / SR 32 (Cosby Highway) – Gatlinburg, Newport
Eastern segment southern terminus
Cocke
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5.6
9.0
I-40 – Knoxville, Asheville
Eastern segment northern terminus; I-40, exit 443
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Unopened
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Unopened
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Unopened
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Unopened
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Unopened
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Unopened

Question: What is the first major geological structure visible when approaching the mountains via Lamar Alexander Parkway (U.S. 321) and which county is the structure in?
Answer: Chilhowee Mountain, located in Blount County is the first major geological structure visible when approaching the mountains via Lamar Alexander Parkway (U.S. 321).