Going up Hwy 11

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I've driven part of the SC 11 state road, as well as SC 28, US 19, US 64/74, and many of the Western NC highways. Always fun. US 11/11W/11E from VA through Bristol, TN all the way through Knoxville, down into Etowah and Chattanooga, then down into GA is a great drive. 11W passes through Rogersville, TN, where my parents grew up. Before the interstate, 11W was the main road from Kingsport, TN and Knoxville, TN The old 2 lane part of the highway had lots of turns and blind hills because it flowed with the landscape instead of cutting through like the modern 4 lane parts. There used to be so many wrecks, it was nicknamed Bloody 11W. It's great listening to my dad talk about the heavy traffic from the travelers, and commercial trucks driving through downtown during his childhood in the 50's and 60's before they built the 4 lane bypass.