Quick Trip down the Bristol-Memphis Highway

  A week or so ago, we took a "quick" trip to Sevierville to pick up Mom for something-er-other. I put "quick" in quotation marks because "quick" would mean the 3 hour ride along Interstate 40. But we actually had most of Sunday so we took Highway 70, the old Bristol-Memphis Highway, roughly from
Lebanon to Kingston. Oh and we took Hwy 70 South, as there is a north route that goes up through Cookeville and meets back up with its southern partner in Crossville. And we had time to stop and see a few remnants of the old(glory?) days along the way.

Old BF Goodrich sign in front of home near Liberty, Tn

Bridge over Center Hill Lake, in the process of being replaced.

Abandoned, just east of Center Hill Lake. Was this a gas station, grocer?

Cumberland Truck Stop, just past Crossville, Tn

Cumberland Truck Stop, almost forgotten

Abandoned near Kingston, Tn. Gas station, bank, jail?

Quilt barn, fading pattern, near Kingston, Tn