Need some advice from some TN geography experts. The natural route for me to travel to Townsend would be I-40 from the west.
If (huge IF), I drove my 51, I’d prefer to do as little interstate as is practical. The one big climb from the west in the interstate (just east of Cookeville or Crossville, can’t remember which) is a little sketchy even in a modern vehicle. You have semis climbing at 45 and all the passenger vehicles still wanting to do 75.
Is there an alternate route on two lanes that isn’t just as bad, or worse? Sometimes, the interstate is the safe route when options are limited.
