Stories Related to Bloody 11-w: Rogersville Asks Tdot For Safety Study Where Two Fatalities Occurred This Year

ROGERSVILLE — City leaders are hoping the state can come up with a plan to improve safety at a Highway 11-W intersection where two fatalities have occurred since April. “Bloody 11-W” was built in 1929 as a 110-mile, narrow, winding two-lane highway that connects Bristol, Va., with Knoxville, and it earned its nickname thanks to the high volume of horrific fatalities that took place there over the decades. Although it’s flatter, straighter and mostly four-lane today, 11-W is still the location of numerous bad wrecks every year, especially in Hawkins County. The intersection that concerned the Rogersville BMA at Tuesday’s meeting is at West Main Street, where: * On April 11, a Hawkins County man was killed when a Chevy Blazer allegedly pulled onto 11-W into the path of an oncoming motorcycle. * On Oct.

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