On one hand I hate to see it, maybe, go. On the other, what was the name of the road before Jimmy Carter? Maybe it should be called that? If you remember back a bit, a lot of strests in Knoxville were renamed during the Ashe years because he could. They would pick streets without homeowners so nobody could complain about the name chage. That part I don't miss.

I think Jimmy Carter Drive was just one of the many many short sections of Beaver Ridge Road that were replaced by Highway 62. The old road meandered back and forth on a crooked path through the Ridgedale / Karns / Byington area. Highway 62 goes on a more direct path but left short sections of the original intersecting with Western at acute angles.

I'd say it's worth keeping, if only for its value in pissing off these morons:

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That's interesting. They haven't done a very good job of locating existing memorials. I'm pretty sure the big convention center in DC is named after Reagan, isn't it?

My favorite was the Ronald Reagan bust outside the McDonalds in Northpoint, AL.

I've got no problem honoring Jimmy Carter. Even if you didn't dig him as a President, you can't deny his humanitarian work post-presidency. In fact, the Carters and 500 volunteers built 100 Habitat houses in Haiti over the past week.

Nothing mentioned on the TDOT webpage. The intersection of Nickle Road with Western Ave is to be realigned to a perpendicular intersection. I wouldn't be surprised to see Jimmy Carter Drive closed at Western. The remaining stub may remain Jimmy Carter Drive.

Knoxville Politics -- a Republican member of city council who votes with the mayor is deemed more worthy of recognition than a Democratic President.