When a trucker starting a drive from El Paso to Kentucky mentions that they see “at least one runaway truck” every time they pass through Tennessee, they’re talking about Monteagle. The town of Monteagle sits at the summit of the Cumberland Plateau in Grundy County, Tennessee, and the descent from that plateau down to the Tennessee Valley floor on Interstate 24 is one of the most infamous truck grades in the southeastern United States.
[Read More]Monteagle Mountain: Tennessee's Most Notorious Truck Grade
The I-24 descent off the Cumberland Plateau has produced more runaway truck incidents than almost any other grade in the Southeast
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