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DIRECTIONS

Driving Distance -Major Cities

Oak Ridge, Tennessee- The city of Oak Ridge lies in the ridge-valley topography of Eastern Tennessee. The City is ~15 minutes off I-40 andI-75.

FROM THE KNOXVILLE'S McGHEE TYSON AIRPORT

Leaving McGhee TysonAirport North on Highway 129 to Interstate 140 (to Oak Ridge) travel 11 miles to merge into Pellissippi Parkway(TN-162N): (see Pellissippi Parkway below.)

FROM THE NORTH on I-75 (LEXINGTON, KY)

Interstate 75 SOUTHto Exit 122 to Oak Ridgevia the Clinton Highway61. (see Exit 122 - Highway 61 below.)

FROM THE SOUTH on I-75 (CHATTANOOGA, TN)

Interstate 75 NORTH(to Knoxville)Exit 84 onto I-40 EAST. (see From the West I-40 EAST)

FROM THE NORTH on I-81 (BRISTOL, TN)

Interstate 81 SOUTHto Interstate 40 WEST. Follow below directions From the East (40 WEST).

FROM THE EAST on I-40 (ASHVILLE, NC)

Interstate 40 WEST.Exit 393 (I-640) around Knoxville.From Interstate I-640, take the exit 3B to Clinton (25W). (see Exit 3B - Clinton Highway -US25W below.)

FROM THE WEST on I-40 (NASHVILLE, TN)

Interstate 40, takeExit 376 (Maryville/Oak Ridge) to Oak Ridge via the Pellissippi Parkway (TN-162N). EXIT 376A(see Pellissippi Parkwaybelow.)

Exit 376A - TN-162 "Pellissippi Parkway"

On a long exit rampwhich in 0.8 miles will merge into Pellissippi Parkway (TN-162N). Once on Pellissippi (TN-162,N),continue 6 miles on TN-162 merges into TN-62 "Oak Ridge Highway". Continue onTN-62 west .4 miles through Solway (small town) and over the Clinch River bridge to Edgemoor Road (TN-170). Exit sign on your right. (see Hwy170-"Edgemoor Drive" below)

Exit 3B - US-25W "Clinton Highway"

Once on Clinton Highway 25Wcontinue for 12 miles through Powell (medium town) to light in Claxton (smalltown). Turn left on to Edgemoor Road (TN-170) (see Hwy 170-"EdgemoorDrive" below)

Hwy 170-"Edgemoor Drive"

Traveling from Clinton Highway -3.0 miles you will pass the TVA Bullrun Steam Plant then cross the Edgemoor Bridge to first light. Turn right atlight onto Melton Lake Dr.(see below)

Traveling from Pellissippi Parkway- 2.3 miles to first light. Exit on the "Melton Lake Drive" ramp to the rightonto Melton Lake Dr.(see "Melton Lake Drive"below)

Exit 122 - Highway 61

Follow Highway 61through Clinton to Oak Ridge. Within 20 minutes, you will pass ablue Oak Ridgewelcome sign on your right. Continue 0.3 miles after WELCOME sign to firstlight after sign. Turn left at light onto Melton Lake Dr. (see "Melton Lake Drive"below)

"Melton Lake Drive"

Traveling fromEdgemoor- The Oak Ridge Rowing Association Boathouse is 2.2 miles on yourright.

Traveling from OakRidge Turnpike- The Oak Ridge Rowing Association is 1.2 miles ahead on theleft.

PARKING

·Spectatorswill asked to park along the shoulders of Melton Lake Drive. As the regattacontinues to grow in size parking for teams and spectators become limited.Please follow the posted signs to the appropriate parking areas. Volunteerswill be on hand to assist you. There is not a charged to enter Melton Lake Park. The park istentatively scheduled to open at 6:00 a.m. each morning.

·The parkingarea is reserved for referees; event volunteers, and regatta officials,spectators may not park in this area.

·The grassareas will be reserved for cartop vehicles with boats and trucks with shelltrailers, set up in marked area and tow vehicles are not permitted to park intrailer parking area. Each trailer will have 18-20 feet between trailers. Rigging can take place on any of thegrass areas of the park. Crews willneed to bring shell storage equipment if needed.

·The parking lot may not be used forrigging or boat storage unless directed by LOC.

·The walking trail that runs throughthe venue must be left clear.This road MUST bekept clear for emergency vehicles.

·Buses will beallowed to drop off athletes in parking lot in front of boathouse. Buses willbe required to drop in the designated area. Busses may remain in parking lot nolonger than 15 minutes before moving to an off site parking area. A parkingvolunteer will give each Bus Driver a packet and map to Bus Staging Area (BSA).Crews needing bus will need to go to the Volunteer tent and have the Bus Calledforward once the crew is ready to depart the venue. The Bus will have 15minutes once on the venue to load and depart. Drivers will receive additionalinformation in the packet.

·Theeastern half of the parking lot directly in front of the China PalaceRestaurant must be reserved for restaurant quests only. Do not park trailers orcars in this area.