Map Gallery

Photo showing an aerial view of Interstate 26 at the Unaka/Watauga Avenue exits in downtown Johnson City, with the title "Johnson City MTPO Planning Boundaries" and subtitle "Urban Area or Adjusted Urban Area or Metropolitan Planning Area - Which boundary do we use and why? It depends." The link storymaps.arcgis.com is also shown.

StoryMap of Planning Boundaries

This StoryMap walks you through the differences between the three different boundaries the Johnson City MTPO uses.

A screenshot of a map showing the Johnson City Urbanized Area in grayish blue and a thick black outline of the Metropolitan Planning Area.

Johnson MTPO

2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Update

This picture is a map showing several layers, with the Metropolitan Planning Area in light blue transparent background with a black outline and the Urbanized Area in a darker blue solid background.

Johnson City MTPO Metropolitan Planning Area Boundary

The Johnson City MTPO recently adopted the Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA) Boundary, which includes the Urbanized Area plus other areas that we predict will become urbanized within the next 20 years.

A screenshot of a map showing the cities and towns in Northeast Tennessee, with the main routes in a golden color, and markers where current projects are located.

Transportation Improvement Program

A screenshot of a map showing the Johnson City Urbanized Area, in red, where it was adjusted to add some areas, in bright red.

Adjusted UZA

The Johnson City MTPO adjusted the Johnson City Urban Area Boundary, provided by the Census Bureau, for transportation planning purposes.

A screenshot of a map with an aerial view in and around downtown Johnson City showing map markers for the locations of historic interest.

Transportation History

Transportation History in the Johnson City MTPO area.

A screenshot of a map showing the counties of Washington, Sullivan, Carter, and Unicoi counties, along with markers of where the traffic count stations are located. Each traffic station marker displays a label with the current number of traffic counts for that location.

Historic Traffic Counts

This map includes traffic station locations for the 4-county region, along with historic traffic count data. This data is provided by the Tennessee Department of Transportation.