Tennessee River, KY

The Tennessee River is over 650 miles long. Great Loopers only traverse 190 miles upstream as they cruise south through Kentucky Lake toward the Tombigbee River. On this section, there are four fixed bridges (all over 85-foot vertical clearance) and a lock and dam (57.4-foot vertical clearance).
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