Let’s continue exploring the North Shore neighborhood, this time heading west from Market Street along Cherokee Blvd.
According to the city’s website, Cherokee Boulevard was originally a segment of Stringers Road. Back then, Stringers Road was the main route for early 1900s travelers, horses, and trolleys leading up to and through the Stringer’s Ridge Tunnel.
According to an older article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Stringers Tunnel is a 302-foot-long tunnel on Cherokee Boulevard connecting North Chattanooga to Red Bank and the Mountain Creek area. Originally opening on March 11, 1910, the historic passage cut travel times by an hour and was built to ease travel difficulties to Signal Mountain…