sentences:  The section between Ooltewah and SR 60 in Cleveland opened on October 18, 1966.Like much of the interstate system in rural Tennessee, priority was generally given to completing rural segments in Middle and West Tennessee over East Tennessee, but the last approximately segment of I-75 in Tennessee, located mostly in Campbell County, was constructed much earlier than most of the rural segments in Tennessee, reportedly due to the influence of then-Congressman and later U.S.Senator Howard Baker Jr., who was from that area.