The Blythe Ferry site is located in Meigs County on Blythe Ferry Road off of State Routes 306 and 60 at the confluence of the Tennessee and Hiwassee rivers in a wooded area at an opening in a rocky bluff. In operation until 1994, the ferry crossed the tail waters of Chickamauga Lake between Meigs and Rhea counties; the river is approximately 0.4 miles wide at this point. The eastern approach and landing along Blythe Ferry Road, originally an early-nineteenth century path and later a cut dirt-surface road, is approximately twenty-five feet wide, covered with asphalt, and descends to the river's edge. The ferry crossed the Tennessee River on a southeast/northwest axis. The Tennessee Valley Authority dammed the Tennessee River in the 1940s to create Chickamauga Lake. The water level increased seven feet, but primarily affected the western ferry landing in Rhea County. Although the ferry discontinued operation in 1994 due to the construction of a bridge to the south of the landings, the site remains an access point for boats. Prior to the construction of the nearby bridge, the original State Route 60 crossed the river at the ferry. Because the bridge was constructed nearly a mile south of the ferry site, the immediate area sustained no physical alterations due to the construction and retains historic integrity. - NRHP