Skyway Drive-In

6517 Maynardville Pike,
Knoxville, TN 37918

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rivest266
rivest266 on September 3, 2018 at 2:30 pm

This opened on July 26th, 1948. Grand opening ad posted. Closed winters until 1951.

tntim
tntim on June 17, 2014 at 3:33 pm

The Skyway was on Maynardville Pike which is what Broadway becomes after you leave the Knoxville city limits. The location is in the unincorporated community of Halls Crossroads. I have set the streetview to the correct location. It shows the original driveway which is now the entrance to the trailer park that sits on the spot where the drive-in was. You can take the streetview up Mynatt Road which runs along the south side of the property, and still see the old metal fencing that was around the drive-in.

The last add in the newspaper that I can find was in September 1973, so I would assume that it closed for good after the 1973 season.

The correct address is 6517 Maynardville Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on September 29, 2012 at 1:35 pm

tntim..You are welcome!! Do you have pictures to share?

tntim
tntim on September 29, 2012 at 12:28 pm

Thanks for the correction. I have always called that section Maynardville Hwy, but it doesn’t become “Highway” until it crosses the Knox/Union County line.

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on September 29, 2012 at 12:00 pm

I checked the 6517 Maynardville Hwy address and it puts you out in the county.

The address is: 6517 Maynardville Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918 It makes a big drifference.