Missionary Ridge

Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and George H. Thomas routed Confederate forces under General Braxton Bragg and lifted the siege of the city.

The cut's sharp curves and steep grade are often a factor in crashes and congestion.

The ridge today is an affluent residential area with many plaques and monuments to the battle, some of which are in the yards of residents, but most of the larger of which are surrounded by small reservations which are part of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, administered by the U.S. National Park Service.

The city of Chattanooga has undertaken a trial program using goats and llamas that graze on the plant.

In 2007, the goats grazed along the Missionary Ridge area in the east of the city.

Missionary Ridge, as viewed from Lookout Mountain . The ridge is the sharp divide in the middle of the picture. The Smoky Mountains are in the far background.
Missionary Ridge surrounds downtown Chattanooga; the "Ridge Cut", a 1 ⁄ 4 -mile (0.40 km) blast into the ridge to pass Interstate 24, is the dip in the center of the image.