Thornton (in Delaware County, PA) Populated Place Profile. Thornton (GNIS FID: 1204811) is a populated place located within the Township of Thornbury, a minor civil division (MCD) of Delaware County. The elevation of Thornton is 459 feet. Thornton appears on the West Chester U.S. Geological Survey Map. Delaware County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
Tennessee Highway Patrol. The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is the highway patrol agency and de facto state police organization for the U.S. state of Tennessee, responsible for enforcing all federal and state laws relating to traffic on the state's federal and state highways.
Here is a little history on the area: The Avenue of the Giants was the original stretch of Route 101 until a freeway bypass was created in 1960. After that time the road was given a new designation of Route 254 and maintained by the state.