 It is here that the highway passes over what is colloquially referred to as "The Monteagle" or "Monteagle Mountain", a section of the southern Cumberland Plateau which is a major landmark on the road between Chattanooga and Nashville.The interstate regularly shuts down in inclement weather, routing traffic onto U.S. Route 41.In the Jerry Reed song "The Legend", which is the opening track in the film "Smokey and the Bandit", Reed tells the story of the Bandit miraculously surviving brake failure on the "Monteagle Grade".