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The roads in Memphis, Tennessee, include Interstate 40 (I-40), I-55, I-69, and I-240 with interchanges near the city center, and I-269 with interchanges serving the eastern outskirts. There are eight U.S. Highways serving the city. One beltway surrounds Memphis within the city, plus an additional semi-beltway surrounds the outer reaches of the ...
The northern segment, combined with I-269, serves as a partial outer beltway around Memphis, and the southern segment serves as a spur route between the city and its southeastern suburbs, and is notable for its almost-exclusive use of single-point urban interchanges (SPUIs). The highway that is now SR 385 was originally envisioned in the 1960s.
It then crosses the Wolf River where the speed limit rises to 45 and passes back into Memphis through the Cordova community. SR 177 later intersects I-40 (Exit 16) near the Wolfchase Galleria . SR 177 crosses US 64 / SR 15 (Stage Road) in Bartlett , before terminating as a state route at US 70 / US 79 / SR 1 .
In Memphis, the segment between I-240/Sam Cooper Boulevard and US 64/70/79 – then part of I-240 – was dedicated on October 9, 1963, by Governor Frank G. Clement and opened to traffic 14 days later. [109] [110] That same month, contracts for the last sections between Memphis and Nashville were let.
1955 Interstate Highway plan for Memphis. I-240 was first planned in 1955 as a 30.8-mile (49.6 km) beltway that would completely encircle midtown Memphis, with the exception of the segment between I-40 and I-55, which was initially designated as I-255. In 1973, that number was decommissioned in favor of I-240 running in a full loop.
US 61 at the Mississippi State Line in Memphis: I-55 in Memphis; US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 79 (E.H. Crump Blvd.) in Memphis; I-40 in Memphis; US 51 (Thomas Street) in Memphis; I-40 / Future I-69 / I-240 in Memphis; I-40 / I-240 in Memphis; Future I-269 (Barret Pkwy.) / SR 385 near Rosemark; North end: SR 54 near Covington: Location; Country
Interstate 55 (I-55) is part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from LaPlace, Louisiana, to Chicago, Illinois.In the state of Tennessee, the Interstate is located entirely within the state's second-largest city of Memphis, running 12.28 miles (19.76 km) from the Mississippi state line in the Whitehaven neighborhood to the Arkansas border across the Mississippi River.
Airways Boulevard to I-240 - Memphis International Airport: Southern terminus; roadway continues south as Airways Boulevard; SR 277 begins as a signed secondary highway: 0.64: 1.03: South Parkway/Spottswood Avenue: SR 277 joins the Memphis Parkway System and becomes East Parkway: 1.88– 2.06: 3.03– 3.32