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The Memphis Parkway System (locally known as the Parkway System, The Parkways, or simply by their individual names) is a system of parkways that formed the original outer beltway around Memphis, Tennessee. They consist of South Parkway, East Parkway, and North Parkway.
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
The northern section, designated as Paul W. Barret Parkway runs between U.S. Route 51 (US 51) in Millington and I-40 in Arlington, both of which are suburbs of Memphis. The southern segment, known as Bill Morris Parkway , runs between I-240 in southeastern Memphis, and I-269 in Collierville , and also serves the city of Germantown .
Sam Cooper Boulevard is an urban highway in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.The more recent western segment of the road follows a parkway design, while the older eastern portion, which was proposed and constructed as a segment of Interstate 40 (I-40), was built as a freeway, without at-grade intersections and traffic lights.
However, in 1957, citizens collected 10,000 signatures protesting the route of I-40, which was to cut through Overton Park, a 342-acre (138 ha) public park in Midtown that contained a wooded refuge, the Memphis Zoo, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Memphis College of Art, a 9-hole golf course, an amphitheater that was the site of Elvis ...
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 .
The boundaries of South Memphis were defined as follows: On the east, south and west the boundaries are the same as the South Memphis tract, and on the north the boundary line commences in the center of the Mississippi River, opposite the rise of Union Street; thence east with the center of Union Street, as at present laid off until the same ...
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.