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A Piperton area pastor is dead and family members say his wife is in critical condition after a car crash in Southaven Tuesday. ... He also served on the executive board of the Tennessee Baptist ...
A fund has been set up to aid the family of a former Oak Ridge pastor and his wife with expenses after the couple was killed in a car crash in Southaven, Tennessee on Sept. 4.
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.
A sign for Interstate 55 South and Interstate 69 South is seen from I-55 between the Goodman Road and Church Road exits in Southaven, Miss., on Monday, June 17, 2024.
A crash on the Dschang Cliff, West Region killed 53 people after a truck illegally carrying fuel collided with a bus. [308] February 11 – United States – Icy conditions from an ice storm caused a massive 133-vehicle pileup on Interstate 35W in Fort Worth, Texas, killing six people and injuring 95. February 16 – India – Sidhi bus accident.
When it was realized that a national highway system was needed, the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 provided for a highway replacing the old US 66 which I-55 filled. I-55 was originally constructed in the 1960s, to extend a section of US 66 between I-294 and Gardner which had been converted into a freeway and had Interstate signage installed in 1960.
According to the Illinois State Police, the crash occurred around 4:31 a.m. on northbound I-55 near milepost 3, involing a tractor trailer and a SUV. One person was pronounced dead at the scene.
The longest interstate highway in Tennessee is Interstate 40, at a length of 454.81 miles (731.95 km). The segment of I-40 in Tennessee is also the longest segment of all of the states the route traverses. The shortest mainline interstate highway in Tennessee is I-55, at a length of 12.28 miles (19.