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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.
The shortest mainline interstate highway in Tennessee is I-55, at a length of 12.28 miles (19.76 km) in Memphis. The longest auxiliary interstate highway in Tennessee is I-840 , an outer southern bypass around Nashville, at a length of 77.28 miles (124.37 km).
On December 17, 1986, a truck driver was killed when his truck struck a boulder which had fallen across the road just east of Crab Orchard. [264] In response to the incident, between January 1987 and December 1988, workers flattened the cut slopes along this stretch of the Interstate and moved a 1,000-foot (300 m) section of the road 60 feet ...
With the creation of interchanges in Pulaski County, Kentucky, has been suggested that TN 111 and parts of US 127, KY 90, the south end of KY 1247, the north end of KY 914, KY 80 and KY 461 be renumbered US 111 (a route that no longer exists) to create a major-numbered route along the scenic western edge of the plateau, connecting Interstates ...
U.S. Route 70 (US 70) enters the state of Tennessee from Arkansas via the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge in Memphis, and runs west to east across 21 counties in all three Grand Divisions of Tennessee, with a total length of 478.48 miles (770.04 km), to end at the North Carolina state line in eastern Cocke County.
Combined, I-240 and its parent, I-40, form a contiguous beltway around most of Memphis. I-240 runs from I-40 in Midtown Memphis to I-40 and Sam Cooper Boulevard in East Memphis. Throughout its length, it provides access to I-55, multiple U.S. and state routes, and the Memphis International Airport. The segment between the western terminus and I ...
State Route 57 (SR 57) is an east–west highway that runs from Memphis to the Mississippi state line near Pickwick Dam and Pickwick Landing State Park.Except for in Shelby County and western Fayette County, SR 57 is a two lane road generally with a 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limit.
In 1935, US 72 was routed to Memphis through Mississippi from Corinth removing the extension on US 45 to Selmer. As late as the early 1970s, US 72 followed State Route 57 (Poplar Avenue) from Collierville to its western terminus at East Parkway N. (which carried US 64, US 70 , and US 79 , as well as State Route 1 ).