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In 2001, the City of Memphis began construction on an extension of Sam Cooper Boulevard west of the North Highland Street exit. After completion of the first phase of construction, Sam Cooper Boulevard transitioned into Broad Avenue between North Holmes Street and Vandalia Street, about .4 miles (640 m) west of North Highland Street. [7]
The Memphis Suspension Railway, Mud Island Monorail, or Memphis Monorail is a suspended monorail that connected the city center of Memphis with the entertainment park on Mud Island. Celebrating its grand opening on July 3, 1982, [1] it was located beneath a footbridge over the Wolf River Lagoon connecting to the southern tip of Mud Island. In ...
Construction for the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway, later acquired by the "Frisco," began in 1888 and was completed May 12, 1892. In the end the project created a bridge that was the farthest south on the Mississippi River, featured the longest truss span in the United States and cost nearly 3 million dollars.
Memphis City Council on Tuesday delayed votes on a series of developments at Liberty Park. ... Officials are looking at a start date for construction in the third quarter of 2026, Cash said.
The tallest man-made structure in the city is the 1003 ft (305.7m) Edwin L. Nass Tower 1, a guyed steel TV transmitting tower located at 5317 Crestview Road in northeast Memphis. [ 3 ] Unlike many other downtowns in the Sun Belt , Memphis did not experience the high-rise building booms of the late 1980s or early 2000s.
On August 20, 1932, plans for a new stadium for the City of Memphis were drawn up and approved by the city managers. Funding for this Depression-era project was achieved when, on December 16, 1933, a 3-acre (12,000 m 2) athletic field was approved by state and federal Civil Works Authority and construction was completed in 1934. The stadium's ...
(The Center Square) – The Memphis Area Transit Authority won the Pork of the Year Award for 2025, squealing past a Nissan Stadium project that puts taxpayers on the hook for upgrades, according ...
Buildings' design was handled by O.T. Marshall Architects, Memphis. The City of Memphis started breaking ground of the new Raleigh Springs Civic Center on December 2, 2017 and groundbreaking was held November 19, 2020. Construction has slowed down with the new library at the civic center, before groundbreaking was held on the effect date. [15]