Roads in Memphis, Tennessee

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 city.

Interstates

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Interstate highway Additional information
  I-40 A major east–west interstate that enters the city from Arkansas. The highway continues into the west and north sides of downtown Memphis, then towards Bartlett, and exits the city prior to entering northern Fayette and Haywood Counties
  I-55 A major north–south interstate that enters the city from northwest Mississippi, bypasses the downtown area, and leaves the city via the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge into Arkansas.
  I-69 A future interstate route that will be extended southward from western Kentucky and southern Indiana to parallel US 51.
  I-240 The inner beltway that runs from I-40 in downtown Memphis southward, and then turns east from the I-55 junction, and then north to I-40
  I-269 The future outer beltway in eastern and northern Shelby County that will serve as an auxiliary route of I-69. It will follow SR 385 from Collierville on the Shelby-Fayette County line all the way to the junction with US 51 north of downtown.

Additionally, I-22, which travels concurrently with U.S. Route 78, also serves the area as a connecting freeway from the Memphis area to Birmingham, Alabama. I-22's western terminus is currently located at the I-269 junction near Byhalia, Mississippi.

U.S. Highways

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Route number Local street name(s)
  US 51 Elvis Presley Boulevard, Thomas Street, Thomas Road
  US 61 3rd Street
  US 64 E.H. Crump Boulevard, Danny Thomas Boulevard, Union Avenue, East Parkway, Summer Avenue, Stage Road
  US 70 E.H. Crump Boulevard, Danny Thomas Boulevard, Union Avenue, East Parkway, Summer Avenue
  US 72 Poplar Avenue, Tupelo Highway
  US 78 Lamar Avenue
  US 79 E.H. Crump Boulevard, Danny Thomas Boulevard, Union Avenue, East Parkway, Summer Avenue

State routes

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Route number Local street name(s)
   SR 1[a] E.H. Crump Boulevard, Danny Thomas Boulevard, Union Avenue, Thomas Street, North Parkway, Summer Avenue
   SR 3[a] Elvis Presley Boulevard, 2nd Street, Thomas Steeet, Thomas Road
  SR 4[a] Lamar Avenue
  SR 14 3rd Street, A.W. Willis Avenue, Jackson Avenue, Austin Peay Highway
   SR 15[a] James Road
  SR 23 Walnut Grove Road
   SR 57 Poplar Avenue
  SR 86[a] Tupelo Highway
  SR 175 Weaver Road, Shelby Drive, Byhalla Road
  SR 176 Getwell Road
  SR 177 Germantown Road
  SR 204 Covington Pike, Sargent Walter K. Singleton Parkway
  SR 205 Collierville-Arlington Road, Airline Road
  SR 277
  SR 300
  SR 385 Bill Morris Parkway, Future I-269, Winfield Dunn Parkway (a.k.a. Memphis Outer Beltway), Paul Barrett Memorial Parkway
  SR 388 Winfield Street

Other notable roadways

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Secret, or hidden state highway designation associated with a U.S. Route.

See also

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References

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