Roads in Memphis, Tennessee explained

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

Interstate highwayAdditional information
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
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.
A future interstate route that will be extended southward from western Kentucky and southern Indiana to parallel US 51.
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
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

Route numberLocal street name(s)
Elvis Presley Boulevard, Thomas Street, Thomas Road
3rd Street
E.H. Crump Boulevard, Danny Thomas Boulevard, Union Avenue, East Parkway, Summer Avenue, Stage Road
E.H. Crump Boulevard, Danny Thomas Boulevard, Union Avenue, East Parkway, Summer Avenue
Poplar Avenue, Tupelo Highway
Lamar Avenue
E.H. Crump Boulevard, Danny Thomas Boulevard, Union Avenue, East Parkway, Summer Avenue

State routes

Route numberLocal street name(s)
E.H. Crump Boulevard, Danny Thomas Boulevard, Union Avenue, Thomas Street, North Parkway, Summer Avenue
Elvis Presley Boulevard, 2nd Street, Thomas Steeet, Thomas Road
Lamar Avenue
3rd Street, A.W. Willis Avenue, Jackson Avenue, Austin Peay Highway
James Road
Walnut Grove Road
Poplar Avenue
Tupelo Highway
Weaver Road, Shelby Drive, Byhalla Road
Getwell Road
Germantown Road
Covington Pike, Sargent Walter K. Singleton Parkway
Collierville-Arlington Road, Airline Road
Bill Morris Parkway, Future I-269, Winfield Dunn Parkway (a.k.a. Memphis Outer Beltway), Paul Barrett Memorial Parkway
Winfield Street

Other notable roadways

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