Interstate 55 in Tennessee
- Interstate 55 in Tennessee
Infobox road
state=TN
type=I
route=55
length_mi=12
length_round=2
length_ref=Fact|date=July 2008
established=
direction_a=South
terminus_a=Jct|state=MS|I|55|I|69 at Mississippi state line
junction=Jct|state=TN|I|69|I|240 in Memphis, Tennessee
direction_b=North
terminus_b=Jct|state=AR|I|55 at Arkansas state line
previous_type=Dual
previous_route=54
next type=TN
next_route=55
Interstate 55 in Tennessee lies entirely within the city of Memphis, located in Shelby County. The highway enters the city from Southaven in Desoto County, Mississippi and passes through the Whitehaven area of the city, bypassing Memphis International Airport to the west.
At Interstate 240, I-55 turns westward for a brief period before turning northward again. Just before reaching downtown, the highway turns westward again at E.H. Crump Boulevard and crosses the Mississippi River via the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge into West Memphis, in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
There are currently plans to revamp the I-55/Crump Boulevard Interchange. The current design (a cloverleaf interchange) makes motorists slow down as they merge from one road to the other. This has caused several accidents over the years. [ [http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/i55/default.htm I-55/Crump Blvd. Interchange Page (TDOT)] ]
I-55 provides an alternate route for motorists who do not want to take Interstates 240 and 40 through downtown to cross the Mississippi River.
On January 18, 2008, the Federal Highway Administration authorized the states of Mississippi and Tennessee to extend I-69 from the I-40/TN 300 interchange in north Memphis to the I-55/I-69 interchange in Hernando; however, Tennessee has not yet signed the extension of the route, although Mississippi has already done so. [Capka, J. Richard (FHWA Administrator), [http://www.transportation.org/sites/route/docs/SIGNED%20TENNESSEE%20LETTER%20I-69%20I-55.pdf Letter to Paul D. Degges] (TDOT) dated January 18, 2008, retrieved May 28, 2008.]
Exit list
The entire route is in Memphis, Shelby County.
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