State Route 300 (abbreviated SR 300) is a four-lane
freeway
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in
Memphis, Tennessee
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that runs from
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west transcontinental Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway in the Southeastern United States, southeastern and Southwestern United States, southwestern portions of the United States. At a leng ...
to
U.S. Highway 51. SR 300 is unsigned throughout its length except on mileposts. The exit signs on I-40 just refer to SR 300 as Exit 2A going to US 51 and Millington. SR 300 carries a speed limit. Local media sometimes refers to this short route as the "101 Connector", its former
federal aid urban designation (U-101 connector).
[I-240 and U-101 connector route, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee ()] The
I-69
Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of eight unconnected segments. The longest segment runs from Evansville, Indiana, northeast to the Canada–United States border, Canadian border in Po ...
designation has been approved for the entire length of SR 300.
The route that is now SR 300 was originally envisioned as a freeway known as the Mud Island Expressway, which would have extended from the present-day eastern terminus across
Mud Island to I-40 near downtown.
History
SR 300 was originally part of an abortive effort in the 1960s to build an expressway connecting the northern portion of the then
Interstate 240 to
Mud Island.
Ghost ramps and abandoned grading for this expressway still exist at the current western terminus of SR 300 at
U.S. Highway 51 and also at
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west transcontinental Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway in the Southeastern United States, southeastern and Southwestern United States, southwestern portions of the United States. At a leng ...
Exit 1 in downtown Memphis.
Future
SR 300 is slated to be signed as part of the proposed
Interstate 69
Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of eight unconnected segments. The longest segment runs from Evansville, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and includ ...
. In November 2004, the
Tennessee Department of Transportation
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is the department of transportation for the State of Tennessee, with multimodal responsibilities in roadways, aviation, public transit, waterways, and railroads. It was established in 1915 as the ...
announced alternative A-1 (
SIU 9) as the preferred alignment of future
Interstate 69
Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of eight unconnected segments. The longest segment runs from Evansville, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and includ ...
through the Memphis area which will include SR 300.
Exit list
See also
References
External links
Tennessee Department of TransportationTDOT smartway traffic camera at TN 300 and I-40TDOT smartway traffic camera at TN 300 and US 51Shelby County Highway MapNorthwest Memphis City Highway Map
Interstate 69
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Transportation in Memphis, Tennessee
Freeways in Tennessee
Transportation in Shelby County, Tennessee
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