This article is about the section of Interstate 55 in Tennessee. For the entire route, see Interstate 55.
Interstate 55
Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr. Memorial Parkway W.B. Fowler Sr. Expressway
I-55 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length
12.28 mi[1] (19.76 km)
Existed
August 14, 1957[2]–present
History
Completed April 20, 1967[3]
NHS
Entire route
Major junctions
South end
I-55 / I-69 at the Mississippi state line
Major intersections
US 51 in Memphis I-240 in Memphis US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 78 / US 79 in Memphis
North end
I-55 / US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 78 / US 79 at Arkansas state line
Location
Country
United States
State
Tennessee
Counties
Shelby
Highway system
Interstate Highway System
Main
Auxiliary
Suffixed
Business
Future
Tennessee State Routes
Interstate
US
State
← SR 54
→ SR 55
Interstate 55 (I-55) is part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from LaPlace, Louisiana, to Chicago, Illinois. In the state of Tennessee, the Interstate is located entirely within the state's second-largest city of Memphis, running 12.28 miles (19.76 km) from the Mississippi state line in the Whitehaven neighborhood to the Arkansas border across the Mississippi River. Of the six states that the Interstate passes through, the segment in Tennessee is the shortest, as well as the shortest mainline Interstate segment in Tennessee. I-55 serves a number of neighborhoods and industrial areas in the southwestern portion of Memphis, and also provides access to the Memphis International Airport, the second-busiest cargo airport in the world.
I-55 is known as the Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr. Memorial Parkway and the W.B. Fowler Sr. Expressway in Tennessee. The Interstate utilizes the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge across the Mississippi River. Completed in 1949, this is the oldest bridge on the Interstate Highway System in Tennessee and the oldest bridge on I-55. The remainder of the route was constructed between 1958 and 1967, making it the first mainline Interstate Highway in Tennessee to be completed. The route also had an auxiliary Interstate, I-255, which was renumbered as an extension of I-240 in 1973. Since its construction, the Interstate has seen a number of expansion and improvement projects, with additional ones planned for the future.
^"Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. December 31, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
^Public Roads Administration (August 14, 1957). Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as Adopted by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). Washington, DC: Public Roads Administration. Retrieved June 14, 2018 – via Wikimedia Commons.
^Cite error: The named reference Hancock was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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Global Information
I-55 / I-69 at the Mississippi state line
US 51 in Memphis
I-240 in Memphis
US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 78 / US 79 in Memphis
I-55 / US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 78 / US 79 at Arkansas state line
