Tennessee State Route 300

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State Route 300 marker

State Route 300

"The 101 Connector"
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length1.46 mi (2.35 km)
Major junctions
West end US 51 in Memphis
East end I-40 in Memphis
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountiesShelby
Highway system
SR 301

State Route 300 (abbreviated SR 300) is a four-lane controlled-access

federal aid urban designation (U-101 connector).[1] The I-69
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

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
Exit 1 in downtown Memphis.

Future

SR 300 is slated to be signed as part of the proposed Interstate 69. In November 2004, the Tennessee Department of Transportation announced alternative A-1 (SIU 9) as the preferred alignment of future Interstate 69 through the Memphis area which will include SR 300.

Exit list

The entire route is in Memphis, Shelby County.

mikmExitDestinationsNotes
0.000.00- US 51Northern terminus
1.462.35- I-40/Watkins StreetSouthern terminus; I-40 exit 2A
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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