Interstate 269 North - Tennessee State Line to Arlington



The first reassurance marker for Interstate 269 in Tennessee stands just beyond the state line. The rural freeway retains a 70 mile per hour speed limit to the diamond interchange (Exit 1) with U.S. 72.
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Interstate 269 straddles the Shelby County line from south of U.S. 72 (Exit 1) to the east end of Bill Morris Parkway (SR 385).
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U.S. 72 angles northwest from rural Marshall County, Mississippi to cross paths with Interstate 269 at Exit 1. The US highway continues northwest by a stretch of industrial businesses to become Poplar Avenue through the retail shopping hub of Collierville.
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Exit 1 departs I-269 north for U.S. 72 east to Corinth, Mississippi and west across Collierville. U.S. 72 comprises a mostly four lane corridor from Memphis east to Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
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An auxiliary lane accompanies Interstate 269 north from U.S. 72 to the three-wye interchange (Exit 2) with SR 385 (Bill Morris Parkway) west.
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SR 385 winds west along Bill Morris Parkway from Exit 2 through the suburbs of Collierville, Southwind and Germantown to Interstate 240 by the Bal-Moral neighborhood of Memphis.
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The succeeding northbound shield for Interstate 269 appears beyond the exchange with SR 385 west along Governor Winfield Dunn Parkway north at Collierville.
The AASHTO U.S. Route Numbering Committee approved a northward extension of I-269 over SR 385 to I-40 on May 24, 2016.
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Passing under the mainline ramp to SR 385 west, I-269 arcs northeast into the second of four crossings into Fayette County.
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The SR 385 eastbound on-ramp forms an auxiliary lane to the nearby single point urban interchange (SPUI) with SR 57 (Poplar Avenue). The SR 385 freeway between SR 57 and SR 193 opened to traffic on November 22, 2013.
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Shields for SR 57 posted as traffic departs I-269/SR 385. SR 57 runs east to Red Sulphur Springs to become Mississippi 25 south near the Tennessee River. The state route west doubles as the hidden counterpart of U.S. 72 to East Parkway North at Overton Park in Memphis.
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I-269 (Winfield Dunn Parkway) reenters Shelby County and Collierville ahead of crossing the Wolf River.
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Winfield Dunn Parkway turns northeast to cross back into Fayette County beyond the Wolf River.
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This reassurance marker for Interstate 269 stands ahead of the Raleigh Lagrange Drive overpass.
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A diamond interchange (Exit 11) joins Interstate 269 north with SR 193 to the communities of Fisherville and Macon in one mile.
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SR 193 (Macon Road) begins at SR 205 in Fisherville and proceeds east 1.5 miles to Interstate 269.
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Winfield Dunn Parkway (I-269) lines the border of Fayette and Shelby counties through the upcoming interchange.
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SR 193 continues on an easterly course from Exit 11 to the community of Macon. The state route concludes 15.7 miles east of I-269 at SR 76 in Williston.
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The freeway shifts westward into Shelby County across a mixture of forest and agricultural land.
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Parallel SR 205 passes under the freeway, one half mile from the diamond interchange joining I-269 with U.S. 64. U.S. 64 constitutes a five lane arterial from Eads west to suburban areas of south Lakeland and Interstate 40 at Bartlett.
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I-269 north briefly enters the Memphis city limits from Grays Creek to U.S. 64. U.S. 64 straddles the city line east to the Fayette County line, where it transitions into a divided highway en route to Oakland and the county seat of Somerville.
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A lengthy elevated section takes I-269 north across Cypress Creek Canal just beyond U.S. 64 and Eads.
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Construction of Governor Winfield Dunn Parkway included the addition of Donelson Farms Parkway in the city of Arlington. The new roadway replaced Inglewood Place.
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Donelson Farms Parkway connects Interstate 269 with local roads leading east to SR 205 (Airline Road) in growing suburban areas of Arlington.
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A folded diamond interchange (Exit 18) joins I-269 with Donelson Farms Parkway one mile ahead of I-40. Inglewood Place stems south from the parkway along a rural course to U.S. 64.
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An auxiliary lane accompanies I-269 north to the cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 40 (Exits 19AB).
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Interstate 40 leads east 182 miles to Nashville from SR 385 and the north end of Interstate 269.
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Photo Credits:
- Brent Ivy: 01/13/19
- ABRoads: 09/10/20
- AARoads: 06/01/10
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Page Updated Friday September 04, 2020.