I-55/Riverside Drive Intersection (Memphis, Tennessee)

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The Interstate 55 (I-55) Interchange with Crump Boulevard currently handles most of the north and southbound I-55 traffic through Memphis, and is one of the major transit corridors of the United States, linking New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis, and Chicago. It accommodates large amounts of personal automobile and commercial truck traffic. The current configuration of the I-55 interchange is structurally deficient, out of date, and creates multiple safety and efficiency problems. TDOT proposes to make improvements to the interchange design to solve these issues.

For more information GOTO: www.tdot.state.tn.us/i55/faq.htm

This intersection is well known by experienced truck drivers for the low rail bridge directly past the I-55 exit ramp. Chunks of concrete are missing from where tall vehicles have struck the bridge.
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Coordinates:   35°7'28"N   90°4'2"W

Comments

  • If you aren't planning on going downtown, then get out of the damn way and stop using our left lane! If you don't like the right lane traffic, then either find a different route or find work somewhere else. I will continue to fly through there (at a reasonable speed, of course) because it is an interstate, not a f#$king city street.
  • Going northbound on I-55 backs up right here every day, especially at rush hours. Stay in the right lane if you're staying on I-55 and watch out for drivers zooming in from the left. If you're going downtown, stay left and go <55mph or you'll risk hitting horrible drivers who don't know what they're doing and try to cut into the right lane when everyone else behind them is waiting for them to hurry up and get out of the way, or you'll risk getting hit by other hugely annoying drivers who dart out from the right lane to the left to try to cut in line in the right lane again. Going southbound past here, be wary of the trucks and other cars constantly getting on from the rightmost lanes, starting here and at McLemore.
  • TDOT is planning to rebuild the entire interchange. Planning and public outreach are ongoing with a final plan expected by 2010.
This article was last modified 13 years ago