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Interstate 40 (I-40) is part of the Interstate Highway System that runs 2,556.61 miles (4,114.46 km) from Barstow, California, to Wilmington, North Carolina. [1] The highway crosses Tennessee from west to east, from the Mississippi River at the Arkansas border to the Blue Ridge Mountains at the North Carolina border.
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The longest interstate highway in Tennessee is Interstate 40, at a length of 454.81 miles (731.95 km). The segment of I-40 in Tennessee is also the longest segment of all of the states the route traverses.
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I-40 is the third-longest freeway in the United States, spanning 2,556.61 miles (4,114.46 km) across the southern half of the country. The longest stretch of the highway is in Tennessee, and the shortest is in California. The busiest stretch of I-40 is in Knoxville, concurrent with I-75, which has an annual average daily traffic volume of more than...
Predecessors and planning
During the colonial and westward expansion eras, a number of Native American trails existed within the vicinity of what is now Interstate 40. In 1857, an expedition led by Edward Fitzgerald Beale was tasked with establishing a trade route along the 35th parallel north from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Los Angeles. This route, which became known as Beale's Wagon Road, was constructed by a team of about 100 men and 22 camels led by Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale. Completed in 1859, it is generally con...
Construction
The first sections of I-40 reused freeways that had been constructed prior to the Interstate Highway System or were under construction at the time of the authorization of the system. The first stretch in Tennessee reused a short freeway in Knoxville called the Magnolia Avenue Expressway, which was opened in two segments in 1952 and 1955. The first stretches in North Carolina were a short controlled-access sections of US 421 in Winston-Salem, and from Kernersville, constructed between 1955 and...
Controversies
In Memphis, I-40 was originally planned to pass through the city's Overton Park, a 342-acre (138 ha) public park. Following a public announcement of the routing, a group of community activists opposed to the routing founded an organization called Citizens to Preserve Overton Park in 1957, and collected 10,000 signatures in their support. After Secretary of Transportation John Volpe authorized the state to solicit bids for the construction of the interstate through the park in 1969, the organi...
California
1. I-15 in Barstow 2. US 95 west-northwest of Needles. The highways travel concurrently to Needles.
Arizona
1. Future I-11 / US 93 in Kingman. The highways travel concurrently to east-northeast of Kingman. 2. I-17 in Flagstaff 3. US 89 / US 180 in Flagstaff. I-40/US 180 travels concurrently to Holbrook. 4. US 191 in Chambers. The highways travel concurrently to Sanders.
New Mexico
1. US 491 in Gallup 2. I-25 / US 85 in Albuquerque 3. US 285 in Clines Corners 4. US 84 west-northwest of Santa Rosa. The highways travel concurrently to Santa Rosa. 5. US 54 in Santa Rosa. The highways travel concurrently to Tucumcari.
I-140: Alcoa–Knoxville–Oak RidgeareaI-140: Wilmington, North CarolinaI-240: Oklahoma City, OklahomaI-240: Memphis, TennesseeGeographic data related to Interstate 40 at OpenStreetMapInterstate 40 (I-40) is part of the Interstate Highway System that runs 2,556.61 miles (4,114.46 km) from Barstow, California, to Wilmington, North Carolina. The highway crosses Tennessee from west to east, from the Mississippi River at the Arkansas border to the Blue Ridge Mountains at the North Carolina border.
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Mar 1, 2024 · One way to document the completion of Tennessee’s interstate system is to look at old highway maps. The 1963 map shows only a segment here and there of I-40 open. The 1974 map shows Interstate 40 as mostly completed, other than a 17-mile stretch between Knoxville and Jefferson County.
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Sep 6, 2023 · Map of Interstate 40 in Tennessee. Data available under Creative Commons Zero. ... In Wikipedia. Add links. This page was last edited on 6 September 2023, at 04:04.
