State Route 175 (SR 175) is a

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designated

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, running for a total of approximately through southern

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History

The original SR 175 was on a different route before 2004, when the last of East Shelby Drive were included into the route. The original road took a sharp left onto what is now Houston Levee Road for , then a sharp right onto what is now Collierville Road, and continued east for , until reaching Byhalia Road, and taking a sharp left, continuing to the end of the current route. These last 2.4 miles of SR 175 (Collierville Road) have undergone rigorous construction since about 1998, and barely one-third of the current road follows exactly the original route. Prior to the 1980s, Shelby Drive was known as "Whitehaven-Capleville Road" or "Whitecap" for short; also, the portion of the current route between Fleming Road and Byhalia Road in Collierville was called "Mann Road."

Route description

Memphis

SR 175 begins in extreme southwestern Shelby County as a continuation of MS 301 along Weaver Road. It intersects

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/ SR 14 (Third Street) and travels with it until Shelby Drive where it turns east. After about , SR 175 passes Greeter Park and intercepts Horn Lake Road to become East Shelby Drive, passing through the community of Persey. SR 175 then crosses the

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. From this point, SR 175 travels another 2.4 miles through

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in southern

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, and intercepts

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( SR 3/Elvis Presley Boulevard). Then, SR 175 continues for , and intercepts

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(Exit 2). Shortly after, intercepting Airways Boulevard and passing the

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. After passing the airport SR 175 has an intersection with SR 176 (Getwell Road) before it intercepts

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( SR 4/Lamar Avenue) within the community of Capleville and crosses the

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twice.

Germantown

After , and crossing several major city roads, SR 175 (East Shelby Drive) crosses South Germantown Road and enters

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. It then intercepts Hacks Cross Road after .

Collierville

Following another 2 miles, SR 175 (East Shelby Drive) shares a

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with Forest Hill Irene Road, entering Collierville, and becoming a

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. For the next 2 miles SR 175 is somewhat rural, then crossing South Houston Levee Road. SR 175 then briefly widens to six lanes for before crossing Fleming Road, and then goes another along a narrow rural route before stopping at Byhalia Road. SR 175 turns left onto Byhalia Road and heads nearly due north. SR 175 continues for 1 mile until widening to four lanes and crossing SR 385. SR 175 then travels 1 mile before the designation ends at Poplar Avenue (

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/ SR 57) in the heart of the Collierville business district. Although SR 175 stops here, Byhalia Road continues.http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Memphis&1s=TN&1a= 7-111W+Shelby+Dr&1z=38109&1y=US&1l=35.02094&1g=-90.06644&1v=BLOCK&2c=Memphis&2s=TN&2a= 10-134W+Shelby+Dr&2z=38109&2y=US&2l=35.02093&2g=-90.067465&2v=BLOCK#b/maps/m:map:14:35.019862:-90.083015::::::1:1:::::::::/l::W+Shelby+Dr:Memphis:TN:38109:US:35.020902:-90.068946:address:Shelby:1:::/l::4679+S+3rd+St:Memphis:TN:38109:US:35.020806:-90.087845:address:Shelby:1:::/io:1:::::f:en_US:M::/bl:/e

Major intersections

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