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

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that goes from

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. SR 300 is unsigned throughout its length except on mileposts. The exit signs on I-40 just refer to SR 300 as Exit 2A going to US 51 and Millington. SR 300 carries a speed limit. Local media sometimes refers to this short route as the "101 Connector", its former

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designation (U-101 connector).I-240 and U-101 connector route, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee () The

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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

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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 Interstate 240 to

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and abandoned grading for this expressway still exist at the current western terminus of SR 300 at

and also at

Exit 1 in downtown Memphis.

Future

SR 300 is slated to be signed as part of the proposed Interstate 69. In November 2004, the

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announced alternative A-1 ( SIU 9) as the preferred alignment of future Interstate 69 through the Memphis area which will include SR 300.

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External links

Tennessee Department of TransportationTDOT smartway traffic camera at TN 300 and I-40TDOT smartway traffic camera at TN 300 and US 51Shelby County Highway MapNorthwest Memphis City Highway Map
Interstate 69

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