U.S. Route 64 in Tennessee

U.S. Route 64
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-55 / US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 79 at Arkansas state line in Memphis
	I-55 in Memphis I-240 in Memphis I-40 in Memphis I-269 in Arlington US 45 in Selmer I-65 near Pulaski US 231 in Fayetteville I-24 from Pelham to Kimball I-24 in Chattanooga I-75 from Chattanooga to Ooltewah
East end:	US 64 / US 74 at North Carolina state line near Ducktown
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Tennessee State Routes Interstate US State ← SR 63 SR 65 →

In Tennessee, U.S. Route 64 (US 64) stretches from the Mississippi River/Arkansas state line in Memphis to the North Carolina state line near Ducktown. The highway, along with U.S. 72, is a major route for travel between Memphis and Chattanooga.

Route description

Ocoee Scenic Byway

US-64 enters Tennessee on the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge in Memphis. The route shares the bridge with Interstate 55 and U.S. Highways 61, 70, and 79. The route traverses several streets in Memphis before becoming a rural divided highway in eastern Shelby County. The highway runs directly to the east through the county seats of Tennessee's most southern counties including Oakland, Somerville, Whiteville, Bolivar, Selmer, Adamsville, Savannah, Waynesboro, and Lawrenceburg, the largest on the route between Memphis and Interstate 65. The route then interchanges with I-65, and runs through Fayetteville, Winchester, and comes to an interchange with Interstate 24 near Pelham. The route unofficially runs concurrent with I-24 across the Cumberland Plateau, often cited as one of the most hazardous stretches of highway in the United States and splits at exit 152 near Kimball where it then enters Jasper, becoming concurrent with US-41, of which it crosses Nickajack Lake, part of the Tennessee River to Chattanooga The route then becomes concurrent with US 11 and runs to Cleveland, where it splits and runs into Polk County to the North Carolina state line. The easternmost portion of the highway along the Ocoee River is the Ocoee Scenic Byway, a winding, two-lane road through the Ocoee River gorge.^[1] The steep terrain around the highway is subject to landslides.

Bypass Route

U.S. Route 64 Bypass
Location:	Cleveland, Tennessee
Length:	5.1 mi[2] (8.2 km)
Existed:	1968–present

A bypass route exists for the route in Cleveland. The east-west route is part of a beltway around the business district known as APD-40, and stretches from Interstate 75 to a cloverleaf interchange with US 64 and SR 60. SR 60 makes up the remainder of the route. Part of the route is controlled access, and an interchage with US 11/64 is located approximately a mile from the western terminus.

History

The Ocoee Scenic Byway was the first National Forest Scenic Byway in the nation, designated on July 22, 1988 by the United States Forest Service (USFS).^[1]

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is currently working to expand the highway to a four-lane divided highway across the state. The majority of this project is complete.

In November 2009, a massive rock slide closed the Ocoee Scenic Byway for several months.^[3]

TDOT plans to remove the designation of US 64 from the Ocoee Scenic Byway, and build a new four lane route, due to the high volumes of commercial traffic passing through the area. Multiple methods have been proposed, including a route on the south side over the river and existing route, a route over nearby Little Frog Mountain, and a tunnel.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Mississippi River		0.0	0.0	I-55 / US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 79 continue west into Arkansas
Shelby	Memphis	0.5– 0.7	0.80– 1.1	I-55 south – Jackson	Eastern terminus of I-55 concurrency; I-55 exits 12A & 12B
		1.3	2.1	US 61 / SR 1 / SR 14 – Vicksburg, Brownsville	Eastern terminus of US 61 concurrency; western terminus of SR 14 concurrency
		2.2	3.5	US 78 – Holly Springs
		2.9	4.7	US 51 / SR 14 – Millington	Eastern terminus of SR 14 concurrency; western terminus of US 51 concurrency
		4.0– 4.2	6.4– 6.8	I-240	No direct access to westbound I-240 nor from eastbound I-240 (both signed at Madison Avenue); I-240 exit 30
		4.3	6.9	US 51 / SR 1 – Jackson	Eastern terminus of US 51 concurrency
		6.4	10.3	SR 23
		6.9	11.1	US 72 – Collierville
		7.5	12.1	Sam Cooper Boulevard
		7.7	12.4	SR 1	Western terminus of SR 1 concurrency
		13.0– 13.2	20.9– 21.2	I-40 to I-240 – Bartlett	I-40 exit 12A
	Bartlett	17.7	28.5	US 70 / US 79 / SR 1 / SR 15 – Arlington	Eastern terminus of US 70 / US 79 / SR 1 concurrency; western terminus of SR 15 concurrency
		20.2	32.5	SR 177 – Germantown
		21.1– 21.4	34.0– 34.4	I-40 – Jackson	I-40 exit 18
	Arlington	28.0– 28.1	45.1– 45.2	I-269 – Millington
		28.2	45.4	SR 205 – Collierville
Fayette	Hickory Withe	32.1	51.7	SR 196 – Piperton, Gallaway
	Oakland			SR 194 – Macon, Rossville
	Somerville			SR 76 – Brownsville, Moscow
Hardeman	Whiteville			SR 179
				SR 100 – Henderson
	Bolivar			SR 18 – Hickory Valley	Western terminus of SR 18 concurrency
				SR 18 / SR 125 – Middleton, Medon	Eastern terminus of SR 18 concurrency
McNairy	​			SR 225
	Selmer			US 45 / US 64 Bus. – Henderson	Interchange; western terminus of US 45 concurrency
				US 45 / US 64 Bus. – Corinth	Eastern terminus of US 45 concurrency
	​			– Robert Sibley Airport
	​			SR 224 – Enville
	Adamsville			SR 22 / SR 117 – Milledgeville, Lexington	Western terminus of SR 22 concurrency
Hardin	Crump			SR 69 – Morris Chapel	Western terminus of SR 69 concurrency
				SR 22 – Shiloh, Michie	Eastern terminus of SR 22 concurrency
	Savannah			SR 128 – Walkertown, Nixon, Pyburns	Western terminus of SR 128 concurrency
				SR 69 to SR 203 – Maddox, Walnut Grove	Eastern terminus of SR 69 concurrency
				SR 226 – Savannah-Hardin County Airport, Olivet, Maddox
	​			SR 128 – Crossroads	Eastern terminus of SR 128 concurrency
Wayne	​			US 641 – Clifton
	Waynesboro			SR 13 – Collinwood, Linden	Access road
				– Wayne Medical Center
				SR 99 – Ashland, Hohenwald
Wayne–Lawrence county line	​			Natchez Trace Parkway	Interchange / access road
Lawrence	​			SR 240 – Summertown
	​			SR 241
	Lawrenceburg			US 64 Bus.
				SR 242 – Westpoint, Iron City
				US 43 – Columbia, Florence	Interchange
				US 64 Bus. – Lawrenceburg-Lawrence County Airport
Giles	Pulaski			SR 166 – Mount Pleasant, Hampshire	Western terminus of SR 166 concurrency
				SR 15 / SR 166	Eastern terminus of SR 15 / SR 166 concurrency
				SR 166 – Aspen Hill
				SR 11 – Goodspring, Minor Hill
				US 31 – Columbia, Decatur
				SR 15
	​			I-65 – Nashville, Decatur	I-65 exit 14
Lincoln	​			SR 244 – Petersburg
	​			SR 273 – Elkton
	Fayetteville			US 64 Byp.
				US 431 – Lewisburg, Huntsville
				US 231 / US 64 Byp. – Murfreesboro, Huntsville
	​			SR 50 – Lynchburg
	​			SR 275 – Flintville
	​			SR 121 – Elora	Western terminus of SR 121 concurrency
	​			SR 121	Eastern terminus of SR 121 concurrency
Franklin	​			SR 122 – Huntland
	Winchester			SR 16	Partial interchange
				US 41A – Tullahoma	Interchange
				Nissan Powertrain Drive	Interchange
Grundy	Pelham			I-24 – Nashville	Western terminus of I-24 concurrency; I-24 exit 127
See I-24
Marion	Kimball			I-24 / US 72 – Chattanooga	Eastern terminus of I-24 concurrency; western terminus of US 72 concurrency; I-24 exit 152
				SR 2
	Jasper			US 41 – Murfreesboro	Western terminus of US 41 concurrency
				SR 28 – Whitwell	Interchange
	​			SR 27 – Marion County-Brown Field
	Haletown			SR 134 – Whiteside
No major junctions for at least 10 miles (16 km); US 64 runs parallel to the Tennessee River
Hamilton	​			I-24 – Chattanooga	I-24 exit 174
	​			US 11 – Birmingham	Western terminus of US 11 concurrency
	​			SR 148 – Lookout Mountain
	Chattanooga			To SR 58 – Lookout Mountain
				I-24 / US 27 – East Ridge, Lexington, Fort Ogelthorpe	No direct access to westbound I-24; I-24 exit 178
				US 41 / US 72 / SR 58 – Marietta	Eastern terminus of US 41 / US 72 concurrency; western terminus of SR 58 concurrency
				SR 58	Eastern terminus of SR 58 concurrency
				I-24	Direct access only from northbound I-24; I-24 exit 180A
				US 41 / US 76 – East Ridge	Western terminus of US 41 / US 76 concurrency
				US 41	Eastern terminus of US 41 concurrency
				US 76 / SR 2 – HealthSouth Chattanooga Rehabilitation Hospital, Parkridge Medical Center	Eastern terminus of US 76 concurrency
				SR 320 – East Brainerd
				SR 153 – Soddy-Daisy, Falling Water	SR 153 exit 1
				SR 317 – Tyner	Western terminus of SR 317 concurrency
				I-75 / US 74 / SR 317 – Atlanta	Eastern terminus of SR 317 concurrency; western terminus of I-75 / US 74 concurrency; I-75 exit 7
	See I-75
	Ooltewah			I-75 / US 74 – Knoxville	Eastern terminus of I-75 / US 74 concurrency; I-75 exit 11
				SR 321 – Collegedale, East Brainerd
Bradley	Cleveland			US 74 / US 64 Byp.	Interchange
				US 11 / SR 312 – Athens, Baugh Spring, Snow Hill	Eastern terminus of US 11 concurrency
				SR 74	Western terminus of SR 74 concurrency
				SR 60 / SR 74 – Wildwood Lake	Eastern terminus of SR 74 concurrency; western terminus of SR 60 concurrency
				US 74 / US 64 Byp. / SR 60	Interchange; eastern terminus of SR 60 concurrency; western terminus of US 74 concurrency
See US 74
North Carolina state line				US 64 / US 74 continue east into North Carolina
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. "Ocoee National Forest Scenic Byway". Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
2. Google (November 1, 2015). "US 64 Bypass - Cleveland, Tennessee" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
3. "Strike Two—Ocoee Gorge Rockslide Closes U. S. Highway 64". Retrieved 25 September 2014.