Tennessee State Route 14

State Route 14 primary marker State Route 14 secondary marker

State Route 14
Austin Peay Highway
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length 55.37 mi (89.11 km)
Major junctions
South end US 61 at the Mississippi State Line in Memphis
 

I-55 in Memphis
US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 79 (E.H. Crump Blvd.) in Memphis
I-40 in Memphis
US 51 (Thomas Street) in Memphis
I-40 / I-240 / I-69 in Memphis
I-40 / I-240 in Memphis

I-269 (Barret Pkwy.) near Rosemark
North end SR 54 near Covington
Location
Counties Shelby, Tipton
Highway system
SR 13SR 15

State Route 14 (SR 14) is a southnorth route from the Mississippi border in Memphis, Tennessee to an intersection with State Route 54 in Tipton County.

Route Description

Shelby County

SR 14 begins concurrent to US 61 at the Mississippi state line in Shelby County. US 61 and SR 14 travel northward passed several subdivisions before entering Memphis (as S Third Street) and having an intersection with SR 175. It then goes through some more neighborhoods before passing through a business district, crossing a railroad overpass and having an interchange with I-55 (Exit 7). US 61/SR 14 then pass through some more neighborhoods before coming to an intersection with E.H. Crump Boulevard (US 64/US 70/US 79/SR 1), at which point US 61 turns west along E.H. Crump Boulevard to become concurrent with I-55 and cross the Mississippi River into Arkansas while SR 14 continues north on S Third Street to become concurrent with US 64/US 70/US 79/SR 1 and enter downtown. Up until this point, SR 14 is unsigned. The concurrency passes through downtown as a one-way pair of Second and Third Streets before US 64/US 70/US 79/SR 1 turns east along Union Avenue. SR 14 then becomes concurrent with SR 3 and they continue through downtown before having an interchange with I-40 (Exit 1A). They then leave downtown and come to an intersection with A.W. Willis Avenue, where SR 14 turns east to follow that Street to an intersection with Danny Thomas Blvd (US 51/SR 1) while SR 3 continues north along Second and Third Streets. SR 14 then turns north along that route for a short distance before turning east onto Jackson Avenue as a lone route. On Jackson Avenue, SR 14 passes through the "North Memphis" neighborhood and has another interchange with I-40/I-69 (Exit 1F). It then continues through the neighborhood and passes by an industrial area before having its third and final interchange with I-40 (Exit 8 eastbound, Exit 8 A/B westbound) and transitioning from Jackson Avenue to Austin Peay Highway as it enters the neighborhood of "Raleigh". SR 14 then widens to an 8-lane freeway and has interchanges with Old Austin Peay Highway, SR 15 (James Road), and another with Old Austin Peay Highway before narrowing back down to 4-lanes and enters a business district. The highway then continues to an intersection with SR 204 (Covington Pike/Singleton Parkway) before leaving Memphis altogether and narrowing to a 2-lane highway with a 55 MPH speed limit. It then has an interchange with I-269 (Paul Barret Parkway; formerly part of and still signed as SR 385; no exit number signed) just north of the crossing of the Loosahatchie River. SR 14 then continues northeast to enter farmland and have an intersection with SR 205 in Rosemark before crossing into Tipton County.

SR 14's entire route within the city of Memphis, except through downtown, is at least 4-lanes wide.

Tipton County

The highway continues northeast through farmland as it widens to a 4-lane divided highway for short distance to have an intersection with SR 206 and then SR 384 before narrowing to 2-lanes again and passing through more farmland to have an intersection with SR 59. SR 14 then continues northeast to an intersection with SR 179 before continuing northeast to come to an end at an intersection with SR 54 in the tiny community of Cotton Lake, just before State Route 54 crosses the Hatchie River.[1]

Future

The Tipton County portion from the Shelby County line to just the northeast of State Route 384 is a four-lane divided highway. Long term plans include expanding the Shelby County portion to at least four lanes as well. Construction is currently underway on this expansion between SR 204 (Singleton Parkway/New Covington Pike) and Old Covington Pike.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
ShelbyMemphis US 61 south Tunica, MSSouthern terminus; Mississippi state line; southern end of US 61 concurrency; continuation into Mississippi
SR 175 west (Weaver Road)Southern end of SR 175 concurrency
SR 175 east (East Shelby Drive)Northern end of SR 175 councurency
I-55 Jackson, MS, Saint Louis, MOI-55 exit 7
US 61 north / US 64 west / US 70 west / US 79 south / SR 1 west (E.H. Crump Boulevard)Northern end of US 61 concurrency; southern end of US 64/US 70/US 79/SR 1 concurrency
US 64 east / US 70 east / US 79 north / SR 1 east / SR 3 south (Union Avenue)Northern end of US 64/US 70/US 79/SR 1 concurrency; southern end of SR 3 concurrency
I-40 Nashville, Little Rock, ARI-40 Exit 1A
SR 3 north (Second/Third Streets)Northern end of SR 3 concurrency
US 51 south / SR 1 west (Danny Thomas Boulevard)Southern end of US 51/SR 1 concurrency
US 51 north / SR 1 east (Danny Thomas Boulevard)Northern end of US 51/SR 1 concurrency
I-40 / I-69 Little Rock, AR, NashvilleI-40/I-69 exit 1F
I-40 Little Rock, AR, NashvilleI-40 exit 8 eastbound, exit 8 A/B westbound; south end of freeway
Old Austin Peay HighwayInterchange
SR 15 east (James Road)Western terminus of SR 15; interchange
Old Austin Peay HighwayInterchange; north end of freeway
SR 204 (Covington Pike/Singleton Parkway) Naval Support Activity Mid-South
I-269 (Paul Barret Pakway) Millington, Arlingtonformerly part of and still signed as SR 385; no exit number signed
Rosemark SR 205 Millington, Arlington
Tipton SR 206 north MunfordSouthern terminus of SR 206
SR 384 north CovingtonSouthern terminus of SR 384
SR 59 Covington, Mason, Somerville
SR 179 Covington, Stanton
SR 54 Covington, BrownsvilleNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Tennessee portal U.S. Roads portal

References

  1. Tennessee Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (2004 ed.). DeLorme.
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