Tennessee State Route 277
East Parkway Airways Boulevard | ||||
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Maintained by TDOT | ||||
Length | 2.44 mi (3.93 km) | |||
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Counties | Shelby | |||
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State Route 277 (SR 277) is a state route in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
Route Description
SR 277 begins as a signed secondary highway at an intersection with Lamar Avenue (US 78/SR 4) and Airways Boulevard in the Orange Mound community and continues north as Airways. It intersects the Memphis Parkway System and turns into East Parkway. Continuing north it crosses under Union Avenue (US 70/79/64/72/SR 57) and picks up the former three routes, where it becomes an unsigned primary highway. Local expressway Sam Cooper Boulevard terminates along SR 277 just south of the state route's northern terminus at North Parkway (SR 1)/Summer Avenue. The U.S. routes continue east along Summer.
The state designation is not generally referred to by locals; SR 277 is generally referred to solely by the street names. The Airways Blvd section is a 4-lane undivided urban street with a 35 MPH speed limit. The majority of the East Parkway section is a 6 lane divided major urban arterial with a wide, treed median (except under the Union Avenue overpass). It carries a 40 MPH speed limit.
Major Intersections
The entire route is in Memphis, Shelby County.
US 78 / SR 4 (Lamar Avenue; southern terminus; west to downtown; east to Oakville; roadway continues south as Airways Boulevard to Memphis International Airport; SR 277 begins as a signed secondary highway) US 70 / US 79 / US 64 / US 72 / SR 57 (Union Avenue; southern end of US 70/US 79/US 64/US 72/SR 57 concurrency; west to downtown; SR 277 becomes an unsigned primary highway) US 72 / SR 57 (Poplar Avenue; northern end of US 72/SR 57 concurrency; east to Germantown)- Sam Cooper Boulevard (western terminus of Sam Cooper Boulevard; east to
I-40 and Nashville) US 70 / US 79 / US 64 / SR 1 (North Parkway/Summer Avenue; northern terminus; SR 1 (North Parkway) west to downtown; US 70/US 79/US 64/SR 1 (Summer Avenue) east to Bartlett; SR 277 ends as an unsigned primary highway)