I-40 Little Rock to Memphis
Headed to Nashville late May and the best route from east Texas seems to be I-30 to Little Rock and then east to Memphis on I-40 and on to Nashville. If memory serves the last time I traveled I-40 (...
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Kit Carson wrote:
Talked to my son this afternoon. He was on his way from Pine Bluff, Ark to Memphis on I-40 east. He was at a dead stop and had been for about 10 minutes. Avoid at all costs!!
One option to avoid the West Memphis construction on I-40 if you are eastbound is to take either exit 271 (US 70), drive thru downtown West Memphis. This is Broadway, and is 2 lanes in both directions within the town. It becomes I-55 and will carry you across the "old" bridge over the Miss River into Memphis. Another option is exit 275 (Hwy 118), right turn (south) to US 70/Broadway, but a greater chance of getting caught in backed up traffic than getting off at exit 271.
If westbound on I-40 coming thru Memphis, I would take the I-55 bridge rather than the I-40 bridge. The pavement construction is the section that I-40/I-55 shares (I-40 mm 277 to mm 281).
