US-72 Decatur AL to Memphis TN

We live in Decatur and have made trips to Colorado and Utah the last 2 summers.

If we are east bound coming home, we will go thru Memphis and down 72 to Decatur. Good road after you get off the Memphis interstates, except it takes some time to go thru probably 15 red lights in Corinth.

However, if we are west bound, we go around Memphis thru west Helena, Ark.

There are only 2 interstate bridges over the Mississippi River at Memphis, and both are only 4 lanes each (2 lanes each way), but the interstate loop around Memphis is 8 lanes each way. Coming east, you are on a 2 lane that expands to 8 lanes and not much hassel. BUT, if you are going west, you are on 8 lanes that have to go down to 2 lanes across either bridge, and we've never been thru there that construction didn't have various and alternating lanes closed, with last minute notifications.

It's a good road. 4 lane almost all the way except for a short section about the Tennessee/Mississippi line. There is a bumpy concrete section of several miles near Iuka, Miss but not really bad.

If coming into the Memphis area on I40, take I55 in West Memphis to 240 around the south side of Memphis. Then take 385 over to US 72.

Do not go through Germantown. The traffic really sucks, at least it use to.

No, I have gone that route.