'Game-changer': Ahead-of-schedule Tenn. 385 could reshape local transportation, development
The Commercial Appeal
Known in various sections as Paul Barret Parkway and Bill Morris Parkway, Highway 385 forms an approximately 50-mile-long horseshoe arcing from U.S. 51 in Millington eastward to Arlington, southward to Collierville and then back westward to Interstate 240 in southeast Memphis.
The portion from Millington to Collierville eventually will be part of the larger Interstate 269 loop around metropolitan Memphis. TDOT has begun acquiring right-of-way property for a three-mile stretch of I-269 extending from Collierville to the Mississippi line. Construction of the $40 million-plus project could begin next year.
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Photo by Dave Darnell
This bridge, being built by Hill Brothers Construction, will help connect the previously finished segments of the outer loop of Tenn. 385. Work began in November 2009 and could be complete as early as late 2012.