{"id":213,"date":"2012-06-29T22:33:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T22:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2019-08-13T20:36:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T20:36:31","slug":"highway-travel-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Memphis3\/?page_id=213","title":{"rendered":"Highway Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TRANSPORTATION \/ HIGHWAY  TRAVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Major Highways <\/strong><br \/>\nInterstate  40, the major east-west transportation route across the nation, intersects in  Memphis with Interstate 55, the major north-south route for the central United  States. Interstate 40 and Interstate 55 span the Mississippi River at Memphis,  while Interstate 240 encircles the city for commuting ease and distribution  routes that by-pass the bustling inner city. Seven federal highways converge in  Memphis: US Highways 51, 61, 64, 70, 72, 78, and 79.&nbsp;The new Interstate  69\u2014planned to traverse the nation as it links Toronto, Canada, with Monterrey,  Mexico\u2014will add another valuable highway resource to one of the most efficient  networks enjoyed by any metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<p>For  more information on traveling in the tri-state area of Metropolitan Memphis,  the following contacts will be helpful:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tennessee Department of  Transportation<\/strong><br \/>\nInformation&nbsp;615-741-2848<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tdot.state.tn.us\/\">www.tdot.state.tn.us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tennessee Road &amp;  Travel Information<\/strong><br \/>\nDial  511<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tn511.com\/\">www.tn511.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mississippi Department  of Transportation<\/strong><br \/>\nInformation  601-359-7001<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gomdot.com\/portal\/home.aspx\">www.gomdot.com\/portal\/home.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mississippi Traffic  Watch<\/strong><br \/>\nHelp  Desk 601-359-7358<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdottraffic.com\">https:\/\/www.mdottraffic.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSPORTATION \/ HIGHWAY TRAVEL Major Highways Interstate 40, the major east-west transportation route across the nation, intersects in Memphis with Interstate 55, the major north-south route for the central United States. Interstate 40 and Interstate 55 span the Mississippi River at Memphis, while Interstate 240 encircles the city for commuting ease and distribution routes that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Memphis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Memphis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Memphis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Memphis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Memphis3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Memphis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Memphis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Memphis3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}