Interstate 540 is the designation for several Interstate Highways in the United States, all of which are related to Interstate 40: A typical rural stretch of Interstate Highway, with two lanes in each direction separated by a large grassy median, and with cross-traffic limited to overpasses and underpasses. ... Interstate 40 is a major west-east interstate highway in the United States. ...
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As a result of this tremendous extension northward, Interstate540 was forced to share a three-mile duplex with its parent, but the extension via Arkansas 540 was tremendous, with the rest of the addition consisting of a new freeway parallel to U.S. 71 northward through the Boston Mountains.
Interstate540 in its entirety is part of High Priority Corridor 1 and 72: North-South Corridor.
Although this interchange was never a terminal point for Interstate540, it was the former southern end of Arkansas 540, and it may serve as a temporary southern end to a two-digit Interstate, pending when the section of Interstate 49 from Texarkana north to Fort Smith is constructed.
Interstate 640 is also a spur route in Raleigh, North Carolina that is presently signed as Interstate540 (North Carolina).
Interstate 640 is a bypass of Interstate 40 running north of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Today it is especially important for traffic going east on Interstate 40 which intends to turn northward on Interstate 75; this has greatly relieved congestion in downtown Knoxville.