| State Route 177 | ||||
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| Germantown Rd Germantown Pkwy West St |
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| Maintained by TDOT | ||||
| Length: | 13.11 mi[1] (21.10 km) | |||
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| South end: | Winchester Rd in Memphis, TN | |||
U.S. 72/SR 57 in Germantown, TNU.S. 64/SR 15 in Bartlett, TN |
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| North end: | U.S. 70, U.S. 79, SR 1 in Bartlett, TN |
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| Counties: | Shelby | |||
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Tennessee State Route 177 is a secondary state highway in Shelby County, Tennessee. The majority of the route is known as Germantown Road and Germantown Parkway.
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The route starts in southeast Memphis, Tennessee on Winchester Road near Tennessee State Route 385 (Bill Morris Parkway) with a speed limit of 40 MPH. From there it runs north through the city of Germantown with a speed limit of 35 until it intersects with U.S. Route 72/State Route 57 where the speed limit rises to 40. It then crosses the Wolf River where the speed limit rises to 50 and passes back into Memphis through the Cordova community. SR 177 later intersects Interstate 40 where the speed limit falls to 45 and stays there for the remainder of the route. SR 177 crosses U.S. 64/State Route 15 (Stage Road) in Bartlett, Tennessee, before terminating as a state route at U.S. 70/U.S. 79/State Route 1.
Beginning at the U.S. 72/State Route 57 intersection, 177 turns from a two-lane road into a six-lane, divided highway, and continues in this form through to its north terminus, and from the Wolf River bridge until the I-40 junction, the road is six-lane and has 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) paved outside shoulders on both sides, which only occasionally give way to a fourth lane or a right-turn lane. North of I-40 until Hwy 64, the road has 4 lanes in each direction. North of Hwy 64 until the route terminates, the road has 3 lanes in each direction.
Prior to 1990, SR 177 was two lanes throughout its length. After 1990, the route was expanded into its current form from U.S. 72 – SR 57 to the I-40 – U.S. 64 area. Germantown Road, as it is known locally, has seen significant commercial and residential development starting in the 1990s, including the establishment of restaurants, hotels, planned communities, and the Wolfchase Galleria. North of U.S. 64, however, little new development has taken place.
| County | Location | Mile[2] | Destinations | Notes |
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| Shelby |
Memphis | 0.00 | Winchester Road | Southern terminus of SR 177; speed limit 40 |
| Germantown | 3.01 | US-72 / SR-57 (Poplar Avenue) | speed limit from 30 to 50 | |
| Memphis | 10.04 | I-40 – Memphis, Nashville | speed limit 45 | |
| 10.83 | US-64 / SR-15 (Stage Road) | speed limit 45 until end | ||
| 13.13 | US-70 / US-79 / SR-1 | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||