State Route 1 known as the Memphis to Bristol Highway, is a mostly-unsigned state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 that is 538 miles (866 km) long. It stretches all the way from Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

 in the southwest corner of the state to Bristol

Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 26,702 at the 2010 census. It is the twin city of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the state line between Tennessee and Virginia. The boundaries of both cities run parallel to each other along State...

 in the northeast corner. Most of the route is overlaid on U.S. Highway 70

U.S. Route 70 in Tennessee

US 70 enters Tennessee, as well as the city of Memphis, concurrent with Interstate 55, US 61, US 64, and US 79. At exit 12, the northernmost exit on I-55 in the state, I-55 turns south; however, the four US routes continue east onto the at-grade Crump Boulevard. US 61 splits from the concurrency...

 and U.S. Highway 11W.

SR-1 begins at Interstate 55

Interstate 55 in Tennessee

Interstate 55 in Tennessee lies entirely within the city of Memphis, located in Shelby County. The highway enters the city from Southaven in Desoto County, Mississippi and passes through the Whitehaven area of the city, bypassing Memphis International Airport to the west.-Route description:I–55...

 on the Tennessee end of the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge

Memphis-Arkansas Bridge

The Memphis & Arkansas Bridge , also known as the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge or Memphis-Arkansas Memorial Bridge, is a cantilevered through truss bridge carrying Interstate 55 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee...

. U.S. Highway 61

U.S. Route 61

U.S. Route 61 is the official designation for a United States highway that runs from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. The highway generally follows the course of the Mississippi River, and is designated the Great River Road for much of its route. As of 2004, the highway's...

, U.S. Highway 64

U.S. Route 64

U.S. Route 64 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles from eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 160 in Teec Nos Pos, Arizona. The highway's eastern terminus is at NC 12 and U.S. Route...

, U.S. Highway 70

U.S. Route 70

U.S. Route 70 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. As can be derived from its number, it is a major east–west highway of the Southern and Southwestern United States...

 and U.S. Highway 79

U.S. Route 79

U.S. Route 79 is a north–south United States highway. The route is a northeast-southwest diagonal, with both east–west segments and north–south segments equally mixed. The highway's northern terminus is in Russellville, Kentucky, at an intersection with U.S. Highway 68 and KY 80...

 come off the bridge alongside SR-1; US-61 soon turns south with State Route 14

Tennessee State Route 14

State Route 14 is a south–north route from the Mississippi border in Memphis, Tennessee to intersect with State Route 54 in Tipton County.- Route description :...

. The other three U.S. Highways split east onto State Route 3, and U.S. Highway 51 joins, only to split with State Route 4

Tennessee State Route 4

State Route 4 is a state highway in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. It runs from downtown Memphis as E. H. Crump Boulevard until the beginning of Lamar Avenue . It runs southeast, overlain by U.S. 78, through the historic neighborhood of Orange Mound and the Oakville community to the...

 where SR-1 turns east alone onto North Parkway. However, US-64, US-70 and US-79 soon rejoin SR-1 at State Route 57

Tennessee State Route 57

Tennessee State Route 57 is an east–west highway that runs from Memphis to the Mississippi state line near Pickwick Dam and Pickwick Landing State Park. Except for in Shelby County, SR 57 is a two lane road generally with a speed limit...

. All of SR-1 through Memphis, except for the section on its own, is a primary route.

After leaving Memphis, SR-1 runs along the following routes:

• U.S. Highway 64, Memphis to State Route 15
  Tennessee State Route 15
  State Route 15 is a west–east route from Memphis, Tennessee to Monteagle. For much of its route it is concurrent with U.S. Route 64.- Route description :...
  
   in Bartlett
• U.S. Highway 79, Memphis to State Route 76
  Tennessee State Route 76
  Tennessee State Route 76 is a state highway in Tennessee.At Brownsville it becomes concurrent with U.S. Route 79 and Alternate U.S. Route 70. At Atwood, U.S. 70A pulls away, and SR 76 continues to follow US 79....
  
   in Brownsville
• U.S. Highway 70, Memphis to State Route 22 Bypass in Huntingdon
• U.S. Highway 70 Business through Huntingdon
• U.S. Highway 70, State Route 364 in Huntingdon to State Route 24 west of Belle Meade
• U.S. Highway 70S
  U.S. Route 70S
  U.S. Route 70s is an alternate to U.S. Route 70 between the western part of Nashville, TN and Sparta, Tennessee. It runs concurrent with US 70 for several blocks in downtown Nashville...
  
   through Belle Meade and Nashville to State Route 111 in Sparta
• Separate through Sparta - the only signed portion
• U.S. Highway 70, State Route 26 in Sparta to State Route 168 in Knoxville
• U.S. Highway 11W
  U.S. Route 11W
  U.S. Route 11W is a divided highway of US 11 in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia. The U.S. Highway, which is complemented by US 11E to the south and east, runs from US 11, US 11E, and US 70 in Knoxville, Tennessee north and east to US 11, US 11E, US 19, and US 421 in Bristol, Virginia...
  
  , Knoxville to Bristol

It is primary or secondary as follows:

• Primary, Memphis to State Route 76
  Tennessee State Route 76
  Tennessee State Route 76 is a state highway in Tennessee.At Brownsville it becomes concurrent with U.S. Route 79 and Alternate U.S. Route 70. At Atwood, U.S. 70A pulls away, and SR 76 continues to follow US 79....
  
   in Brownsville
• Secondary, SR-76 to State Route 186 (U.S. Highway 45 Bypass) in Jackson
• Primary, SR-186 to State Route 22 Bypass in Huntingdon
• Secondary, SR-22 Bypass to State Route 364 in Huntingdon
• Primary, SR-364 to Interstate 40
  Interstate 40
  Interstate 40 is the third-longest major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90 and I-80. Its western end is at Interstate 15 in Barstow, California; its eastern end is at a concurrency of U.S. Route 117 and North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina...
  
   west of Belle Meade
• Secondary, I-40 to State Route 100
  Tennessee State Route 100
  State Route 100 is a west–east route that connects Whiteville, Tennessee with Belle Meade, Tennessee.- Route description :Once it leaves SR-15, State Route 100 passes south of Whiteville along with US-64. Then SR-100 passes through an interchange with US-64 and SR-15 and leaves Whiteville...
  
   in Belle Meade
• Primary, SR-100 to Interstate 440
  Interstate 440 (Tennessee)
  Interstate 440 in Tennessee is a long loop connecting Interstate 40, Interstate 24, and Interstate 65, bypassing downtown Nashville to the south. The section between I-24 and I-65 was completed in 1986, and the section between I-65 and I-40 was completed in 1987...
  
   in Nashville
• Secondary, I-440 to Interstate 24
  Interstate 24 in Tennessee
  In the U.S. state of Tennessee, Interstate 24 runs from Clarksville to Chattanooga via Nashville. Just west of Chattanooga, I-24 drops into Georgia's Dade County for before reentering Tennessee....
  
   in Nashville
• Primary, I-24 to State Route 111 in Sparta
• Secondary, SR-111 to State Route 26 in Sparta
• Primary, SR-26 to State Route 24 in Crossville
• Secondary, SR-24 to State Route 29 south of Rockwood
• Primary, SR-29 to State Route 61
  Tennessee State Route 61
  State Route 61 is a west-to-east highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee that is 69 miles long.State Route 61 begins in Roane County, and it ends in Union County.It overlaps Interstate 75 in Anderson County.-Counties traversed :...
  
   in Rockwood
• Secondary, SR-61 to Interstate 40
  Interstate 40
  Interstate 40 is the third-longest major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90 and I-80. Its western end is at Interstate 15 in Barstow, California; its eastern end is at a concurrency of U.S. Route 117 and North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina...
  
   in Knoxville
• Primary, I-40 to Bristol

In Bristol, SR-1 leaves U.S. Highway 11W right at the state line, and heads east on its own (as a primary route) along State Street. It turns south at U.S. Highway 11E/U.S. Highway 19

U.S. Route 19 in Tennessee

U.S. Route 19 in Tennessee traverses approximately across the Tri-Cities area of East Tennessee; from Elk Park, North Carolina, at the North Carolina state line, to the Virginia state line in Bristol...

, ending two blocks later at Broad Street (State Route 34).

Counties traversed (west to east)

State Route 1 traverses the counties shown in the table below.

Counties traversed by State Route 1

County	miles	kilometers
Shelby Shelby County, Tennessee Shelby County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the state's largest both in terms of population and geographic area, with a population of 927,644 at the 2010 census...	30.8	49.6
Fayette	7.9	12.7
Tipton Tipton County, Tennessee Tipton County is a county located on the western end of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2000, the population was 51,271. Its county seat is Covington. Tipton County is part of the Memphis, TN–MS–AR Metropolitan Statistical Area, centered on Shelby County, which borders Tipton on...	4.8	7.7
Haywood	28.1	45.3
Madison	32.1	51.6
Carroll Carroll County, Tennessee Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 28,522. Its county seat is Huntingdon. It was named for Governor William Carroll.-Geography:According to the U.S...	32.4	52.1
Benton	12.9	20.7
Humphreys Humphreys County, Tennessee Humphreys County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2000, the population was 17,929. The 2005 Census Estimate placed the population at 18,212. Its county seat is Waverly.-Geography:According to the U.S...	27.6	44.5
Dickson	21.9	35.2
Cheatham	9.4	15.1
Davidson Davidson County, Tennessee Davidson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 626,681. Its county seat is Nashville.In 1963, the City of Nashville and the Davidson County government merged, so the county government is now known as the "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and...	32.2	51.9
Rutherford Rutherford County, Tennessee Rutherford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, it is the state's fifth-largest county by population with 262,604 people, an increase of 44.3 percent over the 2000 population of 182,023. Its county seat is Murfreesboro, which is also the geographic...	29.7	47.7
Cannon	14.9	24.0
Warren	24.4	39.3
Van Buren	2.9	4.6
White White County, Tennessee White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2000, the population was 23,102. Its county seat is Sparta.-History:...	22.2	35.7
Cumberland	34.2	55.0
Roane	28.0	45.0
Loudon	7.2	11.6
Knox Knox County, Tennessee Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its 2007 population was estimated at 423,874 by the United States Census Bureau. Its county seat is Knoxville, as it has been since the creation of the county. The county is at the geographical center of the Great Valley of East Tennessee...	36.4	58.5
Grainger	31.4	50.5
Hawkins Hawkins County, Tennessee Hawkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 56,833. Its county seat is Rogersville, Tennessee's second-oldest town....	41.4	66.6
Sullivan	25.4	40.8