The Tennessee leg of I-40 was part of the original 1,047 miles (1,685 km) of Interstate Highways authorized for Tennessee by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. The first section of Interstate 40—Nonconnah Creek to Hindman Ferry Road in Shelby County (originally I-240)—was contracted in 1956, and within a year contracts had been awarded for sections in Davidson, Knox, Roane, Haywood, Madison, Jefferson, and Cocke counties. By 1958, sections in Loudon, Smith, Putnam, Cumberland, Humphreys, Hickman and Sevier counties had been contracted. Most of I-40 had been completed by the late 1960s. 

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In Memphis, I-40 was originally slated to pass through the city's Overton Park, a 342-acre (138 ha) wooded refuge that had become an important stopover for migratory birds. Fearing that the Interstate's construction would upset the park's fragile ecological balance, environmentalists waged a 12-year legal battle to prevent highway construction in the park, culminating in the United States Supreme Cour decision, Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe. The Supreme Court remanded the case to the District Court for further review, and it ruled that the highway commission had not adequately explored alternative routes. In 1981, the highway commission abandoned plans to route I-40 through Overton Park, and instead redesignated the northern portion of I-240 as I-40. For over 20 years, I-40 signage existed on the dead-end route toward Overton Park. To this day, signs still exist on overhead gantries leading westbound drivers on Sam Cooper "To Little Rock". Several miles of a limited-access road were actually built within the I-240 loop; this portion of highway still exists and is in regular use as Sam Cooper Boulevard, reaching the eastern end of Chickasaw Country Club.

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