Boulevard is the name given to the portion of U.S. Route 79 between the Red River (Lynnwood-Tarpley) bridge near the Kraft Street intersection and I-24’s exit 4 interchange. This section of Highway 79 in Clarksville was previously called the Guthrie Highway, for nearby Guthrie, Kentucky, but in 1994, the name was changed to honor Wilma Rudolph, an Olympic runner from Clarksville, who won three gold medals in the 1960 Rome Summer Olympic Games in Italy. The highway then enters Todd County, Kentucky after exiting the city of Clarksville. The state line coincides with the northern terminus of SR 13. Concurrency list U.S. 79 runs concurrently with the following interstate and U.S. routes: I-55/US 61/US 64 from Arkansas state line to Exit 12, US 70 from Arkansas state line to Brownsville US 51 in downtown Memphis US 70A from Brownsville to Atwood, and US 41A (Providence Blvd.) from west Clarksville to downtown Clarksville Additionally, all areas of US 79 run concurrently with Tennessee state routes throughout its course through the state as “hidden,” or secret designations as the state routes are not signed. They include: from Memphis to Brownsville (in association with US 70) in downtown Memphis (in association with US 51) from Braden to Mason from Brownsville to Clarksville from Milan to Atwood in Clarksville (in association with US 41A) through Clarksville from downtown Clarksville to the Kentucky state line History US 79 did not have any presence in Tennessee or southern Kentucky until it was routed into the state in 1944. Until then, the route ended in West Memphis, Arkansas, and US 79's current route in Tennessee was signed solely as SR 76 from Brownsville to Clarksville, and SR 13 from Clarksville to the Kentucky line. Major intersections The mileposts listed in the following table is only an estimated calculation. Actual mile markers may vary and subject to change due to any future reroutings that may occur See also Tennessee State Route 1 Tennessee State Route 76 References Tennessee 079 Transportation in Shelby County, Tennessee Transportation in Fayette County, Tennessee Transportation in Tipton County, Tennessee Transportation in Haywood County, Tennessee Transportation in Gibson County, Tennessee Transportation in Carroll County, Tennessee Transportation in Henry County, Tennessee Transportation in Stewart County, Tennessee Transportation in Montgomery County, Tennessee Transportation in Clarksville, Tennessee Transportation in Memphis, Tennessee