US Highway 45 in the state of Tennessee was renamed the 'Rockabilly Highway' in honor of Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins. On friday, June 27, Tennessee State Representative Jimmy Elridge presented Henry Harrison from the Rockabilly Hall Of Fame the new highway sign in Jackson,Tn.

The entire length of the highway runs from north of Mobile, Alabama to Ontonagon, Michigan. Rockabilly Highway runs from Carl Perkins hometown of Jackson, Tenn., to the city where Elvis Presley was born, in Tupelo, Miss.

The portion of the renamed highway is 55 miles. Signs naming the highway were unveiled at each end of the section at 11:30 a.m. on Friday by the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

Source Elvis Australia