Tennessee State Route 155

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State Route 155, also known as Briley Parkway, is a major beltway around Nashville, Tennessee. It is 29.7 miles (47.8 km) long.

Briley Parkway, named in honor of former Nashville mayor Beverly Briley, passes the Grand Ole Opry House, Opry Mills, and the Opryland Hotel east of Nashville, where it is currently being expanded from four lanes to eight. It crosses the Cumberland River twice, once near Madison, and again on the west side of Nashville, near the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution and John C. Tune Airport. On the southeast portion of the loop, Briley Parkway crosses Interstate 40 and passes Nashville International Airport.

1 Description
- 1.1 Exit list
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Description

Briley Parkway is an uninterrupted, divided highway on its northern loop from I-40 near the airport to I-40 in West Nashville. Much of the northern loop between I-40 and I-65 (the section passing through Donelson and Pennington Bend) is under a massive construction project to widen it from four lanes to eight lanes, including new interchanges at I-40, US 31-E, and I-65. The project is now scheduled to be completed in 2007.

The other end of the northern loop, the interchange at I-40 and White Bridge Road (on the west side of town), was completed ahead of schedule in 2005, but more work is slated to begin in the fall of 2006. New on-and-off-ramps are being constructed to provide easier access to-and-from Briley and to separate it from the over-congested White Bridge Road/I-40 interchange.

South of Nashville, Briley Parkway becomes Thompson Lane and Woodmont Boulevard (which are principal arterial roads in the south end), before changing to White Bridge Road and back to Briley Parkway again. These roads are not interrupted, divided highways. Woodmont Boulevard is the only section of the continuous road not designated as TN-155. As Thompson Lane, TN-155 passes through Berry Hill at Interstate 65 south and passes 100 Oaks Mall. As Woodmont Boulevard, it passes near Saint Thomas Hospital and Aquinas College near Belle Meade.

Of six interstate crossings, the only one inaccessible directly from this road is I-65 South of town, though drivers can be directed to it on nearby Powell Avenue/Armory Drive

To make the complete circle, at the speed limit, will typically take a driver 70 to 90 minutes, dependent on traffic conditions, most of which will be spent on the southern loop of this continuous road.

[edit] Exit list

Exit 2 - Interstate 24 (Southeast of Nashville)
Exit 3 - Murfreesboro Road (U.S. Route 41)
Exit 4 - Airways Blvd (former exit to old Nashville Metropolitan Airport, which closed in 1987)
Exit 5A/5B - Interstate 40 (East of Nashville)
Exit 6 - Elm Hill Pike
Exit 8 - Lebanon Pike (U.S. Route 70)
Exit 10 - Two Rivers Parkway
Exit 11 - Opry Mills Drive (former exit to Opryland USA theme park, which closed in 1997)
Exit 12 - McGavock Pike/Music Valley Drive/Opryland Hotel & Convention Center
Exit 15 - Gallatin Pike (U.S. Route 31E northbound at Madison and Inglewood)
Exit 16 - Ellington Parkway/Briarville Road (U.S. Route 31E southbound)
Exit 17 - Interstate 65 (North of Nashville)
Exit 18 - Brick Church Pike
Exit 19 - Interstate 24 (Northwest of Nashville)
Exit 20 - Whites Creek Pike (U.S. Route 431)
Exit 21 - Clarksville Highway (U.S. Route 41A)
Exit 25 - Hydes Ferry Pike (State Route 12 at Bordeaux)
Exit 27 - County Hospital Road
Exit 29 - Centennial Boulevard
Unnumbered exit at Interstate 40 (West of Nashville), becomes White Bridge Road