Tennessee State Route 155
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Briley Parkway Thompson Lane White Bridge Pike Woodmont Boulevard | ||||
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Maintained by TDOT Beltway around Nashville | ||||
| Length: | 35.19 mi[1] (56.63 km) | |||
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  US 41 / US 70S Murfreesboro Pike | ||||
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| Counties: | Davidson | |||
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State Route 155, mostly designated as Briley Parkway, is a major partial beltway around Nashville, Tennessee. It is 29.7 mi (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. 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.
Route description
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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) was recently widened from four lanes to eight lanes, including new interchanges at I-40, US 31-E, and I-65. The project was completed in 2007.
Briley Parkway starts at the intersection of E Thompson Lane and Thompson Lane in south Nashville and ends at I-40 in West Nashville. The highway, however, starts at I-40 in eastern Nashville.
The other end of the northern loop, the interchange at I-40 and White Bridge Road (on the west side of town),is currently under reconstruction. Phase one was completed ahead of schedule in 2005, but additional work is now underway. 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.[2] This work has since been completed, as of mid-2013.
In south Nashville, Briley Parkway becomes Thompson Lane, then 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 interrupted and not 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 are directed via Powell Avenue to the Armory Drive exit of I-65 or via Franklin Road (U.S. Route 31) and Harding Place to I-65.
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.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Davidson County.
| Location | Mile | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Oak Hill | 0 |  US 31 (Franklin Road, SR-6) |
Interchange | |
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  US 31A / US 41A (Nolensville Pike, SR-11) |
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| 3 |  I-24 – Chattanooga, Nashville |
Interchange; signed as exits 3A (east) and 3B (west); I-24 exit 54 | ||
| West end of freeway | ||||
| Averitt Express Drive | ||||
| 4 | US 41 / US 70S (Murfreesboro Road, SR-1) |
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| North end of freeway | ||||
| 5 | Airways Boulevard | Interchange | ||
| South end of freeway | ||||
| 6 |  I-40 – Nashville International Airport, Knoxville, Nashville |
Signed as exits 6A (east) and 6B (west); I-40 east exit 204, west exits 204A-B | ||
| 7 | Elm Hill Pike | |||
| 8 |  US 70 (Lebanon Pike, SR-24) – Donelson |
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| 10 | Two Rivers Parkway | |||
| 11 | Opry Mills Drive | Serves Opry Mills, General Jackson Showboat and Grand Ole Opry House | ||
| 12 | 12 | Music Valley Drive, McGavock Pike – Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center | ||
| 14 |  US 31E north (Gallatin Road, SR-6) – Madison |
East end of US-31E/SR-6 overlap; signed as exits 14A (north) and 14B (south) | ||
| 15 | US 31E south (Ellington Parkway, SR-6) / Briarville Road |
West end of US-31E/SR-6 overlap; signed as exits 15A (Briarville Road) and 15B (US-31E south) | ||
| 16 |   I-65 / US 31W / US 41 (Dickerson Pike, SR-11) – Louisville, Nashville |
Signed as exits 16A (I-65 north) and 16B (I-65 south/US-31W/US-41); I-65 north exit 90B, south exits 90A-B | ||
| 17 | Brick Church Pike | |||
| 18 | I-24 – Clarksville, Nashville |
Signed as exits 18A (west) and 18B (east); I-24 exit 43 | ||
| 19 |  US 431 (Whites Creek Pike, SR-65) |
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| 21 | US 41A (Clarksville Pike, SR-112) |
Signed as exits 21A (north) and 21B (south) westbound | ||
| 24 |  SR 12 – Ashland City |
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| 25 | County Hospital Road | |||
| 26 | Centennial Boulevard | Signed as exits 26A (east) and 26B (west) northbound. Serves John C. Tune Airport and Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. | ||
| South end of freeway | ||||
| 27 | I-40 – Nashville, Memphis |
Interchange; signed as exits 27A (east) and 27B (west) southbound; no exit number northbound; I-40 exits 215A-B | ||
| US 70 (Charlotte Pike, SR-24) |
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| US 70S (Harding Road, SR-1) |
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See also
- List of Tennessee state highways
References
- ↑ DeLorme Street Atlas 2007, Toggle Measure Tool. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
- ↑ http://news.tennesseeanytime.org/node/2187