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Bowti
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Dec 07, 2017

Best route through Nashville

We will be coming into Nashville from the north side on I-24 and heading to I-65 on the south side around noon.
Looking for advise as to, just staying on I-65 all the way through, or to take I-40 and I-440 back to I-65. Any other advise is welcome.

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  • Get off I-24 on to Briley Parkway, also marked as SR-155. Go west/south and stay on Briley until you get off onto I-40 west of town. Exit onto I-40 and go EAST just a couple of miles and pick up 440. There is a big ramp from Briley Parkway onto I-40, and it dumps you on I-40 close to 440.

    MUCH easier and safer than going through downtown, although a few more miles. Briley Parkway is the best-kept secret around.

    As always, check Google Maps, Waze, and/or TDOT smartway site for traffic conditions before you commit to a route.
  • Bowti wrote:
    We will be coming into Nashville from the north side on I-24 and heading to I-65 on the south side around noon.
    Looking for advise as to, just staying on I-65 all the way through, or to take I-40 and I-440 back to I-65. Any other advise is welcome.


    I don't have a lot of experience in Nashville, but I will say that I passed through on I-24, both directions, while on a trip back in Oct/Nov. Both times were weekdays - once midday and the other later near rush hour (around 4). There is a lot of lane changing required because of the highways that merge and split throughout the city, but I did not find it problematic to go right through.