Tennessee State Route 155

Infobox road
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state=TN
highway_name=Briley Parkway
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type=Dual
route=155
alternate_name=Thompson Lane, Woodmont Boulevard, White Bridge Road
maint=TDOT
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length_mi=35.19
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length_ref=DeLorme Street Atlas 2007, Toggle Measure Tool. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.]
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beltway_city=Nashville
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counties=Davidson
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cities=Oak Hill, Berry Hill, Nashville
system=Tennessee State Routes
previous_type=Interstate
previous_route=155
next_type=Secondary
next_route=156
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State Route 155, mostly designated the Briley Parkway, is a major beltway around Nashville, Tennessee. It is convert|29.7|mi|km|1|sp=us|abbr=on 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

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.

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 additional work is planned. 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 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.

References

ee also

*List of Tennessee state highways

External links

* [http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/ Tennessee Department of Transportation]