Interstate 65 in Tennessee

Interstate 65
	Albert Arnold Gore Sr. Memorial Highway
Route information
	Maintained by TDOT
Length:	121.71 mi (195.87 km)
Existed:	1958 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I‑65 at Alabama state line
	US 64 near Frankewing; US 412 in Columbia; SR 840 near Franklin; I-440 in Nashville; US 70 / US 431 in Nashville; I-40 in Nashville; I-24 in Nashville; US 31W / US 41 in Nashville
North end:	I-65 at Kentucky state line
Location
Counties:	Giles, Marshall, Maury, Williamson, Davidson, Sumner, Robertson
Highway system

Interstate 65 (I-65) runs from Ardmore north in Tennessee to just south of Franklin, Kentucky, forming part of the national Interstate 65, which goes from Mobile, Alabama, to Gary, Indiana. In Tennessee the highway's official name is the Albert Arnold Gore Sr. Memorial Highway.

Route description

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. I-65 enters Tennessee from the south near the town of Ardmore, and passes through mostly rural territory for 65 miles (105 km). At exit 1 (Tennessee State Route 7), US-31 separates from the Interstate, having merged at Athens, Alabama, and immediately services Elkton. After skimming the edges of Columbia and Spring Hill, the road comes to an interchange with Interstate 840. The road widens to eight lanes and travels through Franklin and Brentwood, Tennessee, before coming to an interchange with Interstate 440. The highway enters Downtown Nashville, sharing brief concurrences with Interstate 40 and Interstate 24. The road then separates from I-24 and intersects with SR-155 (Briley Parkway) on the north side of Nashville, and widens to ten through lanes. The widest section of I-65 is found on the north side of this interchange, where the road briefly accommodates 15 through lanes (8 northbound, 7 southbound). The road passes through Madison, and comes to an interchange with SR-386 (Vietnam Veterans Blvd) in Goodlettsville, and narrows back to six lanes. SR-386 can only be accessed from the northbound lanes. The highway then enters a largely rural area, passing through White House, and it exits near Portland into Kentucky to the north.

I-65 Southbound in Nashville.

History

A small part of I-65 was the first interstate Highway opened to traffic in Tennessee. A 1.8-mile (2.9 km) section near the Alabama–Tennessee state line opened on November 15, 1958. The McDowell and McDowell Construction company had started work on the interchange in May 1957.^[2] Until 2000, the 2-mile (3.2 km) northern leg of the loop in Nashville was designated as Interstate 265. On April 7, 2000, the I-265 designation vanished, and I-65 itself was re-routed from the southern and eastern half of the loop (where it traveled concurrently with I-24/I-40) to the western and northern half of the loop (where it travels concurrently with I-40 only on the western side, and has the northern stretch to itself). Nashville–Davidson County's city/county government had argued to have the designations changed in order to help alleviate traffic congestion caused by motorists' following I-65 through the main body of the city.^[3]^[4] Because of this, the new I-65 route is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) longer than the previous route. Mile markers north of Nashville were not changed with the reroute, so they do not accurately represent the length of I-65 in Tennessee.^{[citation needed]}

Exit list

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

County	Location	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Giles			I‑65 south – Birmingham	Continuation into Alabama
		1	US 31 / SR 7 (Elkton Highway) – Ardmore, Pulaski, Lawrenceburg, Huntsville	Northern end of US 31 overlap
		6	SR 273 (Bryson Road) – Elkton
		14	US 64 / SR 15 (Fayetteville Highway) – Pulaski, Fayetteville
Marshall		22	US 31A (Sam Davis Highway, Lewisburg Highway) – Pulaski, Lewisburg
		27	SR 129 (Lynnville Road)
		32	SR 373 (Mooresville Highway) – Lewisburg
Maury	Columbia	37	SR 50 (New Lewisburg Highway) – Columbia
Maury	Columbia	46	US 412 / SR 99 (Sylvester Chunn Highway) – Columbia	Eastern terminus of US 412
Williamson		53	SR 396 (Saturn Parkway) – Spring Hill
		59	SR 840 – Memphis, Dickson, Knoxville, Murfreesboro	Signed as exits 59A (east) and 59B (west)
	Franklin	61	SR 248 (Peytonsville Road) – Spring Hill
		65	SR 96 (Murfreesboro Road) – Franklin
		67	McEwen Drive
		68	Cool Springs Boulevard	Signed as exits 69A (east) and 68B (west)
	Brentwood	69	SR 441 (Moores Lane)	Southbound exit to Galleria Boulevard
	Brentwood	71	SR 253 (Concord Road) – Brentwood
Davidson	Nashville	74	SR 254 (Old Hickory Boulevard) – Brentwood	Signed as exits 74A (east) and 74B (west)
		78	SR 255 (Harding Place)	Signed southbound as exits 78A (east) and 78B (west)
		79	Armory Drive
		80	I-440 – Memphis, Knoxville	I-440 exit 5
		81	Wedgewood Avenue
		82	I-40 east – Knoxville	Southern end of I-40 overlap, east exit 210, west exit 210B; concurrency uses I-40 exit numbers
		209	Demonbreun Street
		209A	US 70 / US 70S / US 431 (Broadway)
		209B	US 70 (Charlotte Pike/Church Street)
		84	I-40 west – Memphis, Jackson	Northern end of I-40 overlap, west exit 208, east exit 208B
		85	US 41A / SR 12 (Rosa L. Parks Boulevard) – Downtown Nashville	Formerly MetroCenter Boulevard and 8th Avenue, officially changed to current name on August 6, 2007
		86	I-24 east – Chattanooga, Knoxville	Southern end of I-24 overlap, west exit 46B
		87	US 431 (Trinity Lane)
		88	I-24 west – Clarksville	Northern end of I-24 overlap, east exit 44B
		90A	US 31W / US 41 (Dickerson Pike)	No southbound exit to Dickerson Pike from I-65 (must use Briley Parkway exit)
		90B	SR 155 (Briley Parkway)
		92	SR 45 (Old Hickory Boulevard)
		95	SR 386 (Vietnam Veterans Boulevard) – Hendersonville, Gallatin
		96	Rivergate Parkway – Goodlettsville
		97	SR 174 (Long Hollow Pike) – Goodlettsville, Gallatin
Sumner		98	US 31W (Louisville Highway) / US 41 – Millersville
Robertson		104	SR 257 (Bethel Road) – Ridgetop
		108	SR 76 (Hwy 76) – White House, Springfield
		112	SR 25 (Main Street) – Cross Plains, Springfield, Gallatin
		117	SR 52 (Maple Street) / SR 58 south (Chattanooga Highway) – Portland, Orlinda, Chattanooga, Oak Ridge
	Portland	121	Lake Springs Road	Under construction as of February 2016
			I-65 north – Louisville	Continuation into Kentucky
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Unopened