Interstate 65 in Tennessee

Interstate 65
Albert Arnold Gore Sr. Memorial Highway
Route information
Maintained by TDOT
Length:	121.71 mi[1] (195.87 km)
Existed:	1958 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I‑65 at Alabama state line
	US 64 near Frankewing US 412 in Columbia I-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 Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Tennessee State Routes Interstate US State ← SR 64 SR 65 →

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

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.

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	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
				46	US 412 / SR 99 (Sylvester Chunn Highway) – Columbia	Eastern terminus of US 412
Williamson	​			53	SR 396 (Saturn Parkway) – Spring Hill
	​			59	I-840 – Memphis, Dickson, Knoxville, Murfreesboro	I-840 exit 31; signed as exits 59A (east) and 59B (west); cloverstack interchange
	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
				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, access to Nashville International Airport
				81	Wedgewood Avenue
				82	I-40 east to I-24 east – Knoxville, Chattanooga	Southern end of I-40 overlap, east exit 210, west exit 210B; concurrency uses I-40 exit numbers, access to Nashville International Airport
				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 to I-40 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)	Access to Nashville International Airport
				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) – Portland, Orlinda
	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

See also

• Tennessee portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

1. "FHWA Route Log and Finder List: Table 1". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
2. "Facts About Tennessee's Interstate System 50th Anniversary, 1956-2006". Retrieved 2007-08-17.
3. "3-digit Interstates from I-65". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
4. "I-65 Goes West to Relieve Congestion (press release)". Tennessee Department of Transportation. May 2000. Archived from the original on 2004-08-16. Retrieved 2010-01-19.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Media related to Interstate 65 in Tennessee at Wikimedia Commons