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Murphy Road at Interstate 440 - Nashville, TN

Murphy Road branches west from U.S. 70S (West End Avenue) over the Four Forty Parkway (I-440) into the Sylvan Park neighborhood. - 09/07/2020

Interstate 440 winds southeast from I-40 along a below grade parkway through residential areas of Nashville including Sylvan Heights, West End Park and Belmont-Hillsboro. Commercial development at the interchanges is limited due an I-440 impact ordinance instituted by the Metro Planning Commission during the 1980s.1

1969 map of Nashville, TN

Proposed ramps for the east end of Interstate 440 at I-24 appeared in 1969. None of the three main Interstates were completed through the city at this time.

A four-level interchange joins the I-440 loop with I-65 at the city of Berry Hill. The remainder of the route east serves industrial areas and the Woodbine community to the four roadway section of I-24 leading north to I-40.

Interstate 440 Tennessee Guides

East - 27 photos

West - 27 photos

The westbound off-ramp to U.S. 70S (West End Avenue) east was reconfigured during the mid-2000s to three lanes while better accommodating pedestrians.1 A third eastbound lane was added to the Four Forty Parkway between I-65 and U.S. 31A/41A (Nolensville Road) in 2012-13.

Costing $152.9 million, the Interstate 440 Reconstruction Project underway from Fall 2018 to July 2, 2020 replaced the concrete pavement, widened the freeway and removed the center raised median.3 Additional work installed a fiber optic network, new lighting and seven noise walls. Improvements were also made to ramps westbound to Murphy Road and eastbound to Hillsboro Road.4

References:

  1. "Interstate 440 turns 25 with a history of successes and setbacks." http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/interstate-440-turns-25-history-successes-and-setbacks The City Paper (Nashville, TN), August 7, 2011.
  2. "Bridging the gap." Nashville Post, September 12, 2013.
  3. Interstate 440 Reconstruction Project. https://www.tn.gov/tdot/projects/region-3/interstate-440.html Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) project website.
  4. "TDOT Awards I-440 Reconstruction Contract." Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), news release. August 1, 2018.

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Page Updated Friday July 16, 2021.