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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. 09/07/20

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

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.

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

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.


Sources:
  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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    Interstate 40
    Interstate 65

    Page Updated 07-16-2021.

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