Tennessee State Route 155

State Route 155
State Route 155
Briley Parkway; Thompson Lane; White Bridge Pike; Woodmont Boulevard
Route information
	Maintained by TDOT
Length	35.19 mi (56.63 km)
Major junctions
	Loop around Nashville
	I-40; I-65; I-24;
Location
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Counties	Davidson
Highway system
	Tennessee State Routes; Interstate; US; State;

State Route 155 (SR 155), mostly designated as Briley Parkway, is a major partial beltway around Nashville, Tennessee. It is 29.7 mi (47.8 km) 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.

Briley Parkway starts at the intersection of East Thompson Lane and Thompson Lane in south Nashville and ends at I-40 in West Nashville. The highway, however, starts at I-40 in eastern Nashville.

The other end of the northern loop, the interchange at I-40 and White Bridge Road (on the west side of town), was reconstructed. Phase one was completed ahead of schedule in 2005; phase two, ramps to and from Briley and separation it from the White Bridge Road/I-40 interchange, was completed by 2013.^[2]

In south Nashville, Briley Parkway becomes Thompson Lane, then 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.

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Nashville–Oak Hill line	0	0.0	—	US 31 (Franklin Road, SR-6)	Unmarked Exit 1
Nashville			—	US 31A / US 41A (Nolensville Pike, SR-11)	Unmarked Exit 2
			3	I-24 – Chattanooga, Nashville	Interchange; signed as exits 3A (east) and 3B (west); I-24 exit 54
			West end of freeway
			3C	Averitt Express Drive
			4	US 41 / US 70S (Murfreesboro Road, SR-1)
			North end of freeway
			5	Airways Boulevard	Interchange
			South end of freeway
			6	I-40 – Nashville International Airport, Knoxville, Nashville	Signed as exits 6A (east) and 6B (west); I-40 exit 204
			7	Elm Hill Pike
			8	US 70 (Lebanon Pike, SR-24) – Donelson
			10	Two Rivers Parkway
			11	Opry Mills Drive	Serves Opry Mills, General Jackson Showboat and Grand Ole Opry House
	12	19	12	McGavock Pike, Music Valley Drive – Opryland Hotel & Convention Center
			14	US 31E north (Gallatin Road, SR-6) – Madison	East end of US-31E/SR-6 overlap; signed westbound as exits 14A (north) and 14B (south)
			15	US 31E south (Ellington Parkway, SR-6)	West end of US-31E/SR-6 overlap; signed as exits 15A (Briarville Road) and 15B (US-31E south)
			16	I-65 / US 31W / US 41 (Dickerson Pike, SR-11) – Nashville, Louisville	Signed as exits 15C (westbound)/16A (eastbound) (I-65 north) and 16B (I-65 south/US-31W/US-41); Ramp to I-65 north splits from exit 15 westbound; I-65 exit 90
			17	Brick Church Pike
			18	I-24 – Clarksville, Nashville	Signed as exits 18A (west) and 18B (east); I-24 exit 43
			19	US 431 (Whites Creek Pike, SR-65)
			21	US 41A (Clarksville Pike, SR-112)	Signed as exits 21A (north) and 21B (south) westbound
			24	SR 12 – Ashland City
			25	County Hospital Road
			26	Centennial Boulevard	Signed as exits 26A (east) and 26B (west) northbound; Serves John C. Tune Airport and Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
			South end of freeway
			27	I-40 – Nashville, Memphis	Interchange; signed as exits 27A (east) and 27B (west) southbound; no exit number northbound; I-40 exit 215
			28	US 70 (Charlotte Pike, SR-24)
			29	US 70S (Harding Road, SR-1)
			30	US 431 (Hillsboro Pike, SR-106)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus