Interstate 65 in Tennessee
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| Interstate 65 Main route of the Interstate Highway System |
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| The Albert Arnold Gore Sr. Memorial Highway Maintained by Tennessee DOT |
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| Length: | 121.71 mi (195.87 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1958 | ||||||||
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| Major cities Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs |
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Interstate 65 in Tennessee runs from Ardmore, Tennessee north 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.
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[edit] Route Description
I-65 enters Tennessee from the south near the town of Ardmore, and passes through mostly rural territory for 65 miles. Its first city in Tennessee is Franklin. Then the route travels through Brentwood, Tennessee, downtown Nashville, Madison, Goodlettsville, White House, and exits near Portland into Kentucky to the north.
Northbound I-65 overlaps Interstates 40 and 24 at separate points in Nashville, forming a loop around the center of the city. Until 2000, the two-mile northern leg of this loop was designated Interstate 265. On April 7, 2000, I-265 was removed, and I-65 was rerouted from the south and east loop (where it overlapped I-40 and I-24) to the north and west loop (where it overlaps I-40 only on the west side and has the north side to itself). Nashville's government successfully petitioned to have the designation changed in order to help alleviate traffic caused by motorists following I-65 through the city.[1][2]
A GM plant, Spring Hill Manufacturing, is within a short driving distance from the interstate in Spring Hill, while Nissan's manufacturing facilities in Smyrna are located approximately 30 miles to the west of I-65.
[edit] History
I-65 was the first interstate opened to traffic in Tennessee. A 1.8 mile section near the Alabama-Tennessee state line opened on November 15, 1958 with an opening ceremony at 10:30 AM. McDowell and McDowell Construction started work on the interchange in May, 1957. [3]
[edit] Exit list
Exits are numbered from south to north, in accordance with AASHTO guidelines.
| County | Location | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Giles | 1 | US 31 overlaps I-65 at this exit into Alabama | ||
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| 14 | ||||
| Marshall | 22 | |||
| 27 | ||||
| 32 | ||||
| Maury | Columbia | 37 | ||
| 46 | ||||
| Williamson | 53 | |||
| 59 | Local traffic westbound only due to continuing construction of 840 towards Interstate 40 | |||
| Franklin | 61 | |||
| 65 | ||||
| 68 | Cool Springs Boulevard - Cool Springs Galleria | |||
| 69 | ||||
| Brentwood | 71 | |||
| Davidson | 74 | |||
| Nashville Metro | 78 | |||
| 79 | ||||
| 80 | ||||
| 81 | Wedgewood Avenue | |||
| 82 | Interstate 65 overlaps Interstate 40 for two miles | |||
| 209 | ||||
| 209A | ||||
| 209B | Demonbreun Street | |||
| 84 | I-40/I-65 concurrency ends | |||
| 85 | Formerly MetroCenter Boulevard and 8th Avenue, officially changed to current name on August 6, 2007 | |||
| 86 | Interstate 65 overlaps Interstate 24 for two miles | |||
| 87 | ||||
| 88 | I-65/I-24 concurrency ends | |||
| 90A | ||||
| 90B | ||||
| 92 | ||||
| 95 | ||||
| 96 | Rivergate Parkway- Rivergate Mall, Goodlettsville | |||
| 97 | ||||
| Sumner | 98 | |||
| Robertson | 104 | |||
| 108 | ||||
| 112 | ||||
| 117 |
[edit] References
- ^ 3-digit Interstates from I-65
- ^ "I-65 Goes West to Relieve Congestion", May 2000 press release, Tennessee Department of Transportation
- ^ Facts About Tennessee’s Interstate System 50th Anniversary, 1956-2006 (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
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