Nashville Airport terminal roadway project update

April 20 through end of May:

Monday through Saturday
10am – 11am

Allow extra time when traveling to the airport during this time and watch for construction detour and speed limit signs. The blast time may vary as the project progresses, so please look for updates on our Web site, www.flynashville.com.

Background on Terminal Roadway Project
Phase I of the Terminal Access Roadway Improvements (TARI) Project began in October 2008 and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2009. TARI is designed to improve traffic conditions on Terminal Ring Road, the one-way thoroughfare that surrounds the airport’s short and long-term parking lots and provides access to the terminal. TARI will eliminate the need for vehicles to merge and weave through multiple lanes of traffic on Ring Road, and will improve ingress/egress from both I-40 and Donelson Pike.

Take the Highway

Tennessee roads ranking middle of the pack

Tennessee state roads aren't the best in the country, but neither are they the worst, according to a report by The Reason Foundation, a Los Angeles-based think tank.

The report ranks Tennessee roads 20th in the country for overall performance.

States with poor road conditions include No. 43. Alabama.

Ranking below Alabama were California, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Rhode Island, New York and Alaska. New Jersey was last for the eighth year in a row.

The best roads, according to the group, are in North Dakota, South Carolina, Kansas, New Mexico and Montana.

The states "that score well have been able to achieve needed improvements and adequate maintenance at relatively low cost," says David Hartgen, lead author of the study, in a prepared statement.

The study measured the performance of state-owned roads and highways from 1984 to 2005 in 12 different categories - including traffic fatalities, congestion, pavement condition, bridge condition, highway maintenance and administrative costs.

Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban Interstates are congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions have improved, according to the report.

Tennessee Business Journal