Nashville International Airport

Terminal Access Roadway Improvements (TARI) Project

The Terminal Access Roadway Improvements (TARI) Project is designed to improve traffic conditions on Ring Road, the one-way road that surrounds Nashville International Airport's short- and long-term parking facilities and offers access to the terminal. Phase 1 of TARI commenced in October 2008 and was completed in October 2009.

Driving patterns have changed to improve traffic conditions and provide safer, more convenient access to the terminal and parking.

Many elements of BNA traffic patterns and parking remain the same. The terminal building and all parking lots can still be accessed via Donelson Pike and I-40.

Patrons should be aware of the following significant changes, and follow traffic signs carefully:

• The names of two parking lots have changed. The Long Term lot, adjacent to the Short Term garage, is now Long Term A. The former seasonal Overflow lot, east of Donelson Pike, is now open as Long Term B.

• The entrance point to Long Term A and Short Term has moved, and they now share a common parking ticket dispenser station.

• Short Term parkers now need to stop at a second parking ticket dispenser at the entrance to the Short Term garage, located 1,300 feet ahead, where they validate their ticket to enter the garage.

• The cell phone/waiting area has reopened in a new location and more than doubled in size, giving drivers a free place to wait to pick up arriving passengers.

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Travel Tips:

From downtown and west of BNA: For easy access to the terminal, valet parking, the Short Term garage and the Long Term A lot, visitors should use I-40 exit 216A. For all other parking, including Economy and Long Term B lots and the cell phone/waiting area, use the I-40 Donelson Pike exit 216B.

From east of BNA: Visitors should use the I-40 Donelson Pike exit 216 to access the terminal and all parking.

Please watch for construction detour and speed limit signs, and stay alert for construction workers.

For more information about TARI, download a printable fact sheet with maps