Road Closures

Nashville Chalk Fest, a free two-day street festival benefiting the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, is scheduled for April 11-12. The event will close several streets in Hillsboro Village from Friday, April 10, at 9 a.m. through Sunday, April 12, at midnight. Read More

The northbound lane of Natchez Trace between Children’s Way and Jess Neely Drive will be closed beginning Saturday, April 4, through Monday, April 20. This two-week closure is made necessary by construction being done on the McGugin Center addition. Read More

The closure of Highland Avenue scheduled for March 31, 2015, has been changed to March 30, 2015. Read More

The westbound lane of Highland Avenue will be closed March 23, 24 and 25 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day due to construction at the nearby Science and Engineering Building site, but access to the 25th Avenue Garage will remain open to faculty and staff. Read More

The Hot Chocolate 15k/5k is coming to Nashville Feb. 14. Road closures will be in effect, including two westbound lanes of West End Avenue. Read More

The north entrance drive for Vanderbilt University Hospital will be closed from Monday, Nov. 17, through Friday, Nov. 21, between 10 p.m.–4:30 a.m. each night. Read More

The north entrance drive for Vanderbilt University Hospital will be closed from Monday, Nov. 10, through Friday, Nov. 14, between 10 p.m.–4:30 a.m. Read More

On Saturday, Nov. 8, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Pierce Avenue will be closed from Medical Center Drive to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt pedestrian sky bridge due to construction work in the area. Read More

The Women’s Running Nashville Half-Marathon and 5K benefitting the Edith Sanford Breast Cancer Foundation is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27. Read More

Continued construction on the new Engineering and Science Building will necessitate a road closure overnight Wednesday, Aug. 20. Read More

A rendering of the new Engineering and Science Building. (Vanderbilt University) Garland Avenue will be closed from 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, through the evening on Saturday, Aug. 9, for the placement of an electrical duct bank for the new Engineering and Science Building currently under construction. Read More

The Vanderbilt football season begins Aug. 28 with a nationally televised game against Temple University. As with last year’s season opener, the Thursday-evening game will require some minor adjustments to employee parking. Read More

Watch for road closures near VUMC July 19. Read More

Medical Center Drive (Vanderbilt University) From 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, traffic on Medical Center Drive will be shifted over, with one northbound lane open from the south side of the adult Emergency Room ambulance bay parking to the north entrance of The Vanderbilt Clinic… Read More

The St. Jude Country Music Marathon and Half-Marathon is scheduled for Saturday, April 26. Most road closures and detours along the race routes will be in effect between 6 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Beginning at 6 a.m., police and event personnel will implement a soft closure along the… Read More

Expect lane closures on West End Avenue during the Hot Chocolate 15/5K Feb. 15. Read More

The process of converting Vanderbilt’s coal-fired co-generation power plant to a natural gas facility is underway and will necessitate the closure of a portion of Vanderbilt Place from mid-December 2013 through late March 2014. Read More

Medical Center Drive (Vanderbilt University) Beginning Saturday, Oct. 26, at 6 a.m. through Sunday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m., Medical Center Drive will be closed from the south side of the Adult Emergency Room ambulance bay to the north entrance of The Vanderbilt Clinic turnaround. Emergency ambulance bay parking will not be affected. The purpose… Read More

There will be several road closures Oct. 12 during the Nashville Heart Walk. Read More

The north end of the new multipurpose facility is taking shape. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) The walkway from 25th Avenue South to the entrance of the Student Recreation Center will be closed Tuesday, Feb. 26, to accommodate construction on the new athletic multipurpose facility. The closure involves the delivery… Read More