Project in the Spotlight
Some of our pages require Adobe Reader software. You can download it free here Get Free Adobe Reader.From time to time, the ADA Compliance Division calls attention to projects that may provide guidance or examples concerning ADA issues faced by others.
We're shining the spotlight on the Justice A. A. Birch Building. Located in downtown Nashville near the west bank of the Cumberland River, construction began on a new courthouse building in the summer of 2003.
In 2005, the Metro Council passed an ordinance naming the new courthouse for Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr., in recognition of his outstanding career of service to the citizens of Nashville and Davidson County. (Read the ordinance and its attachment to learn more about Justice Birch.)
Opening in the summer of 2006, the Justice A. A. Birch Building is a 235,000-square-foot state-of-the-art courthouse facility with more than a dozen courtrooms for Criminal Court and General Sessions Court proceedings, as well as jury selection facilities, administrative offices, and a secured holding facility for inmates that connects the Birch Building with the Criminal Justice Center via a skywalk over 2nd Avenue North.
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One tower of the Birch Building,
under construction.
Birch Building under
construction, viewed from site of former Courthouse (Ben West
Building in foreground with dome).
Birch Building under
construction, with scaffolding.
Interior service counter
at accessible height -- under construction.
Accessible sink and mirror.
Accessible bathroom facilities.
Courtroom under construction --
taken from the gallery area, facing the bench.
Service windows inside
Birch Building under constructions -- note one designed for
accessibility.
Inmate transfer skyway connected
to the Criminal Justice Center on the west side of 2nd Avenue
North.
Inmate transfer skyway connected
to the Birch Building on the east side of 2nd Avenue North.ADA Compliance Division
730 2nd Ave South
Suite 201
P.O. Box 196300
Nashville, TN 37219−6300
Email contactADA@Nashville.gov
Phone (615) 862-8744
TTY (615) 862-8951
Fax (615) 862-6767
Relay Service 711
The State of Tennessee provides a relay service at 711 so people who use TTYs can have phone conversations with people who do not have TTYs.
This service is completely confidential, available to anyone 24 hours a day/7 days a week, for calls anywhere in the United States or its territories, at no charge to either person in the conversation.
Dialing 711 works whether or not the person placing the call is using a TTY, since operators who answer use voice and TTY.
Alternate numbers for the relay service
800-848-0298 Person with TTY calling someone without TTY.
800-848-0299 Person without TTY calling someone with TTY.
You may also use the relay service via the internet at
http://www.ip-relay.com/index.htm.
www.nashville.gov > General Services > ADA Compliance