Whites Creek Greenway Extension
Metro Parks is designing an approximately 1-mile extension of the Whites Creek Greenway from the Hartman Community Center to Buena Vista Pike. Parks staff hosted a community meeting on May 14, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the Hartman Community Center where staff and the design team presented on the project and heard from the community. The slideshow and community comments from this meeting are available below. Additional community meetings will be held as the design work progresses and future meetings will be advertised here on the Metro webpage, the Parks Newsletter, and through other channels.
Whites Creek Greenway Public Meeting Presentation
Whites Creek Greenway Public Meeting Board
Two New 440 Greenway Segments Planned
What is the 440 Greenway?
The 440 Greenway is a partially completed 7-mile segment of urban greenway corridor along I-440. The 440 Greenway is part of the planned 35-mile City Central urban greenway loop that will encircle Nashville’s core, connecting to adjacent neighborhoods. The City Central greenway loop is approximately 1/3 complete. The first segment of the 440 Greenway was completed in 2018, and links Metro Parks James H. Fyke Administrative Complex to Elmington Park via a 1.25-mile-long trail.
What is great about the 440 Greenway?
The greenway provides greenspace, recreation, and meaningful transportation options while connecting neighborhoods divided by I-40 and I-440. The greenway is host to pedestrians, cyclists, dog walkers, kids and kids-at-heart!
440 Greenway - Park Plaza to Centennial Park Segment
This planned 1/4-mile segment of the 440 Greenway will extend the existing 440 greenway from the Park Plaza Trailhead at Metro Parks James H. Fyke Administrative Complex to Centennial Park. The new segment will be routed along Park Plaza and will cross 31st Avenue North. Construction planning for this work is on-going. New pedestrian level lighting is proposed for the 440 Greenway from the West End Avenue terminus to Centennial Park.
Parks staff hosted a community meeting on November 13, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in the Parks Building at 2565 Park Plaza. Consultants and staff presented the layout plans for the new segment and lighting plans for the completed greenway from Elmington Park to Centennial Park. Comments from the community were heard. The presentation boards and community photos from this meeting are available below. Contact us with any questions related to this project: [email protected].
440 Greenway - Park Plaza to Centennial Park Public Design and Lighting Presentation Boards
440 Greenway - Public Meeting Photos
440 Greenway - Sevier Park to Browns Creek Park Segment
This planned segment of the 440 Greenway will link Sevier Park and Community Center to Gale Lane Park and to Browns Creek Park while connecting adjacent neighborhoods. The new .75-mile segment will add to the .40 miles of existing greenway looping through Gale Lane Park and the .60-mile existing greenway loop in Browns Creek Park for a total of 1.75 miles.
First Community Input Meeting
The first community meeting was held on January 23, 2023, at Sevier Park Community Center where this proposed greenway routing plan was presented to members of the public and Metro Council Members.
Public Meeting Board Showing Trail Graphic
The majority of the new greenway trail will be constructed in TDOT right-of-way. A portion will be on Parks' property and a portion is proposed within Metro right-of-way.
A trailhead and wayfinding signage, bike racks, benches, trail lighting tree planting and enhanced street crossings are all proposed for this Greenway.
We received great questions and input that will inform the final design of the greenway.
Public Meeting Board with Post-It Comments
Final Community Input Meeting
The final community meeting was held on August 11, 2025 at the Sevier Park Community Center where the final draft plan and lighting plans were presented to members of the public.
Final Public Meeting Photos
Public Meeting Board Showing Final Trail Design
Comments received
Construction of this project will begin when the project is fully funded.
Remaining segments of the 440 Greenway are planned and will be designed at a later time.
For more information on the 440 Greenway, email us at [email protected].
E-Bike Study
The final results of a 2021 E-Bike Study and the recommendation from the Greenways and Open Space Commission are provided below.
The Greenways Master Plan
Greenway trails are developed following the master plan, which focuses on Davidson County’s eight major waterways and an urban loop system, as well as routes recommended by citizens through various community plans.
The Greenways and Open Space Commission, advisory to Metro Parks, guides implementation of the greenways portion of the 2017 Master Plan Update, Plan to Play: the Parks and Greenways Master Plan.
- Among six key findings: Paved and unpaved trails are among the most valued facility types in the system, and the community wants more of them across the county.
- Among four key recommendations: Expand the greenway trail network by adding 53 miles of paved and 50 miles of unpaved trails by the year 2027.
- During the public engagement phase of Plan to Play, as well as at public meetings for years, Metro Parks has heard how important it is for people to be able to walk or bike to their park or greenway. The result is greenway plans that place a higher priority on connectivity and transportation, and sidewalk and bikeway plans that interface with parks and greenways.
- With the expansion of the greenway network over the past 25 years, our goal has evolved from a trail within two miles to a trail within one mile of every community. In the urban core: an inviting ten-minute (half-mile) walk to a neighborhood park or greenway.
2011 Nashville Open Space Plan
The Open Space Vision is informed by the unique natural features of Nashville and Davidson County: four corners, nine bends and a heart of green.
- Four corners of the county serve as anchors for the open space network.
- There should be protected land in each of the nine bends in the Cumberland River.
- In the center is downtown, which should become a heart of green.
2026 Greenways and Open Space
Current Projects
Around 10 mi of new greenways in Design or Final Permitting phase
- 440 Greenway - Park Plaza to Centennial Park 0.2 miles
Extension of the greenway from the Park Plaza trailhead down to the intersection of 31st Avenue. Includes new ‘gateway’ walls, landscaping and lighting for both new segment and the existing 440 Greenway.
Status – Currently in Procurement phase. Anticipated to break ground in Q4 of 2026. - 440 Greenway - Sevier Park to Browns Creek Park 1.0 mile
Greenway trail connecting Sevier Park to Gale Lane Park to Browns Creek Park, street crossings, landscaping, lighting and a Perma Trek boardwalk at Browns Creek. Includes a new trailhead at Sevier Park.
Status – Currently in Final Design and permitting phase. Expected to begin procurement phase in Q3 of 2026. Cumberland River Greenway - Opry Mills Greenway 1.0 mile
1 mile section of greenway that will connect the Cumberland River Pedestrian Bridge, Cumberland River Greenway and Stones River Greenway to the Opry Mills campus.
- 2025 Transportation Alternative Program Grant was awarded for the construction of the Opry Mills Greenway Connector in the amount of $11.3 million in federal funding.
Status – Currently in Preconstruction phase. Anticipated to begin procurement phase in Q4 of 2026.
- Whites Creek Greenway – Hartman to Buena Vista Pike 1.0 mile
1 mile extension along Tucker Road and across flood buyout property along West Hamilton Avenue to Buena Vista Pike. Includes a pedestrian bridge crossing Whites Creek, traffic calming infrastructure and lighting along the greenway trail.
Status - Project is in 60%/ Design Development phase. Design and permitting expected to be complete and ready for bid in late 2026 (pending funding). - Charlotte Corridor Rail with Greenway- 4.5 miles
Proposed greenway route would tie into the existing 440 Greenway near Centennial Park, follow along CCRA rail line and extend to Frankie Pierce Park and Farmers market.
Status - Easement acquisition for the corridor is ongoing. - Cumberland River Greenway –Greenway adjacent to Ascend amphitheater- 0.09 miles
Construction of a 0.12 mi boardwalk to bypass the amphitheater that will allow the greenway to remain open during events.
Status - Completed in Q2 of 2026. - *Harpeth River Greenway - Ariza Bellevue 0.7 miles
Construction of new greenway connection from existing trail on Morton Mill Road to existing pedestrian bridge and future park development on land donated by Dorothy Kate and Thomas Frist Foundation.
Status – Project is expected to break ground in late 2026. - *Richland Creek Greenway - Belle Meade Village 0.38 miles
Developer will construct the greenway from Hwy 70S, through the new development along Richland Creek, under White Bridge Road, across the back of the Ingram property and will connect with the existing trailhead at the Old White Bridge.
Status – Easement has been dedicated. Greenway to be open when the project is completed. - *Pennington Bend Greenway - Gleaves Farm 1.20 miles
Developer will construct a greenway through the new development along Pennington Bend Road and terminate at McGavock Pike.
Status - In design phase. Final SP approval ongoing. - *Osage Arbor at Broadmoor Trail oriented development Phase 1- 0.2 miles
The project will include design, construction and maintenance of the greenway as well as a permanent greenway easement dedication to Metro.
Status – Easement dedication is in process.
Greenways under Construction in 2026
- *Cumberland River Greenway - Modera Nations- 0.12 mi – slated for completion in Q2 of 2026.
- ** Cumberland River Greenway – 900 1st Avenue North (Stockyards)- slated for completion in Q3 of 2026.
- *Pennington Bend Greenway - Pennington Mills 0.30 mi- Paving is complete.
- *River North at 2200 Bowline Ave – 0.2 mi- slated for opening in Q3 of 2026.
- *Novel Richland creek- 0.15 mi – slated for opening Fall of 2027.
*Greenways under construction in partnership with new adjacent private development.
** Greenways under reconstruction associated with new adjacent development.
Greenway easement and open space acquisitions underway and not privately funded projects
Harpeth River Greenway at Newsom Station easement dedication
Property transfers and licenses from outside agencies
- 25 acres of open space in the bend of the Harpeth River to be donated as part of the Ariza Bellevue residential project in Bellevue.
- Greene property acquisition initiated - 2.36 acres of historic battlefield adjacent Fort Negley. $4.128 million awarded through the Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program of the American Battlefield Protection Program. The American Battlefield Trust will place a conservation easement on the land and deed it to Metro. Conservation easement is in development.
