Edgehill Avenue and Chestnut Street Complete Streets
Edgehill Avenue and Chestnut Street Complete Streets
The Edgehill Avenue and Chestnut Street Complete Streets originated in the WalknBike 2022-2024 work plan and will be funded and implemented by Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s Choose How You Move (CHYM) program, making practical, cost-effective investments that improve daily mobility, connect people to essential services, and make streets safer across Nashville. The Complete Streets projects will provide safe connections for people biking to local neighborhoods, transit stops, schools, and parks by adding protected bicycle lanes and reducing the speed of traffic. This Complete Street corridor extends from Edgehill Avenue at 21st Avenue South, along Chestnut Street, and to Wharf Avenue at Lafayette Street. The design plans for both corridors are in the final stages with construction on the Chestnut corridor to begin in late spring 2026, and Edgehill construction to follow.
Review the current design plans for the Edgehill and Chestnut Complete Streets:
Chestnut Street 90% Design Plans (updated April 2026)
Edgehill Avenue Complete Street Design Concept (updated March 2026)
Chestnut Street/Wharf Avenue Complete Street Design Concept (updated fall 2024)
NDOT has received and addressed some comments on previous versions of the design concepts. In response to community feedback, the Edgehill design now includes pick up/drop off improvements next to the University School of Nashville. The public will be able to review the 90% design concepts in spring 2026.
In addition to the Edgehill Complete Street, NDOT will make improvements to a connecting street, Hillside Avenue, from Olympic Street to Wedgewood Avenue. The improvements include installing a protected bike lane in both directions, improving transit stops throughout the corridor, improved corridor signage, and adjusting intersection alignments. Click the link below to review the design plans.
Hillside Avenue 90% Design Plans (updated March 2026)
Community Opportunities to Learn More
If you would like the project team to present at your next in-person or virtual community meeting or attend an event, please reach out to the project manager Chris Augustinos.
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Community Events and Previous Engagement Opportunities
NDOT attended the following events and meetings to promote these projects.
March 25, 2026: Council District 18 Community Meeting at Eakin Elementary School
October 30, 2025: Carter Lawrence Elementary Fall Festival Tabling
May 14, 2025: Nashville Soccer Club Bike Ride and Tabling
March 11, 2025: Chestnut Hill Neighborhood Association Meeting
October 26, 2024: William Edmonson Festival Tabling
May 24, 2024: Urban Housing Solutions Block Party and Resource Fair
May 17, 2024: Bike to Work Day
May 15, 2024: Midtown Music Row Meeting
May 14, 2024: WeHo Social Meeting at Jackalope Brewing
April 19, 2024: Edgehill Apartments Edgehill/Belmont Better Together Lunch & Learn
March 20, 2024: LEAD High Roundtable at LEAD Cameron Middle School
February 28, 2024: Chestnut Hill Neighborhood Association Meeting at Turnip Green Creative Reuse
Two-Way Cycletrack Memo
As part of the Edgehill Complete Streets design and engagement process, community members had proposed a two-way protected cycletrack on one side of the street as opposed to the planned one-way protected bike lanes on both sides of the street. The project technical team analyzed a two-way protected cycletrack and recommended the current design of one-way protected bike lanes as a safer, more intuitive, and equally comfortable option. The memo linked below explains the technical analysis for the decision to move forward with one-way protected bike lanes on both sides of the street:
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Nashville Department of Transportation Administration Building
750 S 5th St
Nashville, TN 37206
