Capping The Interstate
1 min read The following blog is a brief introduction to the feasibility study for a freeway lid that would reconnect neighborhoods at the pedestrian level between Midtown and the Gulch neighborhoods in Nashville.
Cities across the US are revisiting the functionality of interstate highways in downtown areas to better connect neighborhoods bisected from mid-century infrastructure. Areas with existing interstates below the grade of a city’s primary street grid have the potential to be capped with a more functional addition, reconnecting the two sides of the interstate. Most examples accomplish this by creating a new public space, in the form of a park, or by constructing a larger bridge to accommodate new liner buildings.
See the study from the Vanderbilt University students in collaboration with the Civic Design Center, Barge Design Solutions and GNRC that discusses the possibilities for capping the interstate in Nashville, and the feasibility of the projects between Midtown and The Gulch.
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