A plan to dig a tunnel from downtown Nashville to the airport took another step forward this week when the State Building Commission approved a no-cost lease of a state-owned parking lot.
NashVillager: Tunnelling in Tennessee
Nashville is built on a kind of bedrock that’s famously difficult to tunnel through, so what does that mean for new plans to make an underground passage to the airport? Plus the local news for July 29, 2025 and a heavy polluter in East Tennessee.
Tennessee partners with Elon Musk on Tesla tunnel between downtown Nashville and airport
A privately developed tunnel project could soon connect travelers from downtown Nashville to Nashville International Airport.


