# Natchez Trace Parkway

The Natchez Trace Parkway is a limited-access national parkway in the Southeastern United States that commemorates the historic Natchez Trace and preserves sections of that original trail. Its central feature is a two-lane road that extends 444 miles (715 km) from Natchez, Mississippi, to Nashville, Tennessee. Access to the parkway is limited, with more than 50 access points in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. The southern end of the route is in Natchez at its intersection with Liberty Road, and the northern end is northeast of Fairview, Tennessee, in the suburban community of Pasquo, at an intersection with Tennessee State Route 100. In addition to Natchez and Nashville, larger cities along the route include Jackson and Tupelo, Mississippi, and Florence, Alabama.

## Maintenance

The road is maintained by the National Park Service and has been designated an All-American Road. Commercial traffic is prohibited along the entire route, and the speed limit is 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), except north of Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, and Ridgeland, Mississippi, where the speed limit is reduced to 40 miles per hour (64 km/h). The total area of the parkway is 51,746.50 acres (209.4 km$^2$), of which 51,680.64 acres (209.1 km$^2$) are federal and 65.86 acres (0.3 km$^2$) are not.
Unlike the older Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia and North Carolina, the Natchez Trace Parkway does feature direct interchanges with Interstate Highways.
The parkway is headquartered in Tupelo and has nine district offices: Leipers Fork, Meriwether Lewis, Cherokee, Tupelo, Dancy, Kosciusko, Ridgeland, Port Gibson, and Natchez. The parkway also manages two battlefields: Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site and Tupelo National Battlefield.

## History
### Footpath

The gentle sloping and curving alignment of the current route closely follows the original foot passage. Its design harkens back to the way the original interweaving trails aligned as an ancient salt lick-to-grazing pasture migratory route of the American bison and other game that moved between grazing the pastures of central and western Mississippi and the salt and other mineral surface deposits of the Cumberland Plateau. The route generally traverses the tops of the low hills and ridges of the watershed divides from northeast to southwest.
Native Americans, following the "traces" of bison and other game, further improved this walking trail for foot-borne commerce between major villages located in central Mississippi and middle Tennessee. The route is locally circuitous, but by traversing this route, the bison, and later humans, avoided the endless, energy-taxing climbing and descending of the many hills along the way. Also avoided was the danger to a herd (or groups of human travelers) of being caught en masse at the bottom of a hollow or valley if attacked by predators. The nature of the route, to this day, affords good all-around visibility for those who travel it. At all times, the road is on the high ground of the ridge dividing the watersheds and provides a view to either see or catch the scent of danger, from a distance great enough to afford the time to flee to safety, if necessary.
By the time of European exploration and settlement, the route had become well known and established as the fastest means of communication between the Cumberland Plateau, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico settlements of Pensacola, Mobile, and New Orleans. In the early post-American Revolutionary War period of America's (south) westward expansion, the trace was the return route for American flat-boat commerce between the territories of the upper and lower Ohio, Tennessee, and Cumberland River valleys. The Americans constructed flat boats, loaded their commerce therein, and drifted upon those rivers, one-way south-southwestward to New Orleans, Louisiana. They would then sell their goods (including the salvageable logs of the flat boats and including enslaved people), and return home via the trace (for the middle section of their return trip), to as far away as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Improved communications (steam boats, stagecoach lines, and railroads) and the development of ports along the rivers named above (e.g., Natchez; Memphis, Tennessee; Paducah, Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessee; and Louisville, Kentucky) made the route obsolete as a means of passenger and freight commerce. As a result, no major population centers developed along the trace, because of its alignment, between its termini in Nashville and Natchez. The two cities of note, near or on the trace's alignment (Jackson and Tupelo, Mississippi), developed only as a result of their alignment along axes of communication different from the trace. Thus, the trace and its alignment are today almost entirely undeveloped and unspoiled along its whole route. Many sections of the original footpath are visible today for observing and hiking the parkway's right-of-way.
The Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail includes five sections of hiking and horse-riding trails.

### Civilian Conservation Corps

Construction of the parkway was begun by the federal government in the 1930s, one of the many projects of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. The road was the proposal of U.S. Congressman T. Jeff Busby of Mississippi, who proposed it as a way to give tribute to the original Natchez Trace. Inspired by the proposal, the Daughters of the American Revolution began planting markers and monuments along the trace. In 1934, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration ordered a survey. President Roosevelt signed the legislation to create the parkway on May 18, 1938. Construction on the Parkway began in 1939, and the route was to be overseen by the National Park Service. Its length includes more than 45,000 acres (182 km$^2$) and the towering Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge in Williamson County, Tennessee, completed in 1994 and one of only two post-tensioned, segmental concrete-arch bridges in the world.
The Emergency Appropriations Act of June 19, 1934, allocated initial construction funds and established it as a parkway under National Park Service by the act of May 18, 1938.

### Gaps and completion

For many years in the later 20th century, most of the trace had been complete, but owing to a lack of funds, two gaps remained, both in Mississippi. One was a several-mile-long bypass of Jackson, between Interstate 55 at Ridgeland and Interstate 20 at Clinton. The other was between Liberty Road in the city of Natchez and U.S. Highway 61 near Washington. These final two segments were finally completed and opened on May 21, 2005.
In 2013, a new law required the National Park Service (NPS) to convey about 67 acres of property in the Natchez Trace Parkway to the State of Mississippi. It also adjusted the boundaries of the parkway to include 10 additional acres. The two pieces of land in question originally belonged to Mississippi and were donated to the NPS when it was trying to determine where to end the Natchez Trace Parkway.

## Historical sites

Numerous historical sites on the Parkway include the Meriwether Lewis Museum, the refurbished Mount Locust stand, Historic French Camp, MS, and the Mississippi Craft Center in Ridgeland, Mississippi, which focuses on promoting Mississippi's native art. Between the Parkway and Old Port Gibson Road is the ghost town of Rocky Springs that thrived in the late 19th century. The old Rocky Springs Methodist Church, the cemetery, and several building sites still exist and are accessible from the parkway. Cypress Swamp is located at mile post 122. Also, several cascading waterfalls can be viewed; for access, some require a bit of hiking from the parkway. Besides, parts of the original trail are still accessible. The history of the Natchez Trace, including the parkway, is summarized at the Natchez Trace Visitor Center in Tupelo.
Emerald Mound, the second-largest Native American ceremonial mound in the United States, is located just west of the trace and north of Highway 61 near Natchez. It offers a unique look at the ingenuity and industry of native culture. Two smaller mounds rise from the top of the main mound and rise above treetops, offering a wide view. Travelers can reach Emerald Mound with a five-minute detour from the main trace highway. Emerald Mound measures 770 feet (230 m) by 435 feet (133 m) at the base and is 35 feet (11 m) in height. The mound was built by depositing earth along the sides of a natural hill, thus reshaping it and creating an enormous artificial plateau.
The Ackia Battleground National Monument (established August 27, 1935, and now called Chickasaw Village) and Meriwether Lewis Park (proclaimed as Meriwether Lewis National Monument February 6, 1925, and transferred from the War Department August 10, 1933) were added to the parkway by the act of August 10, 1961.

## Parkway highlights

Highlights include:

### Natchez to Jackson

* Milepost 10.3 Emerald Mound
* 15.5 Mount Locust
* 41.5 Sunken Trace
* 54.8 Abandoned Town of Rocky Springs

### Jackson to Tupelo

* Milepost 105.6 Ross Barnett Reservoir Overlook
* 107.9 West Florida Boundary
* 122.0 Cypress Swamp
* 203.5 Historic settlement of Pigeon Roost
* 232.4 Bynum Mounds
* 261.8 Chickasaw Village Site

### Tupelo to Tennessee state line

* Milepost 266 Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center
* 269.4 Old Trace
* 286.7 Pharr Mounds
* 327.3 Colbert Ferry, also site #12 on the North Alabama Birding Trail
* 330.2 Rock Spring Nature Trail, also site #10 on the North Alabama Birding Trail

### Tennessee

* Milepost 385.9 Meriwether Lewis Monument and Grave Site
* 391.9 Fall Hallow Trail
* 401.4 Tobacco Farm and Old Trace Drive
* 404.7 Trail to Jackson Falls and Baker Bluff Overlook
* 438 Bridge at Birdsong Hollow

## Exit list

Mileage based on physical mileposts along the parkway. All exits are unnumbered.
| State | County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Mississippi | Adams | Natchez | 0 | 0.0 | Liberty Road | Southern terminus; at-grade intersection |
| Mississippi | Adams | ​ | 4 | 6.4 | Elizabeth Female Academy | Elizabeth Female Academy |
| Mississippi | Adams | ​ | 8 | 13 | US 61 – Fayette, Natchez | Partial cloverleaf interchange |
| Mississippi | Adams | ​ | 8 | 13 | Old Trace Exhibit | Old Trace Exhibit |
| Mississippi | Adams | ​ | 10 | 16 | MS 553 – Emerald Mound site, Natchez State Park | At-grade intersection |
| Mississippi | Jefferson | ​ | 12 | 19 | Turpin Creek | Turpin Creek |
| Mississippi | Jefferson | ​ | 12 | 19 | Loess Bluff | Loess Bluff |
| Mississippi | Jefferson | ​ | 15 | 24 | Mount Locust | Mount Locust |
| Mississippi | Jefferson | ​ | 17 | 27 | Coles Creek | Coles Creek |
| Mississippi | Jefferson | ​ | 18 | 29 | Bullen Creek | Bullen Creek |
| Mississippi | Jefferson | ​ | 20 | 32 | MS 553 – Natchez Trace Trail (Potkopinu Section), Fayette | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Jefferson | ​ | 20 | 32 | Mud Island | Mud Island |
| Mississippi | Jefferson | ​ | 23 | 37 | North Fork Coles Creek | North Fork Coles Creek |
| Mississippi | Jefferson | ​ | 27 | 43 | Coonbox | Coonbox |
| Mississippi | Jefferson | ​ | 30 | 48 | MS 552 – Windsor Ruins, Lorman, Alcorn State University | Two-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Claiborne | ​ | 37 | 60 | US 61 – Port Gibson | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Claiborne | ​ | 39 | 63 | Port Gibson District Office | Port Gibson District Office |
| Mississippi | Claiborne | ​ | 41 | 66 | MS 18 – Port Gibson, Utica, Grand Gulf Military State Park | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Claiborne | ​ | 41 | 66 | Sunken Trace | Sunken Trace |
| Mississippi | Claiborne | ​ | 45 | 72 | Grindstone Ford and Mangum Mound | Grindstone Ford and Mangum Mound |
| Mississippi | Claiborne | ​ | 52 | 84 | Owens Creek Waterfall | Owens Creek Waterfall |
| Mississippi | Claiborne | ​ | 54 | 87 | Rocky Springs | Rocky Springs |
| Mississippi | Claiborne | ​ | 59 | 95 | Fisher Ferry Road – Utica | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Claiborne | ​ | 61 | 98 | Lower Choctaw Boundary | Lower Choctaw Boundary |
| Mississippi | Hinds | ​ | 66 | 106 | MS 27 – Utica, Vicksburg | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Hinds | ​ | 73 | 117 | Dean Stand Site | Dean Stand Site |
| Mississippi | Hinds | ​ | 78 | 126 | Battle of Raymond | Battle of Raymond |
| Mississippi | Hinds | ​ | 78 | 126 | MS 467 – Raymond, Edwards | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Hinds | ​ | 82 | 132 | Airport Road – John Bell Williams Airport | |
| Mississippi | Hinds | ​ | 86 | 138 | Clinton Pullout | Clinton Pullout |
| Mississippi | Hinds | Clinton | 86– 87 | 138– 140 | I-20 – Vicksburg, Clinton, Jackson | Partial cloverleaf interchange; I-20 exit 34 |
| Mississippi | Hinds | Clinton | 87 | 140 | Cowles Mead Cemetery | Cowles Mead Cemetery |
| Mississippi | Hinds | Clinton | 88 | 142 | Pinehaven Drive – City of Clinton Visitor Center | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Hinds | Clinton | 89 | 143 | Ridgeland Pullout | Ridgeland Pullout |
| Mississippi | Hinds | Jackson | 92– 93 | 148– 150 | US 49 – Flora, Jackson | Partial cloverleaf interchange |
| Mississippi | Hinds | Jackson | 93 | 150 | Osburn Stand | Osburn Stand |
| Mississippi | Madison | Ridgeland | 100 | 160 | Choctaw Agency | Choctaw Agency |
| Mississippi | Madison | Ridgeland | 101 | 163 | I-55 – Madison, Jackson | Partial cloverleaf interchange; I-55 exit 105A |
| Mississippi | Madison | Ridgeland | 102 | 164 | US 51 – Parkway Information Cabin | One-quadrant interchange |
| Ridgeland District Office ||
| Mississippi | Madison | Ridgeland | 103 | 166 | Old Canton Road – Madison, Ridgeland, Bruce Campbell Field | Partial cloverleaf interchange |
| Mississippi | Madison | Ridgeland | 104 | 167 | Old Trace and Brashears Stand Site | Old Trace and Brashears Stand Site |
| Mississippi | Madison | ​ | 105 | 169 | Reservoir Overlook | Reservoir Overlook |
| Mississippi | Madison | ​ | 106 | 171 | Boyd site | Boyd site |
| Mississippi | Madison | ​ | 107 | 172 | West Florida Boundary | West Florida Boundary |
| Mississippi | Madison | ​ | 114– 115 | 183– 185 | MS 43 – Canton, Pelahatchie, Ross Barnett Reservoir | Two-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Madison | ​ | 122 | 196 | Cypress Swamp | Cypress Swamp |
| Mississippi | Madison | ​ | 122 | 196 | River Bend | River Bend |
| Mississippi | Madison | ​ | 128 | 206 | Upper Choctaw Boundary | Upper Choctaw Boundary |
| Mississippi | Madison | ​ | 130 | 210 | Yockanookany | Yockanookany |
| Mississippi | Leake | ​ | 134– 135 | 216– 217 | MS 16 – Canton, Carthage | Two-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Leake | ​ | 135 | 217 | Robinson Road | Robinson Road |
| Mississippi | Leake | ​ | 140 | 230 | Red Dog Road | Red Dog Road |
| Mississippi | Leake | ​ | 145 | 233 | Myrick Creek | Myrick Creek |
| Mississippi | Leake | ​ | 146 | 235 | MS 429 – Thomastown | At-grade intersection |
| Mississippi | Attala | ​ | 154 | 248 | Holly Hill | Holly Hill |
| Mississippi | Attala | ​ | 159 | 256 | Kosciusko District Office | Kosciusko District Office |
| Mississippi | Attala | ​ | 159– 160 | 256– 260 | MS 19 – Kosciusko, Carthage | Two-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Attala | ​ | 159– 160 | 256– 260 | Kosciusko Welcome Center | Kosciusko Welcome Center |
| Mississippi | Attala | ​ | 164 | 264 | Hurricane Creek | Hurricane Creek |
| Mississippi | Attala | ​ | 165 | 266 | MS 12 – Ethel, Kosciusko | Two-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Attala | ​ | 169 | 272 | CR 2247 to CR 2101 | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Attala | ​ | 175 | 282 | Cole Creek | Cole Creek |
| Mississippi | Attala | ​ | 176 | 283 | Bethel Mission | Bethel Mission |
| Mississippi | Choctaw | French Camp | 180 | 290 | French Camp South | French Camp South |
| Mississippi | Choctaw | French Camp | 180 | 290 | MS 413 to MS 407 | At-grade intersection |
| French Camp ||
| Mississippi | Choctaw | French Camp | 181 | 291 | French Camp North | French Camp North |
| Mississippi | Choctaw | ​ | 189 | 304 | Byway Overlook | Byway Overlook |
| Mississippi | Choctaw | ​ | 190 | 310 | MS 415 | Northern terminus of MS 415 |
| Mississippi | Choctaw | ​ | 193 | 311 | Jeff Busby | Jeff Busby |
| Mississippi | Choctaw | ​ | 195 | 314 | MS 9 – Choctaw Lake Recreation Area, Eupora, Ackerman | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Choctaw | ​ | 198 | 319 | Old Trace | Old Trace |
| Mississippi | Choctaw | ​ | 201 | 323 | Ballard Creek | Ballard Creek |
| Mississippi | Choctaw | ​ | 203 | 327 | Pigeon Roost | Pigeon Roost |
| Mississippi | Webster | ​ | 204 | 328 | US 82 – Eupora, Mathiston | Partial cloverleaf interchange |
| Mississippi | Webster | ​ | 210 | 340 | MS 765 to MS 50 | Western terminus of MS 765 |
| Mississippi | Webster | ​ | 213 | 343 | Line Creek | Line Creek |
| Mississippi | Webster | ​ | 214 | 344 | MS 15 – Maben, Houston | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Webster | ​ | 214 | 344 | Dancy District Office | Dancy District Office |
| Mississippi | Clay | ​ | 219 | 352 | MS 46 – Mantee, Montpelier | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Chickasaw | ​ | 221 | 356 | Old Trace | Old Trace |
| Mississippi | Chickasaw | ​ | 226 | 364 | MS 389 – Houston, Montpelier | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Chickasaw | ​ | 229 | 369 | MS 8 – Houston, Aberdeen | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Chickasaw | ​ | 232 | 373 | Bynum Mounds | Bynum Mounds |
| Mississippi | Chickasaw | ​ | 233 | 375 | Witch Dance | Witch Dance |
| Mississippi | Chickasaw | ​ | 235 | 378 | Old Fossils | Old Fossils |
| Mississippi | Chickasaw | ​ | 239 | 385 | MS 32 – Houston, Okolona | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Chickasaw | ​ | 241 | 388 | Chickasaw Agency | Chickasaw Agency |
| Mississippi | Chickasaw | ​ | 243 | 391 | CR 413 – Owl Creek Mounds | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Chickasaw | ​ | 243 | 391 | Hernando de Soto | Hernando de Soto |
| Mississippi | Chickasaw | ​ | 245 | 394 | Monroe Mission | Monroe Mission |
| Mississippi | Pontotoc | ​ | 246 | 396 | MS 41 – Pontotoc, Okolona | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Pontotoc | ​ | 249 | 401 | Tockshish | Tockshish |
| Mississippi | Pontotoc | ​ | 251 | 404 | Chickasaw Council House | Chickasaw Council House |
| Mississippi | Lee | ​ | 251 | 404 | Pontocola Road – Pontotoc, Shannon | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Lee | ​ | 252 | 406 | Black Belt Overlook | Black Belt Overlook |
| Mississippi | Lee | ​ | 255 | 410 | Palmetto Road – Pontotoc, Verona | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Lee | ​ | 256 | 412 | US 278 / MS 6 | Partial cloverleaf interchange |
| Mississippi | Lee | Tupelo | 258 | 415 | Cliff Gookin Boulevard – Tupelo High School | Two-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Lee | Tupelo | 259– 260 | 417– 420 | Main Street – Tupelo, Pontotoc, Tupelo National Battlefield | Two-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Lee | Tupelo | 261 | 420 | Chickasaw Village Site | Chickasaw Village Site |
| Mississippi | Lee | Tupelo | 262 | 422 | MS 178 (McCullough Boulevard) – Elvis Presley Birthplace | Two-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Lee | Tupelo | 263 | 423 | I-22 / US 78 – Tupelo, Fulton, New Albany, Tombigbee State Park, Elvis Presley Lake | Partial cloverleaf interchange; I-22 exit 85 |
| Old Town Overlook ||
| Mississippi | Lee | ​ | 265– 266 | 426– 428 | Parkway Visitor Center | Parkway Visitor Center |
| Mississippi | Lee | ​ | 266 | 428 | MS 145 – Tupelo, Corinth | Two-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Lee | ​ | 269 | 433 | Old Trace and Confederate Gravesites | Old Trace and Confederate Gravesites |
| Mississippi | Lee | ​ | 270 | 430 | MS 363 – Saltillo, Mantachie | Two-quadrant intersection |
| Mississippi | Lee | ​ | 275 | 443 | Dogwood Valley | Dogwood Valley |
| Mississippi | Lee | ​ | 275– 276 | 443– 444 | Friendship Road | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Lee | ​ | 278 | 447 | Twentymile Bottom Overlook | Twentymile Bottom Overlook |
| Mississippi | Itawamba | ​ | 281– 282 | 452– 454 | MS 371 to MS 370 – Marietta, Mantachie, Baldwyn | Two-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Itawamba | ​ | 283 | 455 | Donivan Slough | Donivan Slough |
| Mississippi | Prentiss | ​ | 286 | 460 | Browns Bottom | Browns Bottom |
| Mississippi | Prentiss | ​ | 286 | 460 | Pharr Mounds | Pharr Mounds |
| Mississippi | Prentiss | ​ | 288 | 463 | Siloam Road – Whitten Lock and Dam, Bay Springs Lake | Partial cloverleaf interchange |
| Mississippi | Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway | Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway | 292 | 470 | Jamie L. Whitten Bridge | Jamie L. Whitten Bridge |
| Mississippi | Tishomingo | ​ | 293 | 472 | Tenn–Tom Waterway | Tenn–Tom Waterway |
| Mississippi | Tishomingo | ​ | 293 | 472 | CR 1 to MS 4 – Fulton, Bay Springs Lake | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Tishomingo | ​ | 295 | 475 | Jourdan Creek | Jourdan Creek |
| Mississippi | Tishomingo | ​ | 297 | 478 | MS 4 – Belmont, Booneville, Bay Springs Lake | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Tishomingo | ​ | 300 | 480 | McDougal | McDougal |
| Mississippi | Tishomingo | ​ | 302– 303 | 486– 488 | MS 25 – Tishomingo, Belmont | Two-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Tishomingo | ​ | 303 | 488 | CR 90 – Tishomingo State Park | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Tishomingo | ​ | 307 | 494 | MS 30 – Booneville | One-quadrant interchange |
| Mississippi | Tishomingo | ​ | 308 | 496 | Cave Spring | Cave Spring |
| Mississippi | Tishomingo | ​ | 308 | 496 | Bear Creek Mound | Bear Creek Mound |
| Alabama | Colbert | ​ | 309 | 497 | CR 1 (Allsboro Road) | One-quadrant interchange |
| Alabama | Colbert | ​ | 311 | 501 | Rock Creek | Rock Creek |
| Alabama | Colbert | ​ | 312 | 502 | Bear Creek | Bear Creek |
| Alabama | Colbert | ​ | 316 | 509 | Freedom Hills Overlook | Freedom Hills Overlook |
| Alabama | Colbert | ​ | 320 | 510 | US 72 – Cherokee, Iuka | One-quadrant interchange |
| Alabama | Colbert | ​ | 320 | 510 | Buzzard Roost Spring | Buzzard Roost Spring |
| Alabama | Colbert | ​ | 323 | 520 | Sinkhole | Sinkhole |
| Alabama | Colbert | ​ | 326 | 525 | CR 21 (North Pike) – Cherokee | One-quadrant interchange |
| Alabama | Colbert | ​ | 327 | 526 | Colbert Ferry | Colbert Ferry |
| Alabama | Tennessee River | Tennessee River | 327– 328 | 526– 528 | John Coffee Memorial Bridge | John Coffee Memorial Bridge |
| Alabama | Lauderdale | ​ | 328 | 528 | Lauderdale | Lauderdale |
| Alabama | Lauderdale | ​ | 329 | 529 | CR 2 | One-quadrant interchange |
| Alabama | Lauderdale | ​ | 330 | 530 | Rock Spring | Rock Spring |
| Alabama | Lauderdale | ​ | 331 | 533 | CR 14 – Florence, Waterloo | One-quadrant interchange |
| Alabama | Lauderdale | ​ | 336 | 541 | SR 20 – Florence | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Wayne | ​ | 343 | 552 | Cypress Creek | Cypress Creek |
| Tennessee | Wayne | ​ | 346 | 557 | Holly | Holly |
| Tennessee | Wayne | ​ | 350 | 560 | Sunken Trace | Sunken Trace |
| Tennessee | Wayne | ​ | 350 | 560 | SR 13 – Florence, AL | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Wayne | ​ | 352 | 566 | McGlamery Stand | McGlamery Stand |
| Tennessee | Wayne | Collinwood | 354 | 570 | Broadway Street – Wayne County Welcome Center | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Wayne | ​ | 363 | 584 | Sweetwater Branch | Sweetwater Branch |
| Tennessee | Wayne | ​ | 364 | 586 | Glenrock Branch | Glenrock Branch |
| Tennessee | Wayne | ​ | 365 | 587 | Upper Glenrock Branch | Upper Glenrock Branch |
| Tennessee | Wayne | ​ | 367 | 591 | Dogwood Mudhole | Dogwood Mudhole |
| Tennessee | Wayne | ​ | 369– 370 | 594– 600 | US 64 – Lawrenceburg, Waynesboro, David Crockett State Park | Partial cloverleaf interchange |
| Tennessee | Wayne | ​ | 369– 370 | 594– 600 | Trail of Tears Bell Route | Trail of Tears Bell Route |
| Tennessee | Lawrence | ​ | 372 | 599 | Brush Creek Road – Laurel Hill Lake | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Lawrence | ​ | 375 | 604 | Old Trace Drive | Old Trace Drive |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 377 | 607 | Jacks Branch Road | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 377 | 607 | Jacks Branch | Jacks Branch |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 380 | 610 | SR 241 (Napier Road) | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 381 | 613 | Napier Mine | Napier Mine |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 382 | 615 | Metal Ford | Metal Ford |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 385 | 620 | SR 20 (Summertown Highway) – Hohenwald, Summertown | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 385 | 620 | Meriwether Lewis, near Grinder's Stand | Meriwether Lewis, near Grinder's Stand |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 386 | 621 | English Creek Cascade | English Creek Cascade |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 390 | 630 | Phosphate Mine | Phosphate Mine |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 391 | 629 | US 412 (Columbia Highway) – Columbia, Hohenwald | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 391 | 629 | Fall Hollow | Fall Hollow |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 392 | 631 | Swan View Overlook | Swan View Overlook |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 394 | 634 | Devil's Backbone State Natural Area | Devil's Backbone State Natural Area |
| Tennessee | Lewis | ​ | 397 | 639 | Old Trace | Old Trace |
| Tennessee | Hickman | ​ | 400 | 640 | Sheboss Place | Sheboss Place |
| Tennessee | Maury | ​ | 401 | 645 | Tobacco Farm and Old Trace | Tobacco Farm and Old Trace |
| Tennessee | Hickman | ​ | 403 | 649 | Old Track Walk | Old Track Walk |
| Tennessee | Hickman | ​ | 404 | 650 | Jackson Falls | Jackson Falls |
| Tennessee | Hickman | ​ | 405 | 652 | Baker Bluff Overlook | Baker Bluff Overlook |
| Tennessee | Maury | ​ | 407 | 655 | Gordon House | Gordon House |
| Tennessee | Hickman | ​ | 407 | 655 | SR 50 – Columbia, Centerville | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Maury | ​ | 411 | 661 | Water Valley Overlook | Water Valley Overlook |
| Tennessee | Maury | ​ | 415 | 668 | SR 7 – Columbia, Dickson | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 423 | 681 | Tennessee Valley Divide | Tennessee Valley Divide |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 425 | 684 | Burns Branch | Burns Branch |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 426 | 686 | War of 1812 | War of 1812 |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 427 | 687 | Garrison Creek | Garrison Creek |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 428 | 689 | SR 46 – Leiper's Fork | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 435 | 700 | Carroll | Carroll |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 437 | 703 | Timberland Park | Timberland Park |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 437 | 703 | SR 96 – Franklin | One-quadrant interchange |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 437– 438 | 703– 705 | Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge | Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 438 | 705 | Birdsong Hollow | Birdsong Hollow |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 439 | 707 | Bending Chestnut Overlook | Bending Chestnut Overlook |
| Tennessee | Williamson | ​ | 442 | 711 | SR 100 to I-40 | Northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |||||||

## Gallery

* Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge over SR 96 in Tennessee
* Rocky Springs Methodist Church
* Rocky Springs Cemetery
* Cypress Swamp
* Scenic waterfall
* Meriwether Lewis National Monument and gravesite at Grinder's Stand
* Mount Locust