Nashville road conditions: Middle Tennessee roads might be clear of snow, but ice is the next worry
Communities across Middle Tennessee were blanketed in snow that fell Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, causing hazardous road conditions that led to close to 100 incidents involving vehicles, according to reports from the Tennessee Department of Transportation. By Wednesday afternoon TDOT crews had cleared a number of major roads and interstates throughout the Mid-state.
Even with these improved road conditions, people are still reminded to use caution. In these frigid temperatures, snow can quickly become ice, especially when it begins to melt.
Here's a look at Nashville road conditions and where you can find updates on roads throughout Middle Tennessee.
A majority of the roads in Nashville are free of snow, but Nashville Department of Transportation caution drivers to watch out for slick spots caused by black ice.
"NDOT crews have been out treating primary, secondary, & post-secondary routes since last night. Most routes are currently clear of snow. As temperatures plummet tonight, black ice will form. Please use caution when driving tonight & tomorrow morning," read a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, from NDOT.
Black ice is just like regular ice, but it gets the name black ice due to it blending into the pavement as it forms, making it very hard to see.
It's usually just a glaze that forms on surfaces of roads, sidewalks and driveways because of a light freezing rain or from the melting and re-freezing of snow, water or ice on surfaces, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
If you do have to go out in this wintery mess, you can check the road conditions for your exact travel route on TDOT's SmartWay map at smartway.tn.gov.
TDOT has traffic cameras set up on major roads across the state. You can keep an eye on how roads are doing with TDOT's Smartway cameras.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville, Middle TN road conditions: Black ice still a concern
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