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The Boring Company says a third Prufrock tunnel boring machine is scheduled to join the Music City Loop project in September. As of September 9, two machines remain actively tunneling and MB3’s physical arrival has not yet been publicly confirmed.
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The Music City Loop has evolved well beyond its original public image as a downtown-to-airport connection. The Boring Company now describes an almost 25-mile tunnel network reaching Lower Broadway and West End Avenue.
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What began with one machine beneath a downtown parking lot is becoming a multi-machine tunnel-building program: MB1 and MB2 are active, MB3 is on the way, and more than 40 stations are in some stage of planning or design.
Read itThe first routes establish a starting point—not an endpoint. New stations and branches could extend the network as neighborhoods, destinations, and private partners connect over time.
Explore every mapA practical guide to how the proposed system would work, how it could expand, and what still has to happen.
Electric vehicles would carry small groups through dedicated underground tunnels, traveling directly between selected stations.
The publicly described first network links BNA, downtown, Lower Broadway, Capitol Hill, and the West End corridor.
Additional branches and stations could be added as neighborhoods, venues, employers, and private properties join the system.
The Boring Company says construction and operation will be privately funded, with public approvals still required.
A point-to-point network designed to reduce surface congestion and make trips between major Nashville destinations more predictable.
Engineering, environmental review, permits, station agreements, construction, testing, and future route announcements will shape the final system.
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