Fairview Boulevard's New Sidewalk Is Almost Done. The Crow Cut Signal Is Still a Month Out.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has been building along State Route 100 in Fairview since September 2025. The work covers curb and gutter, a storm drainage system, and 5-foot sidewalks running from the Fairview Community Center out to Bowie Lake Road. TDOT's project page puts substantial completion at the end of October 2026. The crosswalk and permanent signal at Crow Cut Road and Cumberland Drive are listed separately, for the end of November 2026. The agency marks both dates as subject to change.

So this week the sidewalk is about as finished as it is going to be, and the one intersection that ties it together is still running on a temporary signal. That gap matters more than it seems, because of how the route is laid out.

Where the new sidewalk runs

The project doesn't put a sidewalk on both sides of the road for its whole length. TDOT splits the corridor into three pieces:

The both-sides stretch sits in the middle, and it ends at Crow Cut and Cumberland. That's the same intersection that gets the new dedicated left-turn lanes, the new traffic signal, and school-zone flashing signage. In its background notes, TDOT points out that Fairview High School, Fairview Middle School and Fairview Elementary School are all close to Cumberland Drive. It also says TDOT and the City of Fairview bundled two projects for construction, the sidewalk from the Community Center to Bowie Lake Road, and the new signal at Cumberland.

If you're walking on the eastbound side, your sidewalk ends at Crow Cut. Anyone headed farther west toward Bowie Lake Road has to cross there, or somewhere else, to reach the only side that keeps going. The crossing is what links the two halves of the route.

Why the signal comes a month after the concrete

TDOT's September 18, 2026 project newsletter explains the timing. As of that date, the temporary signal was in, the storm drain work was finished, most of the curb and gutter was done, sidewalk construction was starting at the west end, and crews were laying topsoil and sod behind the new sidewalk.

The newsletter split the remaining work into two months.

October:

• Driveways and the rest of the curb and gutter
• A top layer of paving across the whole project
• Final striping
• Sod
• Crosswalks near Crow Cut Road and Cumberland Drive

November:

• Permanent signals at Crow Cut Road and Cumberland Drive
• The flashing school beacon

Next to the permanent signals, the newsletter adds a short note in parentheses: "pole delivery delayed." The paving, striping and crosswalk work was scheduled for October regardless, while the hardware that makes the Crow Cut crossing permanent has to show up before it can go in.

Until it does, expect daytime crews on the road. TDOT's Region 3 lane closure report for October 18 through 24 listed flagging on SR 100 between mile markers 3.00 and 5.50 every weekday from October 19 to 23, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in both directions, labeled "SR-100 LM 3-5 Sidewalk Project." The project page says that's the pattern for the school year: intermittent lane closures between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., no night work, and no scheduled full closures of Cumberland Drive while school is in session. Each week's closures are posted in the lane closure report on the TDOT Newsroom.

What the sidewalk ties together

TDOT says the goal is better pedestrian connections along a corridor that serves schools, recreation and commercial areas. In Fairview, those places come with familiar names and addresses on Fairview Boulevard.

1. Fairview Park & Recreation Complex, 2714 Fairview Blvd. W, at the end where the project starts.
2. Fairview Clinic, 2629 Fairview Blvd.
3. Jefferson's, 2431 Fairview Blvd.
4. Taco Bell, 2389 Fairview Blvd.
5. Fairview Public Library, 2240 Fairview Blvd.

Farther along the boulevard, Uncle Lenny's Country Cafe is at 1710 Fairview Blvd. and The Thompsons Kitchen is at 1880. The city's Historical Village is at Highway 100 and Deer Ridge Road, across from the Williamson County Recreation Center.

The sidewalk ends at Bowie Lake Road, and Bowie Lake Road is the turn into Bowie Nature Park. The park's directions say to take Highway 100 and turn onto Bowie Lake Road about a mile from the Highway 96 intersection. The park's address is 7211 Bowie Lake Road. The TDOT project stops at the corner, though. The new sidewalk gets you to the park's road, not to its gate.

The forest at the end of the route

Bowie Nature Park is a planned landscape, and you can see it in the trees. The park's history page says Dr. Evangeline Bowie bought the land in the 1950s, when it was so barren and eroded it was losing more than 30 tons of topsoil a year. She hired a bulldozer to build terraces, dig lakes and lay out a hydrology system, and she planted more than 500,000 loblolly pines. Before her death in 1992, she deeded the land to the City of Fairview, asking that the 722-acre forest she had made become a public nature park.

The Bowie Park Nature Center opened in 2003. In 2008, the park was placed in a conservation easement held by the Land Trust for Tennessee. The park lists 17 miles of trails open to hikers during park hours. Bikes and horses may be kept off when the trails are wet.

"Uncover the dark side of Fairview."

That's the opening line of the park's October 19 announcement for its History & Hauntings Lantern Walk, on Tuesday, November 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Eric Freeman Sims, whom the park describes as a paranormal researcher, author and investigator, will guide the group through the park's local lore and legends. Guests meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Lake Van shelter. The walk is for ages 16 and up. Admission is free, but tickets are required and limited to the first 25 people who register, through the park's ticket link.

If TDOT stays on schedule, November 10 falls after the sidewalk is substantially done and before the permanent Crow Cut signal goes up. The Lantern Walk will be one of the first evening events at Bowie with the new sidewalk in place along SR 100.

December on the same stretch

By December, the November signal work should be finished and the city calendar picks up. Fairview's events calendar lists a Tree Lighting Event at City Hall on Friday, December 4, 2026. The next morning brings the Christmas parade. The city's 2026 parade application, posted August 31, sets this year's theme as "Hard Candy Christmas," with staging arrival starting at 8 a.m. and step-off at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 5. The parade's event listing calls it a daytime parade and sets December 12 as the date if weather forces a reschedule.

TDOT's dates could still move, so check the project page before planning a walk around the Crow Cut crossing.

I've spent three decades watching projects like this reshape how Williamson County towns get around, and the ones that serve residents best tend to link places people already use. If you're in Fairview and have questions about how the SR 100 work affects your corner of town, or about Fairview more generally, Loy Hardcastle is always glad to talk it through. Let's Connect.