Vanderbilt LifeFlight ambulance on a hospital drive beside an “ADULT EMERGENCY” entrance sign, with stop signs, cars, a bus, and a parking garage in the background. Medical Center Drive (photo by Erin O. Smith)
By: Wayne Wood

Medical Center Drive will be repaved in November, with the work scheduled to take place over the course of four weekends.

  • Nov. 6-8: Phase 1 work starts at Pierce Avenue to the ambulance parking on the East side. This phase will start Friday, Nov. 6 after 6 p.m. and will conclude Sunday, Nov. 8 at 5 p.m.
  • Nov. 13-15: Phase 2 work starts at Pierce Avenue to the ambulance parking on the West side. This phase will start Friday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. and conclude Sunday, November 15 at 5 p.m.
  • Nov. 20-22: Phase 3 work starts at ambulance parking to 21st Avenue South on the East side. This phase will start Friday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. and conclude Sunday Nov. 22 at 5 p.m.
  • Nov. 27-29: Phase 4 work starts at the ambulance parking to 21st Avenue South on the West side. This phase will start Friday, Nov. 27 at 6 p.m. and conclude Sunday Nov. 29 at 5 p.m.

In addition to the repaving, updated striping will be added to the street, and a new crosswalk, to be between the Emergency Department walk-in entrance and Vanderbilt University Hospital, will be added.

The last time Medical Center Drive was repaved was in 2009.