(above photo) Saturday before Monday opening brings final improvements
MURFREESBORO, TN (WGNS) – As Buc-ee’s prepares to open its highly anticipated Murfreesboro travel center this coming Monday, Nov. 16, 2026, city and state officials are hoping months of road improvements will prevent the traffic headaches that have accompanied some other Buc-ee’s openings. Unlike older Buc-ee’s locations where traffic backups stretched onto interstate exit ramps, the Murfreesboro site at Interstate 24 Exit 84 was designed with traffic flow in mind long before the first customers arrived.
The plan centers on three synchronized traffic signals that were installed and activated in February 2026. The signals are located at the eastbound and westbound I-24 ramp intersections and at Joe B. Jackson Parkway’s intersection with Elam Road and Butler Drive. City traffic engineers have been monitoring and adjusting signal timing to help move vehicles efficiently into and out of the area…