Gallatin Pike is one of Nashville's key streets, its name change to Main Street as it approaches downtown suggesting a certain importance and geographic noteworthiness.
Indeed, the multi-lane thoroughfare links downtown Nashville to fast-growing Hendersonville via thriving commercial areas near the east side's urban Five Points to suburban RiverGate Mall.
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