(AADT) volumes on the parkway ranged from 38,336 vehicles per day at its midpoint to 44,016 vehicles per day at the eastern terminus. SR 396 is one of few non-Interstate Highways in the state with a 70 mph 0 adj=on speed limit, which is allowed on all controlled-access highways in Tennessee.

SR 396 officially begins in the center of a three-level combination interchange with U.S. Route 31 (US 31) southwest