Josh Brown, and Adam Tamburin

Commuters combined with concert goers clogged numerous thoroughfares across Nashville early Tuesday evening.

Tens of thousands of pop fans were expected to descend on Nashville for the One Direction concert at LP Field.

About 50,000 fans were expected to attend the 7 p.m. concert. Police were urging downtown workers to consider avoiding the immediate area as they head home.

But a glance at Nashville streets show few options for commuters wanting to avoid traffic. By 5 p.m., interstate highways and surface streets from East Nashville to Green Hills were gridlocked.

Adding to the congestion, an eastbound lane on Broadway near the Frist Center museum was closed off for a special event parking.

Much of One Direction concert traffic was to come from parents dropping off teenage concert-goers. Parents arriving from the south were advised to take Shelby Avenue to drop off on Davidson Street/South First Street near the base of the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge.

Woodland Street north of LP Field was also a route parents were advised to use.

The traffic could let up once the concert begins, but things could back up again as parents line up to pick up concert-goers at drop-off zones near LP Field at 9 p.m.