PA28 PLT MAKES FORCED LNDG DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.

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AFTER RECEIVING FLT PLANNING INFO FROM DUATS; AND REVIEWING PERFORMANCE CHARTS FOR THE PIPER ARCHER II I WAS FLYING; I FILED A FLT PLAN; FUELED THE ACFT; AND LEFT MINERAL POINT; WI. DURING CRUISE PORTION OF THE FLT; I KEPT LOOKING AT MY WATCH AND FUEL GAUGES AS I HAD DETERMINED I HAD APPROX 5 HRS OF FUEL ON BOARD. I LEANED THE RECIPROCATING ENG AS MUCH AS I FELT COMFORTABLE DOING (GIVEN I DID NOT HAVE A FUEL FLOW GAUGE OR FUEL COMPUTER ON THE ACFT). ON APCH TO NASHVILLE; APCH CTL KEPT ME ON APPROX A 10 MI L DOWNWIND TO RWY 2R. I ASKED FOR SOMEWHAT OF A SHORTER APCH; BUT I WAS TO FOLLOW A LEARJET. AT THIS POINT THE ENG BEGAN TO COUGH AND SPUTTER. I TURNED ON THE FUEL PUMP AND SWITCHED FUEL TANKS. I TOLD APCH I NEEDED TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE ARPT. I TURNED TOWARD THE ARPT AS THE OTHER FUEL TANK BEGAN TO RUN DRY. I KEPT SWITCHING TANKS AND ROLLING THE AIRPLANE TO GET MORE FUEL OUT; BUT I WAS ABOUT 3 MI SHORT OF THE RWY. I SAW A WIDE ROAD; AND DECIDED THAT WAS WHERE I WAS GOING TO LAND. AS I SET UP FOR MY FORCED LNDG; I NOTICED THERE WAS A RED LIGHT FOR THE TFC BELOW. I SET THE AIRPLANE DOWN WITH NO DAMAGE TO ME OR THE AIRPLANE.