JACKSON, Tenn. –Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely joined state and local leaders in Gibson County to officially reopen McMurry Road after the reconstruction of three bridges along the roadway. The bridge replacement project was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and was the first Recovery Act project to get underway. Today, it is also the site of the first ribbon cutting for a Recovery Act funded project in Tennessee.
 

 

NASHVILLE – Road construction won’t slow travelers through Tennessee this July 4^th holiday weekend. The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all construction related lane closures on interstates and state routes beginning at noon on Friday, July 2, 2010.

 

 

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Workers on the U.S. 129/State Route 115 slide repair project in Blount County continue hauling away tons of rock and debris from the rockslide area after a series of recent trim blasts. On Saturday, a fourth trim blast on an area of unstable rock on the west end of the slope brought down approximately 4,500 tons of rock and debris. 

 

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Drivers in the Ooltewah area now have another way to access I-75 South at the Ooltewah interchange. TDOT opened a new loop ramp to traffic this morning, giving those traveling on west Lee Highway (US-11)  their own free-flowing ramp to access I-75 South. Traffic coming from

Hunter and Mountain View Roads will continue to use the current on-ramp, but there will no longer be a conflict with traffic accessing the interstate from the other direction. 

JACKSON, Tenn. - Work is complete and US412 (Hollywood Drive) is now open to traffic.

 

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Department of Transportation emergency contractor Pacific Blasting & Demolition Ltd. continues to drill on an area that has become a trouble spot in the rockslide repairs on U.S. 129/SR-115. Crews are drilling holes in an unstable rock mass that continues to move, but has not fallen off the slope. Low impact explosives will be put into the holes for another trim blast of the area. Last week's trim blast removed more than 2,100 tons of rock. However, a large section of unstable rock continues to hang over the roadway.

 

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Motorists in Grainger and Claiborne Counties in Tennessee as well as Lee County, Virginia should expect delays on some state routes this week as a large generator is slowly transported by Barnhart Crane and Rigging Company through East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia Tuesday, June 22 through Thursday, June 24.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely joined state and local officials in Sumner County today as a reconstructed portion of Highway 109 was opened to traffic. The $27.9 million project widened a two mile section of the roadway and also reconstructed the narrow, steep conditions along the ridge near Portland.

 

"Highway 109 has been identified as a strategic corridor connecting several communities in Middle Tennessee," said Commissioner Nicely. "The completion of this project marks major progress in TDOT's efforts to increase capacity and safety along this entire route."

 

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Motorists in Knox, Jefferson and Hamblen Counties should expect delays on some state routes this weekend as a large generator is slowly transported by Barnhart Crane and Rigging Company through East Tennessee.

 

The generator and transportation rigging is a minimum of 22.2 feet wide, more than 365 feet long and will take up at least two travel lanes as it moves through northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. The hauling rig, trucks and generator combined weight is an estimated 640 tons.   In order to safely move the massive structure, crews will only drive between 8 to 10 miles per hour with law enforcement escorting the load.