Thu April 15, 2021 - Southeast Edition #8
Cindy Riley â CEG Correspondent
Crews will replace five bridges, including three overhead/overpass structures and two interstate bridges over railroads along Interstate 40 in Tennessee.
(TDOT photo)
Construction crews in Tennessee are working on 5 mi. of Interstate 40, starting at the North Highland exit and continuing east to the Highway 70 exit. The roughly $88 million effort, which began in November 2020, will widen the interstate from four to six lanes, and also replace five bridges, including three overhead/overpass structures and two interstate bridges over railroads. Traffic has grown leaps and bounds since the interstate system was built in the 1950s, said Nichole Lawrence, Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) community relations officer. Currently, there are approximately 45,000 to 50,000 vehicles that travel this area of I-40 in a 24-hour period, with a lot of that being commercial vehicles.
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