I-40 Closure to
Yield Improved Traffic Flow, Safety (Daily Beacon)
A section of Interstate 40 will shut down for 14 months in order to complete the
most expensive road project in Tennessee's hisotry,...
Changing Lanes: I-40 Shutting Down (WBIR-TV Knoxville)
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is embarking on an ambitious plan to widen Interstate 40
through downtown Knoxville...
Dangling Painters Spruce
Up Interstate Bridges (Times Free-Press/Crisp)
A crew painting the South Crest Road bridge can look to the west for one of Chattanooga's best views,
but the 40-foot drop to Interstate 24 might be one of the city's scariest sights...
Shelbyville Bypass
Gets Funding (Times-Gazette)
State Senate Transportation Chairman Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville) and State Rep. Curt Cobb
(D-Shelbyville) have announced that the Tennessee Department of Transportation has included the Shelbyville bypass in its list of highway projects for
the 2008-09 budget year...
Board Ponders Options
for Revenue (Tennessean/Wiersma)
Road paving, other needs for Spring Hill leaders to search for income...A very brief mention of a
property tax came at the tail end of a long work session Monday for the Board of Mayor and Aldermen...
Council Authorizes City
Attorney to Intervene in Water Rate Hike (Times Free Press)
Chattanooga's City Council members tonight voted unanimously to authorize the city to intervene
legally in the Tennessee-American Water Company's attempt to raise water rates more than 20 percent...
I-40 Traffic to Be Halted For Boards (Commercial Appeal/Charlier)
Motorists on north loop of Interstate 40 in North Memphis can expect delays tonight as crews continue
the installation of overhead message boards...
Airport Touting Its Adavantages (Commercial Appeal/Roberts)
Low landing fees, quick connections are strengths for hub future...Soon after the merger between
Northwest and Delta was announced late Monday, NWA Chief Executive Doug Steenland was on the phone with Memphis airport leaders,...
Reeves: Little Fish Halted Work on Big Dam in 78 (Knoxville News Sentinel)
A case from East Tennessee argued in the U.S. Supreme Court 30 years ago this week remains a landmark
decision under the Endangered Species Act...
Study to Help
Hendersonville Deal With Growth (Tennessean)
A study of land use and transportation in Sumner, Robertson and Wilson counties will help
Hendersonville deal with growth and could reduce traffic congestion, city officials say...
TEMA, TDOT Find No Damage
From Earthquakes (Tennessean)
State transportation officials are checking bridges across Tennessee for possible damage from the
5.2-magnitude earthquake that shook the area overnight...
TDOT's Concrete Concerns Close Eastern Ramp on Jackson Avenue (KNS/Lakin)
The nearly 90-year-old concrete that's held up the eastern Jackson Avenue ramp in downtown Knoxville
has begun to crack and come apart...
TDOT Engineer, Other Officials Discuss Railroad Plan (Johnson City Press)
The man with the $10 million construction plan to ease a major traffic problem in town came here
Friday to discuss it with Erwin officials and see with his own eyes how the project would work...
TDOT Plans More Safety
Improvements to SR 126 in Kingsport (Herald-Courier)
As early as this summer, new safety features will be added to the intersection of 126 and Carolina
Pottery Drive in Sullivan County...
Toll Roads Dead-End in
Senate Committee (Commercial Appeal/Downing)
A Senate bill to allow toll roads and bridges in Tennessee has been parked for the year, according to
Senate Transportation Committee chairman Jim Tracy of Shelbyville...
Cohen Will Push for Tunnel Funds (Commercial Appeal/Moore)
The student's pleas will not go unheard. U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen says he has made it a priority to find
the money to build pedestrian tunnels under the railroad tracks that travel through the University of Memphis campus along Southern...
Knoxville: Little Fish, Big Fight (Chattanooga Times-Free/Press)
Three decades after the snail darter became the environmental icon that nearly swallowed TVA, the
case still echoes in case law, politics and popular culture,...
Widening Part of U.S.
27 Through Downtown Chattanooga Moves to Forefront (Times-Free Press)
The widening of a major highway artery - designed to reduce rush-hour commutes to the central city -
hit a delay as another downtown Chattanooga road project was greenlighted...
Daniel
Proctor Political Cartoon: "Road is closed." (Knoxville News-Sentinel)
TDOT Awards Bristol TN Industrial Access Highway Grant (Bristol Herald-Courier)
Tennessee Department of Transportation awarded the City of Bristol, Tennessee an Industrial Access
Highway Grant...
Airport's Boost to Economy
Cited (Chattanooga Times Free-Press/Pare)
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport generates more than $166 million in annual economic impact, a
first-of-its-kind resport says...
Wreck Closes Cunningham Bridge (Clarksville Leaf Chronicle)
A wreck has temporarily blocked traffic on Zinc Plant Road's Cunningham Bridge, which spans the
Cumberland River...
Cable Barriers Come to Middle Tennessee (Tennessean/Sanchez)
New type guardrail low-cost alternative...A year ago this week, traffic was snarled on Interstate 40
near Fairview after a tractor-trailer swerved off the roadway and crossed the median into oncoming traffic...
Lane Adjustments Lead to Dangerous Swerves (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Jacobs)
Planners monitoring west interchange since weekend changes...Transportation planners are learning
that old driving habits die hard...
TDOT Doesn't Leave
Bradley County Out of Funding (Cleveland Daily Banner)
The coordinator for an organization that acts as liaison between local elected officials and the
Tennessee Department of Transportation said she learned her lesson and would make no further comments regarding TDOT's three-year funding
cycle...
Pipeline, Higher
Dam Among Water Supply Ideas (Shelbyville Times-Gazette)
Alternative on how to avoid water shortages due to drought are to be explored at Henry Horton State
Park on Thursday when the Duck River Agency Board of Directors convenes for its quarterly meeting...
No Damage Reported From Overnight Aftershock (Tennessean)
A 4.0 magnitude aftershock occurred overnight in the same area of Illinois that a 5.2 magnitude
earthquake occurred early Friday morning, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency officials said...
Tax-Funded
1991 Project Still Little-Used (WSMV)
A 3-acre plot of concrete, also known as the Clement Landport, has mostly been unused for the last 10
years...
Highway
75 Pedestrian Bridge Tab Estimated at $8.4 Million(Kingsport Times-Free Press)
It could take $8.4 million or more to turn the steel truss bridge on Highway 75 near Boone Dam into a
walking and biking bridge, according to a letter to Sullivan County Mayor Steve Godsey from Tennessee Transportation Commissioner Gerald F.
Nicely...
TDOT Holds Meetings On Toll
Roads, Bridges (WSMV)
A public meeting was held Tuesday night in Old Hickory to gauge public interest in a toll
bridge...
Citizens Sound Off About Proposed Toll Road (WTVF)
The state is proposing a new toll road near the Sumner/Davidson County line...There was a public
meeting Tuesday for people to learn more about the proposed Hadley bend connector linking Old Hickory Boulevard in northeast Davidson County to
Vietnam Veterans Boulevard in Sumner...
Nashville Crawfish Slows
Suburban Growth (Tennessean)
Projects face new delay due to rare species...Development projects in growing southeastern Davidson
County and northeastern Williamson County could be slowed to protect the state's only federally endangered crawfish...
Officials Say Airport Expansion Needed for Economic Health (Tennessean)
A proposed expansion to Sumner County Regional Airport considered by Hendersonville city officials to
be a vital component in economic growth has been delayed as county commissioners had questions over funding and legal issues...
Watershed Signs Installed Along State Roadways (WTVF-TV Nashville)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - New signs telling drivers which watersheds they're entering have appeared ocross
the state. Installation began in February...
TDOT
Brings Safer Guardraisl to The Midstate (WTVF-TV Nashville)
TDOT decided to bring safer guardrails to the midstate...TDOT has new cable barriers that will be
installed on a two-mile stretch on I-40 near Fairview...
Tenn. Has Edge for VW
Plant, Analysts Say (Tennessean/Williams)
Carmaker also considers Alabama and Michigan Tennessee could be tough to beat as it battles Michigan
and Alabama for a possible new auto assembly plant that Volkswagen, the German carmaker, may build in the United States, industry analysts said
Wednesday night...
City Council Wrestles
With Budget Requests (Elizabethton Star)
In other areas, council heard from City Manager Fred Edens Jr. on his plans for improving areas of
the city's infrastructure, mainly the city's aging water pipes...
Reality Check? We Want to Believe (Erwin Record)
State Rep. David Hawk called Paul Degges' recent visit to our community something akin to a "rock
star coming to Erwin and Unicoi County."
Earthquake Jars County (Humphries County News Democrat)
An earthquake in Illinois that registered 5.2 on the Richter scale rattled dishes, shook walls, and
woke up county residents in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, April 18.
Traffic Problems Loom
for Peavine Road and I-40 Overpass (Crossville Chronicle)
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has announced intermittent closures of Peavine Rd. at I-40
during the week of April 21...
Bulls Gap BMA Look at Web
Site (Rogersville Review)
In other business, the BMA authorized Horner to proceed with the removal of the McGRegor Road bridge
behind town hall...
TDOT Installs New Cable Barrier Rails (WTVF-TV Nashville)
On Thursday night, Tennessee Department of Transportation crews began a project designed to make
driving on one section of Interstate 40 a bit safer...
I-40
Construction Shutdown Through Knoxville Looms (Associated Press)
The largest highway rebuilding project in Tennessee history will reach a pivotal stage next week when
Interstate 40 begins a 14-month reconstruction shutdown through downtown Knoxville...
Bridge Users Can Expect Delays (Commercial Appeal)
Motorists using either of the bridges spanning the Mississippi River between Memphis and Arkansas
should expect delays overnight Monday and Tuesday...
Orange Barrels
Continue to Dot Big Orange County (Times Free-Press/Garrett)
Starting Thursday, if you're planning to head north through Knoxville on Interstate 40, keep this
flashing traffic message in mind: Road construction ahead. Expect delays...
I-40 Section to Close (Johnson City Press)
It's going to be even tougher to get through Knoxville starting Thursday...
Tellico Dam Still Generating Debate 30 Years Later (Knoxville
News-Sentinel/Wilson)
On some level it was all about an adverb, that controversy three decades ago. The thought went: "It's
only a 3-inch fish." Onl?...
County Contending With Nashville, Memphis For 1st Toll Bridge Road (Chattanoogan.com)
Hamilton County, which is hoping for a bridge over Lake Chickamauga to connect the long-seperated
north areas of the county, has competition from Nashville and Memphis...
In Brief: Bridge Users Can Expect Delays (Commercial Appeal)
Motorists using either of the bridges spanning the Mississippi River between Memphis and Arkansas
should expect delays overnight Monday and Tuesday...
Seven-Foot Rise
for Water (Chattanooga Times Free-Press/Benton)
The solution to the South Cumberland Plateau's water supply is running downhill to the Tennessee
River...
Bridge Work Causes Back-Ups (WREG-TV Memphis)
Many people had trouble getting to Arkansas or Tennessee Monday night into Tuesday
morning...
Why Delay on Bridge
Repairs? (Kingsport Times News)
The great white elephant of a bridge in Bristol (Tenn.) has sat now for a couple of months waiting on
someone to move two traffic light poles and a small amount of asphalt...
SmartFIX40: Hospitals Hope Preparation Pays Off (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Jacobs)
Five medical facilities have tried to educate workers to aid patients...With advertising, billboards,
Web sites, fliers and postcards, five major hospitals in downtown Knoxville have been working vigorously to get the word out about how to fix the
facilities during the 14-month closure of Interstate 40...
Area Braces for Extended I-40 Closure (Daily Times)
TDOT's $275 million blockbuster - is set to open 12:01 a.m. Thursday in downtown
Knoxville...
Work Starts on Bypass Around Jams in Mt. Juliet (Tennessean)
Just about every day, Ron Leonard fights his way up and down Mt. Juliet Road, the de facto main
street in this fast-growing community...
Wisconsin: Road
Workers Say Budget Plan Cuts Thousands of Jobs (Daily Cardinal)
Constructions and trade groups involved in road projects said they strongly oppose a possible budget
repair solution, saysing Wisconsin jobs are at stake...
Forgotten Ga. County Now in Spotlight Over Water Rights (AP)
Residents of Dade County have spent much of their history feeling ignored by the rest of the
state. For decades people had to cut through Alabama or Tennessee to get to the county in the northwest corner of Georgia, and some residents
stillg get key services from out of state...
Lawmakers Begin Home Stretch of Session
If the Tennessee Legislature doesn't finish its work in a timely manner, it will not be the fault of
Gov. Phil Bredesen...
Venable: A Great Investment of 25 Cents
It won't ever rank up there with Joe Rosenthal's image of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima or Abraham
Zapruder's movie of the John Kennedy assissination...
Clay Carey: Toll Road
Idea Has Its Detractors (Tennessean)
Kenny Jones doubts he'd ever need to get to Nashville so quickly that he'd cough up a couple of bucks
for a toll road...
Gerald Nicely: TDOT
Rerouting Traffic Through Knox to Expedite Construction (Tenn)
The next time you travel to Knoxville or the Smoky Mountains, your drive probably will be
dramatically different...
Editorial: New Urgency
Crucial For Mass Transit (Daily News Journal)
Gas in Tennessee is on its way to $4 a gallon by the summer, and $5 per gallon probably isn't far
behind...
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