On the map It may be just 0.6 mile, but Charles Blalock & Sons construction crews just completed a key stretch of the Knox-Blount Greenway. It is a piece of the puzzle that is a 45-mile long-term project designed to ultimately take pedestrians and cyclists from Knoxville to the Great Smoky Mountains. “Work on the… Keep Reading
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Knoxville’s Gay Street Bridge and two lanes of Neyland Drive will close Thursday night for maintenance. Beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, Knoxville Utilities Board crews will be performing maintenance on Neyland Drive power lines. The work will require the overnight closure of the Gay Street Bridge and the two right westbound… Keep Reading
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – A Tennessee Department of Transportation I-40 resurfacing project is underway in West Knoxville. TDOT crews began resurfacing lanes in both directions of I-40 between West Hills (MM 380) and Pellissippi Parkway (MM 376) on Sunday night. Work will continue daily from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. through Thursday, April 2. Lane… Keep Reading
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – Tennessee Department of Transportation crews from East Tennessee left early Thursday morning to assist in the cleanup in Middle Tennessee. According to TDOT spokesperson Mark Nagi, crews left Knoxville at 6 a.m. on Thursday to head to Wilson County. According to Nagi, the crews will be assisting in clearing state routes… Keep Reading
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) — Crews began a project on Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee line Sunday that will limit traffic to one lane in each direction for months. Construction of a new I-40 median wall is a part of a 2-year North Carolina Department of Transportation project, that will require the inside lanes of both… Keep Reading
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The year 2019 is coming to an end, but hundreds of road projects are still in the works in East Tennessee. RELATED: State leaders make 2017 infrastructure plans The Tennessee Department of Transportation still has a lot of work to do and hundreds of projects to complete. Overall, the department has a nearly… Keep Reading
When these drivers were pulled over in Knoxville, Tennessee, they expected police would give them a ticket. Instead, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, feeling the Christmas spirit, handed out $50 gift cards for “good driving.” Continue Reading on Waco Tribune-Herald Keep Reading
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Change is coming to two streets in the historic Fort Sanders neighborhood. Knoxville traffic engineers will convert 18th Street to one-way northbound in the Fort Sanders Neighborhood during the week of Dec. 16. Early next year, the section of Laurel Avenue between 18th and 19th Streets will become a two-way street. In… Keep Reading
