WMC Action News 5 - Thu May 20, 2021
ARDOT Fires Inspector Who Overlooked Crack in River Bridge in 2019
As the investigation continues as to why a significant beam fracture occurred on the I-40 bridge across the Mississippi River, an inspector with the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) who checked the 48-year-old structure in 2019 and failed to discover the crack, has been fired and may face criminal charges....
CEG - Mon May 17, 2021
Bridge Crack Closes I-40 Bridge Over Mississippi River in Memphis
During a routine inspection of a key interstate bridge over the Mississippi River on May 11, an Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) engineer spotted a fractured beam on the structure that led him to immediately make an urgent 911 call....
Tennesee DOT - Mon March 22, 2021
TDOT Breaks Ground on $61M Jefferson Pike Project in Smyrna
A new widening project began March 12 in Smyrna, Tenn., following a groundbreaking ceremony that included Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) Commissioner Clay Bright. Bright was joined by other state and local officials at the Rutherford County site, southeast of Nashville, where construction got under way on the expansion of Jefferson Pike (Tennessee State Road 266)....
Tennesee DOT - Wed January 13, 2021
Tennessee DOT Awards Contract for New I-65 Project in Spring Hill
A design-build contract valued at $54.3 million has been awarded to Nashville's Bell & Associates to construct the new Interstate 65 and Buckner Road interchange in Spring Hill, Tenn. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) did so with the expectation that the project would be completed by May 2023....
WBIR-TV10 News - Thu November 19, 2020
Massive Alcoa, Tenn., Distribution Center Could Be for Amazon
A huge distribution center could be coming soon to the foothills of Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains. Two entities are exploring the feasibility of constructing a warehouse distribution center on part of the former Pine Lakes Golf Course in Alcoa, Tenn....
WTVC News - Mon October 12, 2020
TDOT Plans to Modify Downtown Chattanooga I-24 Interchanges
State and local officials say construction will soon begin in Chattanooga, Tenn., on another multi-million-dollar modification project on Interstate 24. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) said Oct....
Tennessee DOT - Thu September 10, 2020
TDOT Contractor Begins Work on U.S. 64 Bridge Over Ocoee River
Contractor crews began a project Sept. 8 to replace the bridge on U.S. Highway 64 over the Ocoee River in Tennessee's Polk County. The site is in the mountains of the Cherokee National Forest at the state's southeastern border, near the Georgia and North Carolina state lines....
Vanderbilt University Research News - Tue July 28, 2020
Vanderbilt, TDOT Awarded Grant to Enhance I-24 Smart Corridor with AI
Nashville, Tenn.'s exhilarating growth has provided immense benefits to the region. The flip side of all that expansion, however, is that traffic has increased by a whopping 60 percent since 2005 along the area of I-24 that connects Nashville southeast to Murfreesboro, the fastest growing city in Tennessee....
Chattanooga Times Free-Press - Mon June 15, 2020
Repairs Continue on Slide-Damaged U.S. Highway 41 in Tennessee
The now nearly $19.2 million Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) slide repair project begun just over a year ago on U.S. Highway 41 in Marion County has been delayed again, due to another wintertime swamping by Mother Nature....
Tennessee DOT - Mon June 08, 2020
TDOT Decides to Conduct Pile Driving for I-24 Bridges During the Daytime
As part of the bridge replacement project on I-24 in Chattanooga, contract crews for the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) in late May began pile driving operations during daytime hours for bridge foundations on Germantown Road over the interstate....
