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TDOT estimates a summer completion date for repairs to Highway 85 in Overton County.
A February 2019 rain event caused multiple areas of the roadway to slide in both Fentress and Overton County.
Crews opened the Fentress County portion of the roadway to through traffic last year. The Overton County side remains closed between mile markers 17.5 and 22.2.
TDOT’s latest roadway activity report states that motorist should continue using the detour route until the roadway reopens.
The transportation agency awarded the $13 million project bid to Wright Brothers Construction in April 2019.
