Tag Archives: I-40

A Sparta man faces charges of evading arrest, leaving the scene of a crash and due care after a Monday night incident on Highway 111 just off I-40. 31-year-old Rhett A. Verble ran off the left side of the roadway near Fleetguard Road as he traveled north, striking a guard rail. The car began to roll several times before coming ... Read More »

A four-vehicle workzone accident Monday morning on Interstate 40 resulted in no injuries. The accident occurred near the 287 mile marker as crews had rolling road blocks in effect, making pothole repairs. Three vehicles were stopped in the left lane. The fourth vehicle, driven by 19-year-old Timothy Coffee of Cookeville merged from the closed right lane into the left lane. ... Read More »

No one injured Thursday morning in an Interstate 40 crash when a tractor trailer crashed into a cable barrier and crossed back across two lanes of traffic. The incident happened near mile marker 291 in Putnam County Thursday morning around 7:45. Kenderrick Foreman and a passenger were driving a 2017 tractor-trailer. The truck was driving eastbound when it went off ... Read More »

Overhead message boards with traffic alerts and lane closures will be added to a section of I-40 from Baxter to Rockwood. But T-DOT said do not expect the safety improvements to be above your head until at least 2023. “I know 2022 and 2023 sounds like a long time away, but it’s really not,” TDOT Community Relations Officer Jennifer Flynn ... Read More »

Expect delays on I-40 in Cumberland County this week as T-DOT crews conduct paving and milling around mile marker 326. The work will reduce interstate traffic down to one lane during the daytime through Thursday. Westbound lanes will be the Monday and Tuesday focus, where some temporary closures may be necessary. Work will switch to the eastbound lanes Wednesday and ... Read More »