Tag Archives: TDOT

Sparta is working to improve the Walmart intersection on Highway 111. Mayor Jeff Young said as new development on Taft Church Road increased, the city began to notice traffic problems. “There’s a lot of area that can be developed adjacent to those properties there, the Walmart and Shell station,” Young said. “There’s already a little bit of a traffic problem ... Read More »

Water line replacement is underway on Willow Avenue in Cookeville. Cookeville’s Water and Sewer Director Ronnie Kelly said the work is ahead of a repaving project. “We’re replacing some older infrastructure on South Willow Avenue there before TDOT does the repaving project,” Kelly said. “It consists of replacing some water lines and some sewer lines.” The paving project will stretch ... Read More »

Cookeville Police are investigating the theft of a fully-labeled T-DOT truck. The keys had been left inside at the TDOT office on Ferrell Drive. Cookeville Police report the 2000 white Ford truck was last seen April 27. The truck features a T-DOT logo on both the drivers and passengers side with reflective chevrons on the tailgate and a full light ... Read More »

Guardrail work will begin on State Route 85 through Jackson County Monday. The road may be reduced to one-lane this week at various points as workers repair and replace guardrails from the Smith County line to State Route 56. Guardrails along State Route 262 are also being repaired this week from the Macon County Line to the Cumberland River bridge. ... 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 »

The City of Cookeville will begin the process of improving a dangerous intersection, West Cemetery and Burgess Falls Road. Step one: moving gas lines in the area. Cookeville Gas Department Director Jeff Mills said the city has entered into a $160,000 contract to begin that process. “What that has included in us is the gas facilities in that location are ... Read More »

The City of Cookeville will take the next step in the widening of South Jefferson Avenue by relocating utilities. Ronnie Kelly, Director of the Water and Sewer Department, said the $95,000 dollar project will involve Consolidated Technologies working to obtain new easements. Kelly said the city is looking to acquire easements from 14 properties along Jefferson Avenue. “This is a ... Read More »