I-55 bridge to close for two weeks
The closure will begin Sunday, March 10. Motorists are asked to use Interstate 40 as a detour.
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The closure will begin Sunday, March 10. Motorists are asked to use Interstate 40 as a detour.
This weekend’s partial closure of Germantown Road and Germantown Parkway near the Bobby Lanier Bridge will prepare for a longer closure. In a separate project, work is set to begin on Dogwood Road.
Crews will close the Mississippi-Arkansas Bridge, also known as the “Old Bridge,” to continue work on the I-55 and Crump Boulevard interchange.
Priority roads for the City of Memphis are major roads — generally defined as roads with four or more lanes — and roads with bridges, inclines, declines or overpasses.
“(Neighborhoods) need incremental change to remain relevant and survive. Improving bike networks and pedestrian connections shouldn’t need to wait for the next multi-million dollar project.”
The goals of the new roundabout design are to reduce crashes, relieve congestion and provide route continuity for I-55.
The multi-year project includes the construction of a new roundabout and is designed to allow I-55 traffic to avoid the “cloverleaf” at Crump.
Upgrades to the Interstate 55 interchange at Crump Boulevard Downtown will be a multi-year project that will include road and bridge closures and the construction of a new roundabout.
Until Valentine’s Day 2025, motorists may want to take I-40.
Once complete, all I-55 north and southbound traffic will shift into the I-55 southbound lanes until fall 2023. There will be one lane in each direction.
TDOT said economic benefits related to a third bridge would include lower transportation costs for goods, enhanced productivity and competitiveness for Memphis area businesses and new employment opportunities in the region.
All work is weather permitting, and a detour will be posted for all closures.
The intersection just east of the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge was a major choke point last year when the I-40 bridge was closed.
“We’ve really got a problem,” Mayor Stan Joyner said, adding the town is “searching for solutions.”
Accidents are common on the interchange, where drivers have to slow down and take an exit in order to stay on the highway.
Hernando DeSoto Bridge vulnerabilities could have been detected four decades ago, ArDOT officials say.
Bartlett hopes to complete nearly $43 million in road and trail project improvements over the next five years.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation plans to move up the reopening of eastbound lanes of traffic on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge to Saturday evening, July 31.
Sorry, but it’s too soon to discuss reopening the I-40 bridge, a TDOT official says. Meanwhile, the delays in crossing I-55 cost the trucking industry about $900,000 a day, down from $2.4 million at the worst of the slowdown.
Contractors are making “significant progress” on repairs to the Hernando DeSoto Bridge, the Tennessee Department of Transportation reported in an update Monday, June 21.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is visiting Memphis to learn more about the damage to the Hernando DeSoto Bridge.
The closure of the Hernando DeSoto Bridge has re-energized supporters of a plan to add a new bridge across the Mississippi River in the Memphis area for cars and trucks.
U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty is one of the co-sponsors of legislation that could provide funding to repair the Hernando DeSoto Bridge, build a new bridge across the Mississippi River, or both.
The first phase of repairs on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge is complete, state transportation officials announced Tuesday, May 25.
A prolonged shutdown of the Interstate 40 bridge and boat traffic along the Mississippi River could have major consequences for businesses in the Memphis area and beyond. But no one knows for sure yet how significant those consequences will be.
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