Transportation officials have plan to repair bridge
Inspector who failed to see damage is fired
TDOT official officials announced a plan Monday, May 17 to repair the damaged Hernando DeSoto Bridge, which currently sits empty as traffic is diverted to the I-55 Memphis-Arkansas Bridge. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation have come up with a plan to repair the Hernando DeSoto Bridge, but there’s no timetable yet for when the bridge might reopen.
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Blake Fontenay
Blake Fontenay’s 27-year journalism career has taken him to many newspapers in four states. However, he had never returned to work in any of the other cities where he had been before until the opportunity to report for the Daily Memphian presented itself. He covers business for the Daily Memphian.