There are 14 article(s) tagged I-40:

• April 2022

  • Conaway: In Sunshine, we can see who we are

    A reminder of those who took on the feds to hold back I-40 and won.

    By Dan Conaway April 15, 2022

• July 2021

  • One cracked bridge. One person fired. A troubling rush to judgment raises major questions about bridge inspections

    More than two months have passed since Monty Frazier’s firing from the Arkansas Department of Transportation, and he’s kept quiet. But now, he’s ready to talk.

    By Matt Stroud July 22, 2021

• June 2021

  • Final slab of Hernando DeSoto Bridge in place, but no reopening date set

    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.

    By Bill Dries June 29, 2021

  • Opinion: The importance of bridges

    Bridges are magic. They connect, enable, overcome, elevate. They make big things possible when they weren’t before. They make it reachable for the many rather than the few, doable, accessible. 

    By Dan Conaway June 22, 2021

  • Time to cross that bridge? Hope it’s not a Thursday

    Each Monday, TDOT posts the average travel times for vehicles driving over the I-55 bridge. And Thursdays are particularly bad. 

    By Mary Cashiola June 10, 2021

• May 2021

  • Expect I-40 bridge reopening schedule next week

    The Tennessee and Arkansas departments of transportation now know exactly how they will repair the I-40 bridge. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 27, 2021

  • Opinion: Inland waterways are critical to Memphis and the nation

    The damage to the Hernando DeSoto Bridge is a timely opportunity to help enhance the inland waterways in the infrastructure jobs package released by the Biden administration that includes $17 billion for inland waterways, coastal ports, land ports of entry and ferries.

    By George Leavell May 26, 2021

  • Mississippi River reopens to boat and barge traffic

    The Mississippi River reopened to boat and barge traffic this morning, the United States Coast Guard said Friday, May 14.

    By Blake Fontenay May 14, 2021

  • Nation reacts: ‘The river is the jugular for the export market in the Midwest’

    Bloomberg noted that news of the bridge damage caused corn futures to tumble “by the most allowed by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.”

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 14, 2021

  • A bridge cracks and Twitter reacts

    After damage was discovered on the Hernando DeSoto bridge, Twitter users made some cracks, too.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 12, 2021

• October 2020

  • Amazon plans to build delivery station along I-40 in Cordova

    A developer has filed for a 31-acre planned development just west of Appling Road along I-40, where a 141,000-square-foot Amazon delivery station would be built.

    By Tom Bailey October 06, 2020

• October 2019

  • Kings of the hill: Competing developers now teaming on Crosstown Mound

    The city has approved two development teams to work together on a plan for the undeveloped Crosstown Mound. The preliminary plan so far includes 80-100 residences, a public park and a building of shared office spaces.

    By Tom Bailey October 04, 2019

• December 2018

  • I-40’s solar visitor center is open

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony 30 miles northeast of Memphis will be held this week for one of the most unusual visitors center/rest stops along Tennessee interstates.

    By Tom Bailey December 03, 2018

• October 2018

  • Last section of I-269 set to open Oct. 26, completing new loop around Memphis

    DeSoto County’s last segment of Interstate 269 opens Oct. 26, completing a seamless four-lane expressway from Tunica to eastern Shelby County.

    By Wayne Risher October 11, 2018