There are 15 article(s) tagged I-55:

• December 2023

  • Memphis-Arkansas Bridge, often called the ‘Old Bridge’, to be replaced

    TDOT announced a plan to rebuild the I-55 bridge over the Mississippi River with funding from Gov. Bill Lee’s $3.3 billion Transportation Modernization Act.

    By Ian Round, Bill Dries December 19, 2023

  • I-55 improvements top DeSoto Supervisors’ asks for legislative session

    Among all of the needs facing Mississippi’s fastest-growing county, the supervisors said Monday that widening parts of I-55 is the board’s highest priority. 

    By Rob Moore December 11, 2023

• June 2023

  • I-55 bridge will close this weekend

    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. 

    By Rob Moore, Bill Dries June 05, 2023

• February 2023

  • Traffic will travel in one lane on southbound I-55 until fall 2023

    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. 

    By Rob Moore February 24, 2023

• November 2022

  • Everything we know about the road work at the I-55 and Crump interchange

    Until Valentine’s Day 2025, motorists may want to take I-40. 

    By Rob Moore November 01, 2022

• October 2022

  • TDOT begins lane closures for I-55 and Crump Blvd.

    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. 

    By Rob Moore October 20, 2022

• August 2022

  • Repaving to cause ‘major’ lane closures along I-55

    All work is weather permitting, and a detour will be posted for all closures.

    By Rob Moore August 26, 2022

• April 2022

  • TDOT awards $141 million contract for I-55/Crump Blvd. interchange renovation

    The intersection just east of the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge was a major choke point last year when the I-40 bridge was closed.

    By Ian Round April 04, 2022

• March 2022

  • I-55/Crump Blvd. construction to begin in spring

    Accidents are common on the interchange, where drivers have to slow down and take an exit in order to stay on the highway.

    By Ian Round March 11, 2022

• 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

  • Newest I-55 data shows much shorter delays

    According to the latest figures from the Tennessee Department of Transportation, traffic across the I-55 bridge has gotten substantially better this past week. 

    By Mary Cashiola June 22, 2021

  • Latest I-55 travel times show almost smooth sailing on Monday

    Instead of the traffic jams varying wildly throughout the hours of each day, this past week’s data showed the same delays for blocks of time. 

    By Mary Cashiola June 14, 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

  • Businesses ‘in holding pattern’ regarding bridge closure

    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.

    By Blake Fontenay May 14, 2021

• 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