Alternate route: Bridge-detour signs could be clearer
Work crews began repairing the Hernando DeSoto Bridge. (Courtesy Tennessee Department of Transportation)
Memphians know how to detour around the closed Hernando DeSoto Bridge, but electronic signs aren’t as helpful for out-of-town visitors as they could be.
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Hernando DeSoto Bridge
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.
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