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.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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