Tennessee

[Avalanchez71]

Hey it is in Memphis.  Things take that long out there.

[Grzrd]

Does anyone know what's going on with the I-240/I-40 interchange? It appears to have been a dormant cpnstruction site for at least 5 years.

I don't see an I-240/I-40 interchange project in the current TDOT Three-Year Plan, but the Memphis MPO has a FY 2014 Phase 2 $122,700,000 flyover ramp project on its Proposed 2014-17 TIP Project List (page 1/6 of pdf).  Maybe it will be included as a FY 2015 project in next year's TDOT Three-Year Plan.

Here is a project map:

[codyg1985]

Does anyone know what's going on with the I-240/I-40 interchange? It appears to have been a dormant cpnstruction site for at least 5 years.

East one or midtown one?

[UptownRoadGeek]

East one or midtown one?

The east one. I know that the Midtown one was finished not too long ago. I passed through Memphis about a month ago and noticed that phase II is still in the exact stage that it was back in 2008 or 2009. Ghost ramps and stubs. I've also noticed that the Memphis area loves its SPUIs.

[rte66man]

Does anyone know what's going on with the I-240/I-40 interchange? It appears to have been a dormant cpnstruction site for at least 5 years.

I don't see an I-240/I-40 interchange project in the current TDOT Three-Year Plan, but the Memphis MPO has a FY 2014 Phase 2 $122,700,000 flyover ramp project on its Proposed 2014-17 TIP Project List (page 1/6 of pdf).  Maybe it will be included as a FY 2015 project in next year's TDOT Three-Year Plan.

Here is a project map:

Sorry to see the eastbound I40 movement will still be a left exit.  I was hoping it would be a right exit so the I240 south through traffic wouldn't be slowing down.

rte66man

[Strider]

At least it is better than the 1 lane mess for I-40 eastbound traffic though.

[Grzrd]

I don't see an I-240/I-40 interchange project in the current TDOT Three-Year Plan, but the Memphis MPO has a FY 2014 Phase 2 $122,700,000 flyover ramp project on its Proposed 2014-17 TIP Project List (page 1/6 of pdf).  Maybe it will be included as a FY 2015 project in next year's TDOT Three-Year Plan.

Wrong guess on my part. The current tentative letting date is August 30.

[UptownRoadGeek]

Could someone tell me if this signal set up is only used in West Tennessee or is it a statewide thing.
It's the left turn signals that I'm asking about.

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[WashuOtaku]

Could someone tell me if this signal set up is only used in West Tennessee or is it a statewide thing.
It's the left turn signals that I'm asking about.

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I have not seen those in East Tennessee, but maybe I simply wasn't paying attention.

[lordsutch]

Could someone tell me if this signal set up is only used in West Tennessee or is it a statewide thing.
It's the left turn signals that I'm asking about.

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As far as I know, it's a Memphis-only thing that bleeds into a few neighboring jurisdictions (mostly suburbs and unincorporated Shelby County) because Memphis has contracts to handle traffic signal installation for them too.

[rickmastfan67]

Has anybody been in Crossville, TN lately?  There seems to be a "US-127 Alternate" there and I need some info on it.  This appears to be the route for it per the two shields I found for it on mainline US-127 ([1] + [2]).  What I need to know is how it's posted along TN Secondary 392.  I looked @ the intersection with US-70, but couldn't find any mention of US-127 Alternate at the intersection.  StreetView isn't that helpful as the entire route of TN Secondary 392 is still in the old low-rez pre-2009 imagery unlike on US-127 and US-70 which have the newer high-rez 2011 imagery.

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Also in Crossville, I found these signs ([1] [2]) for US-70N along US-127.  Did US-70N get extended over to US-127, or is TDOT just playing the game of forgetting to place "TO" banners?

[Avalanchez71]

My guess is that it should be signed as TRUCK in lieu of ALTERNATE.  I have never seen Tennessee sign it's alternate routes with the banner ALTERNATE or ALT for that manner if it is an official split.  I haven't seen any applications to AASHTO.  Often signs will be placed up to state that such a route is an ALT to the route without it being officially an alternate. 

[NE2]

It's posted on US 70 east: https://maps.google.com/?ll=35.960058,-85.042516&spn=0.006713,0.014173&cbp=12,111.86,,2,0.12&cbll=35.960074,-85.042234&layer=c&t=m&panoid=vxHhCAxXESmn2AVw3DtTSQ&z=17 https://maps.google.com/?ll=35.95529,-85.035703&spn=0.013427,0.028346&cbp=12,181.92,,0,-0.33&cbll=35.955073,-85.039306&layer=c&t=m&panoid=mycW3M8_IHHmoKTPxFUeEA&z=16
and on former SR 101 east (these may have been removed when the realignment was built): https://maps.google.com/?ll=35.938822,-85.031004&spn=0.053718,0.113382&cbp=12,54.63,,0,4.61&cbll=35.938886,-85.030956&layer=c&t=m&panoid=Jhwh2jVUQZXoOesB1aQVBg&z=14

[rickmastfan67]

It's posted on US 70 east: https://maps.google.com/?ll=35.960058,-85.042516&spn=0.006713,0.014173&cbp=12,111.86,,2,0.12&cbll=35.960074,-85.042234&layer=c&t=m&panoid=vxHhCAxXESmn2AVw3DtTSQ&z=17 https://maps.google.com/?ll=35.95529,-85.035703&spn=0.013427,0.028346&cbp=12,181.92,,0,-0.33&cbll=35.955073,-85.039306&layer=c&t=m&panoid=mycW3M8_IHHmoKTPxFUeEA&z=16
and on former SR 101 east (these may have been removed when the realignment was built): https://maps.google.com/?ll=35.938822,-85.031004&spn=0.053718,0.113382&cbp=12,54.63,,0,4.61&cbll=35.938886,-85.030956&layer=c&t=m&panoid=Jhwh2jVUQZXoOesB1aQVBg&z=14

That seems to make it "legit" enough for the CHM project to add the route to the site.  Thanks for the help guys.

[codyg1985]

Preliminary plans for the I-40/240 east Phase II interchange modification are online. Unfortunately, I-40 is still existing itself, and the mileposts on I-40 east approaching I-40 are actually based on I-240 mileage (notice how the exit numbers increase from Exit 10 to Exit 12 as you go westbound on I-40).

[lordsutch]

Preliminary plans for the I-40/240 east Phase II interchange modification are online. Unfortunately, I-40 is still existing itself, and the mileposts on I-40 east approaching I-40 are actually based on I-240 mileage (notice how the exit numbers increase from Exit 10 to Exit 12 as you go westbound on I-40).

Alas I don't expect TDOT to fix the I-40 exit numbers ever, even though there's a simple fix (everything at I-40/240 east becomes Exit 11x).

In addition to that what they really need to do is eliminate the midtown I-240 designation completely (extending I-69 to a logical interim terminus at I-40 rather than the current NCDOT-style state line disappearing act) and renumber the exits on rump I-240 between I-55 and I-40 west-to-east.

[Grzrd]

This TV video report reports that United States Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently announced a Tiger 4 award for upgrading and expanding transportation infrastructure from uptown Memphis to South Main and across the Harahan Bridge.

[hbelkins]

Has anybody been in Crossville, TN lately?  There seems to be a "US-127 Alternate" there and I need some info on it.  This appears to be the route for it per the two shields I found for it on mainline US-127 ([1] + [2]).  What I need to know is how it's posted along TN Secondary 392.  I looked @ the intersection with US-70, but couldn't find any mention of US-127 Alternate at the intersection.  StreetView isn't that helpful as the entire route of TN Secondary 392 is still in the old low-rez pre-2009 imagery unlike on US-127 and US-70 which have the newer high-rez 2011 imagery.

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Also in Crossville, I found these signs ([1] [2]) for US-70N along US-127.  Did US-70N get extended over to US-127, or is TDOT just playing the game of forgetting to place "TO" banners?

It's posted on US 70 east: https://maps.google.com/?ll=35.960058,-85.042516&spn=0.006713,0.014173&cbp=12,111.86,,2,0.12&cbll=35.960074,-85.042234&layer=c&t=m&panoid=vxHhCAxXESmn2AVw3DtTSQ&z=17 https://maps.google.com/?ll=35.95529,-85.035703&spn=0.013427,0.028346&cbp=12,181.92,,0,-0.33&cbll=35.955073,-85.039306&layer=c&t=m&panoid=mycW3M8_IHHmoKTPxFUeEA&z=16
and on former SR 101 east (these may have been removed when the realignment was built): https://maps.google.com/?ll=35.938822,-85.031004&spn=0.053718,0.113382&cbp=12,54.63,,0,4.61&cbll=35.938886,-85.030956&layer=c&t=m&panoid=Jhwh2jVUQZXoOesB1aQVBg&z=14

I drove through Crossville on southbound US 127 on my way to Chattanooga last month.

Signage as it currently exists can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/sets/72157634603731673/

[codyg1985]

^ Interesting that TN 111 south was signed with a blue directional banner. May be due to it being an APD Corridor?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/9267618395/in/set-72157634603731673

[lordsutch]

This TV video report reports that United States Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently announced a Tiger 4 award for upgrading and expanding transportation infrastructure from uptown Memphis to South Main and across the Harahan Bridge.

The Harahan Bridge project is supposed to be a bike/pedestrian trail using one of the old roadways. I'm not sure what the rest of the project is about; maybe bike lanes or something to connect from the bridge to the South Main Street corridor.

[hbelkins]

^ Interesting that TN 111 south was signed with a blue directional banner. May be due to it being an APD Corridor?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/9267618395/in/set-72157634603731673

Nope. It's not an APD route. The corridor follows KY 90 to Burkesville, then KY 61 into Tennessee. Even though the route is improved all the way to I-40 (TN 53 and TN 56), the corridor has an unbuilt segment from the Gainesboro area over to Cookeville, where it picks up 111 on south from there to US 27.

[codyg1985]

The apparent low bid for the project to widen I-65 between TN 840 and Goose Creek Bypass (Tn 248), including interchange modifications at TN 248 and widening TN 248, came in at $46.7 million.

This month's TDOT letting includes the project to modify the I-40/240 east interchange in Memphis.

[codyg1985]

Contract has been awarded for the I-40/240 interchange modification in east Memphis. The low bid was for $109 million.

The draft STIP includes the beginning of engineering work for Corridor K/US 64 in Polk County for 2015. The engineering work is expected to cost $30 milllion with a total project estimated cost of $1 billion.

[elsmere241]

Alright, I'm going to reroute US-31 onto TN-397 and turn the in-town route to a Business route.  I already had US-431 on TN-397 and a Business route for it into town.

I'll also eliminate the two "Truck US-31" routes at CHM. [1] [2]  Especially since the US-31 reroute for the site would duplicate one of them.

Thanks for the help NE2 and Avalanchez71!!

There was a time in the 1980s when Mack Hatcher (TN 397) was first built, that at its intersection with Murfreesboro Road (TN 96), it was posted as US 31 north and south, but US 431 north only.

[Grzrd]

This TDOT press release announces that ground has been broken for a new I-26 welcome center located at mile marker 5, and it will provide access for travelers on eastbound and westbound I-26:

Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) Commissioner John Schroer and Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (TDTD) Commissioner Susan Whitaker joined state and local officials in Sullivan County today to break ground for a new welcome center on Interstate 26. The new welcome center will be located at mile marker 5, and is expected to open to the public in the summer of 2014 ....
The new welcome center will feature a log cabin design, combining the warmth of Tennessee and the modern advantages of new construction. The welcome center will provide access for travelers on eastbound and westbound I-26.