The Tennessee Department of Transportation’s Hamilton County maintenance crew will perform emergency repairs on I-24 East in the right lane near mile marker 182.7 on Thursday, beginning at 9 p.m. and ending by 6 a.m. on Friday.
During these repairs, lane restrictions on I-24 East will begin at the bottom of the ridge cut. The Tennessee Highway Patrol will assist with traffic control.
This is the site of a section of damaged concrete in the right lane on I-24 East between the South Seminole Road overpass and Germantown Road in Hamilton County. TDOT has been trying to schedule weekend concrete repairs at this location since late February, but rainy weather and holiday lane closure restrictions have caused postponement of the work. Meanwhile, the concrete continues to deteriorate. Therefore, instead of concrete, which takes several hours to set, crews will be replacing the damaged concrete section with hot mix asphalt until a more permanent repair can be made at a later date.
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