A street collapse Monday near the Tennessee River in Kimball, Tennessee, caused a brief closure of the only road that leads to a dozen homes in a neighborhood south of the intersection of River’s Edge Drive and Water Front Place.
Kimball Mayor Rex Pesnell said Tuesday he was notified of the collapse on River’s Edge Drive Monday about 3 p.m. and repairs got underway almost immediately.
“I got one call on it, and then 30 minutes later, I got another call and I realized it was urgent,” Pesnell said.
“I happened to be talking to the contractor [Jason Collins] at the time,” he said. “We were able to get on it pretty quick and had it temporarily fixed in two-and-a-half hours.”
He said Collins was able to put two large steel plates over the hole once the sides of the hole had been stabilized.