Long hours and friendly landowners played in a role in getting state Route 108 in Grundy County reopened weeks ahead of schedule after a rock slide a little more than a week ago, officials said.
The road was reopened to traffic Sunday afternoon. Officials had estimated the work could take three or four weeks.
Wright Brothers Construction, of Charleston, Tenn., worked around the clock at times to clear 23,000 tons of rock from the road at a place local people called “hanging rock,” Tennessee Department of Transportation spokeswoman Jennifer Flynn said Monday.
The reopened section of Route 108 carries more than 2,000 vehicles per day and is widely used by local residents as a route to McMinnville.
“We were able to work out agreements with adjacent property owners to place the [slide] material on the nearby slopes,” Flynn said.