The entrance to U.S. Highway 27 northbound from Manning Street will be shut down permanently for construction.North Chattanooga is losing an entry onto northbound U.S. Highway 27.
The Manning Street ramp onto U.S. 27 will close permanently Monday as the Tennessee Department of Transportation continues to widen and improve the busy highway from downtown Chattanooga to the northern suburbs.
The $102 million project is adding lanes and rebuilding bridges and interchanges between Signal Mountain Road and the Olgiati Bridge.
Jeff Blevins, assistant regional construction engineer for TDOT, said the Manning Street and Manufacturers Road exits are too close to each other under federal highway construction guidelines.
The solution, he said, is to shut down the Manning ramp and widen and improve the Manufacturers Road interchange.