The $9.8 million slide repair and bridge project started in 2020 on State Route 27, Suck Creek Road, is on track for an August finish and could be completed early, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
The repair and bridge project, which consists of two sites about a mile apart on the Chattanooga side of Suck Creek Mountain, is approaching its third year.
Passing heavy storms March 3 did no damage to completed work and didn’t interfere with the contractor’s plans to install the final bridge beam, so crews remain on schedule, TDOT spokeswoman Rae Ann Bradley said in an email. Jackson, Tennessee-based Dement Construction Co. is the project contractor.
“The scheduled completion date is Aug. 31, 2023, but work is expected to be finished early,” Bradley said.
Concrete work and the installation of soil nails, which stabilize the ground underneath the roadbed, are complete at the upper work site, according to Bradley. The next step at that site will be to pour the outer facing of the wall and sculpt the wall to resemble natural rock.