New ramp opens linking U.S. Highway 27 to South Broad Street in Chattanooga

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / The white car enters the Broad Street off-ramp from US27 on March 29, 2023. The lanes in the foreground join the ram p from Interstate 24. The second off-ramp for South Broad Street included in the ongoing improvement project at I-24 and South Broad was opened Monday increasing traffic and access as the project heads toward its Aug. 31 finish date. Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / The white car enters the Broad Street off-ramp from US27 on March 29, 2023. The lanes in the foreground join the ram p from Interstate 24. The second off-ramp for South Broad Street included in the ongoing improvement project at I-24 and South Broad was opened Monday increasing traffic and access as the project heads toward its Aug. 31 finish date.

By Ben Benton March 29, 2023 3 min read

A new ramp has been opened in the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s $32 million Interstate 24-South Broad Street interchange improvement project to link U.S. Highway 27 coming from downtown Chattanooga to South Broad and the Southside.

The contractor on the project, Charleston, Tennessee-based Wright Brothers Construction, started the work in September 2020 and was dogged by supply chain issues this past summer.

Crews opened the new U.S. 27 south to Broad Street exit ramp around 9 p.m. Monday, TDOT spokeswoman Rae Anne Bradley said in a news release. In addition, Wright Brothers permanently closed the U.S. 27 south exit ramp to Williams Street, she said.

“As of February 2023, the project is 82.4% complete,” Bradley said in a follow-up email.