The National Cornbread Festival also hosts a carnival for visitors to enjoy in South Pittsburg, Tenn.
Officials say traffic on Interstate 24 should be less snarled by ongoing roadwork at Kimball and South Pittsburg this year for masses of hungry people headed to the National Cornbread Festival this weekend.
Work on the $13.5 million state project to raise the I-24 bridges over U.S. Highway 72 will continue during the peak festival travel period, but that should not be a problem for travelers, Tennessee Department of Transportation spokeswoman Jennifer Flynn said Friday.
The project is slightly ahead of schedule and about five months from completion, she said.
“The contractor is familiar with the Cornbread Festival from last year and will not be working in areas that might cause him to impede traffic,” Flynn said.
Crews will not work along Highway 72 but will be working “behind temporary concrete barriers,” she said. Crews will keep working at the new on- and off-ramps, on sign installation, a new traffic signal and grading and sodding work, she said.