The roadwork at U.S. Highway 27 and Manufacturers Road is slightly ahead of schedule, with a completion date scheduled for February 2015, said Jennifer Flynn, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
“Overall, the entire project is now nearly 86 percent complete, with 77 percent of allowed time elapsed,” she said.
The contractor is finishing work on the bridge on U.S. 27 near Manufacturers Road and should be paving on the south end of the project within the next two weeks, said Flynn.
No more lane or exit closures will be needed on the project. The only thing that will change is that traffic will be shifted onto new pavement on the main line of U.S. 27.
The entrance ramp from Manufacturers Road to U.S. 27 North will be opened sometime in September after the traffic is shifted to the new alignment, she said.