Crews on the $132.6 million Interstate 24-Interstate 75 Interchange Modification project starting Friday night will shift northbound I-75 traffic and westbound I-24 traffic onto their final alignments, affecting traffic even as a separate project affects I-24 at the Germantown Road bridge.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation project is set to be complete this summer. Contractor C.W. Matthew Contracting will begin shifting traffic at 9 p.m. Friday with plans to complete the work by 6 a.m. Monday.
TDOT officials said the contractors on the interchange project and the bridge project hope and expect to be finished ahead of schedule.
“We are fortunate to have so many important construction projects occurring in our area, but there are times when it gets complicated,” TDOT spokesperson Jennifer Flynn said. “The I-75/I-24 contractor has had this weekend reserved for a while now, but the I-24 Germantown Road bridge contractor had to postpone his work from last weekend because of weather.
“Since this weekend is going to be good, weather-wise, for this work, both contractors are taking advantage of it,” she said.