A new ramp is taking shape alongside Interstate 24 in Chattanooga, where crews are working on the $32 million improvement project at the interchanges with South Broad and Market streets.
Charleston, Tennessee-based Wright Brothers Construction started the work in the fall of 2020 with completion slated for Aug. 31, 2023, Tennessee Department of Transportation spokesperson Rae-Anne Bradley said Friday by email. There have been no cost increases, she said.
“The contractor has made substantial progress during the first year of construction, and the project remains on schedule,” Bradley said, noting Wright Brothers “encountered some minor utility issues, but nothing that has caused delays in the project up to this point.”
Joe Deering, assistant chief engineer and director of TDOT’s Region 2, said local state officials are “excited the project is underway.”
“Once completed, the project will improve connectivity to the historic foundry district and the South Broad commercial corridor and make it much easier for both local and regional traffic to safely access this area,” Deering said Friday in an emailed statement to the Times Free Press.