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‘Third and final’ closure of I-24 for Germantown bridge project set for Friday night

Staff file photo by Robin Rudd / This temporary ramp will allow northbound traffic on Interstate 24 to exit onto North Terrace, foreground, to bypass the work on the bridge over Germantown Road. Traffic will again merge onto the interstate past Germantown. Staff file photo by Robin Rudd / This temporary ramp will allow northbound traffic on Interstate 24 to exit onto North Terrace, foreground, to bypass the work on the bridge over Germantown Road. Traffic will again merge onto the interstate past Germantown.

By Ben Benton June 24, 2021 3 min read

One last time, the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s contractor on the Interstate 24 bridge project over Germantown Road will implement a full closure of the interstate, detouring traffic around the work onto North Terrace and South Terrace.

Starting at 9 p.m. Friday, the contractor, Bell and Associates Construction, will begin operations to install a protective membrane and final paving on the newly constructed bridges on I-24 over Germantown Road. The contractor will close the interstate in both directions while rerouting motorists around the work until traffic resumes its normal pattern by 6 a.m. Monday, according to Tennessee Department of Transportation spokesperson Rae-Anne Bradley.

All eastbound traffic will exit the interstate at Germantown Road, exit 183, travel along South Terrace and return to the interstate using a temporary on-ramp, Bradley said.

All westbound traffic will exit the interstate using a temporary off-ramp, travel along North Terrace and return to the interstate using the existing on-ramp at Germantown Road, she said.

There will be no access from local streets to the I-24 entrance and exit ramps along this stretch during these interstate closures.