Tennessee Department of Transportation contract crews on Tuesday will close a portion of Tucker Road at Spalding Drive for ongoing road work.
The work, which started in early 2020, is part of the 3.4-mile, $93 million Apison Pike widening and realignment project started in March 2020 to ease congestion in the fast-growing part of East Hamilton County.
Crews want to finish the section of work as quickly as possible, including utilities, the tie-in for Tucker Road, grading and drainage for the proposed State Route 317, according to agency spokesperson Rae-Anne Bradley. The closure will last about 10 months until the final alignment of Tucker Road and SR-317 are prepared for traffic, Bradley said in a news release Monday.
The closure and detour will be put in place between 9 a.m. and noon Tuesday, and the new pattern will mean detours for several months officials said.