You could almost believe the crew boring holes in the ground this month along Interstate 24 near the infamous interchange with Interstate 75 known as the split was planting orange barrel seeds.
The first work toward phase 2 of the I-24/I-75 interchange reconstruction project got underway March 21 as a three-person team began drilling to extract soil samples along I-24 and North Terrace Road to provide technical information for contractors when the design-build project is released for bids that could be awarded by the end of the year, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
Brentwood, Tennessee-based GeoEngineers geotechnical engineer Emily Reed said she and a crew from Chattanooga-based Tri-State Drilling started core drilling for soil samples March 21 as part of the phase 2 of the interchange project.
“We’re putting together information for bidders so they can have an accurate depiction of soil conditions,” Reed said.
Soil sampling