Highway 109 Reconstruction Ribbon Cutting in Sumner County

Nashville, Tenn. – Representatives from the Tennessee Department of Transportation will join state and local leaders in Sumner County on Monday, June 21 to celebrate the early completion of a $28 million reconstruction project on Highway 109 between Gallatin and Portland. The project widened a two mile section of the highway and reconstructed the narrow, steep section along the ridge near Portland.

 

Monday’s event will begin at 11:00 AM in the newly constructed southbound lanes of Highway 109 approximately a mile and a half south of the South Tunnel Road intersection. The event will last approximately 30 minutes. Attendees should park along the southbound shoulder of Highway 109.

 

Who:              TDOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely

                       Representative Mike McDonald

                       Senator Diane Black

                       Sumner County Executive Anthony Holt

                       Gallatin Mayor Jo Ann Graves     

                       Portland Mayor Ken Wilber

 

What:             Highway 109 Reconstruction Ribbon Cutting

 

 

When:            Monday, June 21, 2010

                        11:00 a.m.

 

 

Where:           Highway 109 – 1.5 miles south of South Tunnel Road intersection