Weekend Lane Closures on Interstate 40 in West Nashville

NASHVILLE – Work continues to progress on the state’s second largest Recovery Act funded project on I-40 at White Bridge Road in west Nashville. This weekend, crews will close lanes on Interstate 40 in both directions near White Bridge Road to begin work on concrete foundations for new overhead sign structures.  Also this weekend, the I-40 eastbound ramp to White Bridge Road will be closed as crews install a storm sewer across the off-ramp. The closures are as follows:

 

·         Friday July 23, 8:00 p.m. through Monday July 26, 5:00 a.m. – the left lanes of I-40 eastbound and westbound will be closed to remove the median barrier rail and install a new overhead sign footing.

 

·         Friday July 23, Saturday July 24 and Sunday July 25, 10:00 p.m. through 5:00 a.m. (EACH NIGHT) – I-40 will be reduced to one lane in each direction as crews continue removing the median barrier rail and installing a new overhead sign footing.

 

·         Friday July 23, 9:00 p.m. through Sunday July 25, 6:00 p.m. – The I-40 eastbound ramp to White Bridge Road (Exit #204) will be closed for the installation of a storm sewer. Motorists will be detoured to 51st Avenue (Exit #205).

 

The lane closures are part of the Interstate 40/White Bridge Road Interchange Modification Project, which will help improve traffic flow for motorists traveling eastbound I-40 to Briley Parkway and from Briley Parkway to westbound I-40.  The $32 million project is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and is scheduled to be complete in August 2011.

 

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