West Tennessee Weekly Construction April 16-23, 2015

Friday, April 17, 2015 | 07:58am

BENTON COUNTY, I-40: Resurfacing work will cause temporary lane closures in both directions daily, from the Decatur County line to west of State Route 191.

Sunday, April 19 through Thursday, April 23, 7:00 p. m.-6:00 a. m.: There will be temporary lane closures on I-40 east and westbound between mile marker 126 and 133, for milling operations.

LOOK AHEAD: Sunday, April 26 through Thursday, April 30, 7:00 p. m.-6:00 a. m.: There will be temporary lane closures on I-40 east and westbound between mile marker 126 and 133, for milling operations and longitudinal joint repair.

DYER COUNTY, SR-104:  Bridge Repair on State Route 104 over Lewis Creek Canal. On January 5, 2015 a signal system was put into place with traffic reduced to one 10’9” lane restriction. Speed limit has been reduced to 30 MPH.

DYER COUNTY, SR-104:  State Route 104, bridge over the Obion River is CLOSED. Detour route will be posted.

FAYETTE COUNTY, I-40, Interchange at SR 222:  April 15 through Wednesday April 22:  The east and westbound shoulders at Exit 42 are open. The shoulders are closed on State Route 222. There will be possible lane closures for the duration of this project.

FAYETTE and HAYWOOD COUNTY, SR-222:  A grading project on State Route 222 from north of I-40 to south of Camp Ground Road. Motorists should watch for trucks entering and exiting the roadway from the construction zones and also crossing the roadways.

FAYETTE and SHELBY COUNTY, (SR-385) Future I-269:  Construction of I-269 from the interchange with State Route 385 to the Mississippi State line. State Route 385 is reduced to one lane in each direction for bridge construction. The project intersects with US 72 (State Route 86) in the area of the Mann Road intersection. State Route 86 is reduced to one lane in each direction for bridge construction in the median. Motorists should watch for trucks entering and exiting the roadway from the construction zones and also crossing the roadways.

HARDIN COUNTY, SR-15 (US-64):  A widening project on State Route 15 from Firetower Road to west of Bigbee Branch. Motorists should watch for trucks entering and exiting the roadway from the construction zones and also crossing the roadways.

HAYWOOD COUNTY,  I-40:  Construction at State Route 76 and I-40 at the weigh station.
Sunday, April 19 through Thursday, April 23, 8:00 p. m.-6:00 a. m.: There will be temporary lane closures on I-40 east and westbound and also inside/outside shoulders between mile marker 49 and 50, for milling and paving operations

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, SR-88:  Resurfacing work will cause temporary lane closures in both directions daily, from Edith-Nankipoo Road to State Route 210. Detour route will be posted.

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, SR-208:  A widening project on State Route 208 (State Route 209/Cleveland Street) beginning at State Route 209 (Washington Street) and extending to State Route 208 at US-51/State Route 3 in Ripley. There will be temporary lane closures daily.

MADISON COUNTY, SR-198 (East Chester Street):
Thursday April 16, 6:00 p. m.-7:30 a. m.:  The road will be CLOSED at the intersection with Holland Avenue.

MCNAIRY COUNTY-SR-57:  A bridge replacement project will cause a reduction in lanes in both directions on State Route 57 over Cypress Creek. Traffic is reduced to one lane, with a temporary signal, for duration of the project.

OBION COUNTY, SR-431:  Resurfacing work will cause possible temporary lane closures in both directions daily, from the North Fork Obion River bridge to US-51 (State Route 3).

SHELBY COUNTY, I-40 Bridge over MS River Phase 8:
Wednesday, April 15 through Wednesday, April 22: A lane will be closed on I-40 eastbound Exit 1 to Riverside Drive and Front Street. The EXIT will remain open. It will only be a one-lane exit for a short duration and traffic exiting at this location can still go to either Riverside Drive or Front Street.

Wednesday, April 15 through Wednesday, April 22: A lane will be closed on the I-40 westbound entrance ramp from Front Street. The ON RAMP will remain open for a single lane westbound access to the bridge. Weather Permitting.

SHELBY COUNTY, I-40 Bridge over MS River Phase 9:
Wednesday, April 15 through Wednesday, April 22: Bridge will be re-striped for 12 foot traffic lanes. Traffic in both the west and eastbound lanes are subject to intermittent periods of time when traffic will be reduced to a single lane to place permanent striping. At the end of the day, all lanes will be open to traffic, 3 lanes westbound and 3 lanes eastbound. Placing permanent striping requires a dry deck and could be delayed by weather.

SHELBY COUNTY, I-40 at Canada Road
Wednesday, April 15 through Wednesday, April 22:
I-40 speed limit has been reduced to 55 MPH. Currently there is dirt work, cross drains, head walls, laying and backfilling storm sewer pipes and water lines, driving piling, retaining wall work, erosion and traffic control maintenance. There are lane shifts eastbound and westbound on I-40. On December 5, 2014, there were transitions southbound and northbound on Canada Road shifting from two lanes to one lane.

SHELBY COUNTY, I-240 North of SR-385 to North of Walnut Grove Rd.:
Wednesday, April 15 through Wednesday, April 22: There are no scheduled closures.

SHELBY COUNTY, I-240:
Wednesday April 15 through Tuesday April 21, 7:00 a. m.-7:00 p. m.: The eastbound shoulder on I-240 between the Shady Grove overpass and the Poplar Avenue Exit will be CLOSED between log mile 15 and 17 for maintenance activites.

SHELBY COUNTY, I-40/I-240 Phase 2 Interchange Improvements:
Summer Avenue: The right westbound lane is CLOSED, beginning just west of the existing I-240 northbound bridge over Summer Avenue to allow for construction access.
Sam Cooper EB: The left lane of Sam Cooper Boulevard Eastbound is CLOSED, beginning east of Perkins Road to the I-40/I-240 interchange.
Sam Cooper WB: The left lane of Sam Cooper Boulevard Westbound is CLOSED, beginning east of the I-40/I-240 interchange.
I-240: There are shoulder closures in both directions of I-240 between Walnut Grove and I-40 interchange. One lane of northbound I-240 is also CLOSED in this same section.
I-40 WB: The outside shoulder is closed from Sycamore View to the Wolf River Bridge for construction access.

Saturday, April 18 and 19, 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

The following will be CLOSED for crews to install metal deck pans on the new I-40 westbound flyover.

  • I-40 westbound ramp to Little Rock

LOOK AHEAD: Saturday, April 25, 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

  • I-40 - one lane east and one lane west will be closed to remove traffic control devices at Covington Pike and reinstall west of Covington Pike.

The work is weather dependent. Should inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances prevent this work from occurring as scheduled, it will be rescheduled.

Truck traffic should use SR 385 as an alternate route. Detour maps and information will be provided on the project web site. http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/i40-240memphis/

SHELBY COUNTY, SR-1 (US-51): Wednesday April 15 through Wednesday April 22: There are no scheduled closures.

SHELBY COUNTY, SR-14 (US-61): bridge repair project on State Route14 over I-55 and on South Parkway West over I-55. Wednesday April 15 through Wednesday April 22: The north and southbound shoulders are closed for expansion joint repairs.

SHELBY COUNTY, SR-86 (US-72): Construction on State Route 86 (US-72) for a widening project north of Quinn Road to State Route 57 (Poplar Avenue) in Collierville. Traffic is reduced to one lane in each direction.  South Rowlett Street is closed to through traffic in the vicinity of the State Route 86 bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad.  Motorists may use Wilson Street to Harris Street as a detour.

SHELBY COUNTY, Grade, drain, pave SR-177 (Germantown Rd); Crestridge Rd to Stout Rd:
Wednesday April 15 through Wednesday April 22: There will be intermittent lane closures on State Route 177 (Germantown Road), between Germantown City Limits to Stout Road.

SHELBY COUNTY, SR-385: Bridge Repair (2) on State Route 385 over Loosahatchie River. Traffic is reduced to one northbound and one southbound lane; a twelve (12’) lane will be maintained in each direction.  Speed limit has been reduced to 55 MPH.

Bridge Repair (2) on State Route 385 over Memphis-Arlington Road & Hall Creek. A traffic shift will cause traffic to move on both east and westbound bridges.

Wednesday April 15 through Wednesday April 22: There will be temporary lane closures on State Route 385 eastbound left lane from log mile 9.5 to log mile 7.3 & westbound from log mile 6.2 to log mile 8.3 in order to install temporary tape and set barrier rails on the 4 bridges located at log mile 7.2 left and right (Hall Creek) & log mile 8.5 left and right (Memphis-Arlington Road). There will be closures beginning April 13, 2015 thru completion of construction on the inside lanes of the bridges on State Route 385 over Hall Creek and Memphis-Arlington Road eastbound and westbound lanes.

TDOT REGION 4, On-Call Guardrail Repair and Concrete Barrier Rail Wednesday, April 15, 8:00 p. m.-6:00 a. m.: There will be night time lane closures at the following locations to repair damaged guardrail. Weather Permitting.

  • I-40, Henderson County, eastbound (MM 98.2), one lane will remain open.
  • SR-22, Henderson County, southbound (MM 16.6), one lane will remain open.
  • I-40, Madison County, westbound (MM 93.4), one lane will remain open.
  • I-40, Madison County, westbound (MM 77.8), one lane will remain open.
  • I-40, Madison County, westbound (MM 68.2), one lane will remain open.
  • SR-20, Madison County, westbound (MM 79.0) I-40 “Off” ramp, one lane will remain open.

Thursday, April 16 & Friday, April 17 then Monday April 20 & Tuesday April 21, 8:00 p. m.-6:00 a. m.: There will be night time lane closures at the following locations to repair damaged guardrail. There will be one crew working. THP will assist with traffic control. Weather Permitting.

  • I-40, Fayette County, westbound (MM 28.6), one lane will remain open.
  • I-40, Haywood County, westbound (MM 56.0), one lane will remain open.
  • I-40, Shelby County, eastbound (MM 1B Ramp @ I-240), one lane will remain open.
  • I-55, Shelby County southbound (MM 6.2), one lane will remain open.
  • I-240, Shelby County southbound (@ I-55 Ramp), one lane will remain open.
  • I-240, Shelby County eastbound (On Ramp from Airways), one lane will remain open.
  • I-240, Shelby County Ramp Exit (MM 16.0 to SR-385), one lane will remain open.
  • SR-1, Shelby County, over I-240 bridge on Lamar Avenue, one lane will remain open.
  • SR-385, Shelby County, eastbound (MM 12.4), one lane will remain open.

TDOT REGION 4 Retracing of Pavement Marking with Paint Wednesday April 15 through Wednesday April 22: There are no scheduled night time closures.

TDOT MAINTENANCE:
Wednesday April 15 through Wednesday April 22, 9:00 a. m.-4:00 p. m.: There will be possible lane closures at various locations in Region IV in order to patch potholes on an as needed basis. Weather Permitting.

TIPTON COUNTY, SR-59: Miscellaneous safety improvements will cause “rolling roadblocks” from State Route 178 log mile 8.66 to State Route 3 log mile18.99.

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