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In 1972, due to its expanding role in all modes of transportation, it was renamed the Tennessee Department of Transportation. In the 1980s, TDOT began the $3.3 billion Better Roads Program to clear a backlog of projects and improve aging roads. In 1989, the gas tax was set at 21.40 cents per gallon to help fund this project.
The northern terminus of SR 200 was also truncated from SR 22A to SR 459 and the former northern terminus modified; the former section of SR 200 north of SR 459 was turned over to local control. The road was expected to be complete in October 2022, but experienced many delays, and did not open until June 29, 2023. [ 6 ]
A 1983 study conducted by TDOT also found that a number of important roads were partially maintained by both the state and local governments. [11] To address this problem, in 1983 the Tennessee General Assembly signed legislation allowing the state to assume control of 3,300 miles (5,300 km) of city and county maintained roads, and made an ...
SmartFIX40 was a major transportation improvement project coordinated by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) along Interstate 40 (I-40) in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. The project, referred to as the most ambitious TDOT project at the time, [ 4 ] consisted of two separate phases and contracts, started construction in 2005 and ...
As road closures are expected to last for months, the Tennessee Department of Transportation is warning people to avoid roads between East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.
The Tennessee Department of Highways, predecessor to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), was founded in 1915, and gradually assumed control of major routes throughout the state. The first 78 state routes were designated on October 1, 1923, [1] and additional routes were added over the course of the succeeding decades. By the time ...
On March 15, 2001, TDOT provided the city of Franklin with a feasibility report, which recommended six possible alignments. [19] Some of these alignments faced intense public opposition. A draft environmental impact statement was approved for public availability by the FHWA on November 11, 2004. [ 19 ]
Route information; Maintained by TDOT: Length: 103.86 mi (167.15 km) Existed: October 1, 1923 [1] –present: Major junctions; South end: SR 13 in rural northern Wayne County: US 412 / SR 20 / SR 99 in Holenwald; I-40 in southern Dickson County; US 70 in Dickson; US 41A Byp. in Clarksville; US 41A / US 79 in Clarksville; I-24 north of Clarksville