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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 Transportation (TDOT) maintains these routes under the "State Highways" title of state law, [1] but designates them as "state routes".
In addition, this was the first of two state highways in Tennessee to bear this designation. After its decommission, the route was returned to local control. On July 1, 1983, the state reassumed control of the route and numbered it SR 353 as part of a statewide takeover of local routes that also included a renumbering of most alternate routes.
An extension of SR 194 is planned to serve Ford Motor Company's Blue Oval City manufacturing facility to the north, which will begin operation in 2025. The northern terminus will be with US 70 in Tipton County, and a new interchange on Interstate 40 will be constructed with the extension, numbered exit 39.
SR 300 is unsigned throughout its length except on mileposts. The exit signs on I-40 just refer to SR 300 as Exit 2A going to US 51 and Millington. SR 300 carries a 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limit. Local media sometimes refers to this short route as the "101 Connector", its former federal aid urban designation (U-101 connector). [1]