transportation system.” Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN), June 29, 2006.

“50 years later … Interstate network transformed U.S.

“ Re: Routing of I-24 around Monteagle, TN” online posting by RoadWarrior56, AARoads Forum, September 25, 2010.

A rest area is defined as a roadside facility that is easily and directly accessed, offering the motorist toilets, picnic tables, litter containers and any number of amenities as may be available.

Tennessee’s Interstate System – Facts About Tennessee’s Interstate System 50th Anniversary, 1956-2006. To help plan your trip, and keep safety a priority, we recommend stopping at one of our BC provincial rest areas along the way.

“Southern Illinois highways will continue to grow.” The Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau, MO), February 28, 1976.

1” The Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau, MO), August 8, 1980.

“Light traffic scheduled for I-24 bridge by Oct.

” Williamson Daily News (WV), August 30, 1979.

“New crack discovered in I-24 bridge over Ohio at Paducah.” Williamson Daily News (WV), May 14, 1980.

“Illinois road improvement projects on a priority basis.” The Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau, MO), March 1, 1975.

” Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville), September 11, 1975.

“Carroll to Open Section of Interstate 24 Friday.

“Long-awaited interstate complete.” Williamson Daily News (WV), May 24, 1980.

Renumbering of Interstate 265 to I-65 in 2000 shortened the concurrency between the two routes in an effort to better partition through traffic around Downtown. Within Nashville, Interstate 24 has a short overlap with I-65 leading south toward Downtown. 4,5 The tied-arch bridge remained closed to all traffic through October 1980 and truck traffic until the Summer of 1981. 3 Structural problems discovered, including 119 cracks as a result of defective welding in the tie girders, led to the closure of the span on August 3, 1979. On I-66 in the County of Fairfax from mile marker 58.8 to mile marker 57, motorists can expect potential delays in this area from 10/08/23 at 10:00 PM until. The Ohio River bridge between Metropolis, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky opened to traffic in October 1974 at a cost of $18.6 million. 68 and the Tennessee state line opened in early Septemat a cost of $29.7 million.

Groundbreaking on the first portion of I-24 in the Bluegrass State took place in Lyon County in December 1967. 7įirst conceptualized through western Kentucky in 1958, Interstate 24 was completed in the state on when a 23 mile long section opened to traffic from Western Kentucky Parkway to U.S. This stretch opened in late January 1976 at a cost of $32.5 million. The final portion of Interstate 24 in Illinois to open was the 14 mile long highway from U.S.

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