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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 06, 2024

Charles Blalock & Sons Work On TDOT Project

A stretch of Tennessee highway — in a place perhaps best known for the famous country musicians born there — is currently undergoing a $51 million construction project to widen the highway over a span of 5.34 mi....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 25, 2024

Blalock Crews Build TDOT's $67M Newport Bypass

Currently under construction by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), a $67 million project will provide drivers with a safe, more efficient route for SR 35 to pass through Newport, Tenn., avoiding downtown traffic....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 28, 2024

NCDOT Works to Improve Corridor K in Western N.C.

A complex project with a long history in western North Carolina will improve mobility and pave the way for economic development when the ribbon is ultimately cut. Construction on Corridor K, a $681 million undertaking, began in late 2022, following decades of planning and discussions....

Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tue July 06, 2021

'Signature' Bridge Over Ocoee River Taking Shape in Eastern Tennessee

As mountain river enthusiasts and others head east this summer on U.S. Highway 64/TN 40 toward the Ocoee River and Cherokee National Forest in Polk County, Tenn., they will pass the state's $12.6 million "signature" bridge as the new structure takes shape alongside its aging predecessor....

Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Thu June 24, 2021

Charles Blalock & Sons Inc. Leads $300M Alcoa Highway Reconstruction Work

With traffic along East Tennessee's Alcoa Highway (State Route 115/U.S.129) increasing daily and congestion in the area causing concern for commuter wellbeing, the Tennessee Department of State Transportation (TDOT) embarked upon a highway corridor improvement project in 2016, spanning Blount and Knox counties....

Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Thu February 04, 2021

Hon. William Everette Lewallen Memorial Bridge Gets Replacement

Clinton, Tenn., is getting a new bridge. Rather than replace the existing, aging truss bridge, Mark Nagi, Tennessee Department of Transportation community relations officer of Region 1 in eastern Tennessee, said "replacement was the preferred alternative to a restoration [or] repair for the crossing," in part because this option imposes a less significant impact on the motoring public, but also because a new bridge will enjoy a longer service life than a restored older bridge....