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Bridge work
Westbound traffic on Interstate 24 will slow down starting Friday as state work crews repair bridge decking at the Browns Ferry and Cummings Highway/U.S. 41 exits.
Jennifer Flynn, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, said work will begin at 1 a.m. Friday and last until Wednesday.
Workers will keep two open traffic lanes during most of the day, she said. Westbound traffic will be split into two 11-foot lanes at the site of the bridges, allowing the deck repairs to take place in the middle, Flynn said.
Traffic will be restricted to a single lane Friday through Tuesday starting at 10 p.m. A second lane will reopen at 9 a.m. Saturday and at 6 a.m. Sunday through Tuesday.
Drivers are asked to take extra care in the narrowed lanes. Wide loads will have to detour.
Flynn said the bridge work is part of a large resurfacing project on from the Lookout Valley/Tiftonia area to the Georgia state line. The estimated completion date for the $4.1 million project is July 31.
That includes bridge deck repairs. The contractor for this $4.1 million project is Talley Construction Company, Inc. from Rossville, Georgia, and the estimated completion date for the project is July 31, 2012.