Gran Fondo Hincapie St. Closures and Traffic Impact
Gran Fondo Hincapie Chattanooga -
The following roads and intersections will be closed from Friday, April 30 at 2
PM until Saturday, May 1 at 6 PM for the Gran Fondo Hincapie
setup and bike event.
E Martin Luther King Blvd from Lindsay Street to Houston
Street
Houston Street from E Martin Luther King Blvd to E 10th
Street
East 10th Street at the intersection of Houston Street
Gran
Fondo Hincapie Chattanooga Bike Ride - Cyclists will be
escorted by CPD officers starting at 8:00 AM on Saturday, May 1, beginning from
E Martin Luther King Blvd, turning north onto Market Street. CPD will be
present at all intersections on Market Street, crossing into North Shore, and
continuing on Cherokee Blvd. Please watch for instructions from these
officers as the cyclists will be given the right of while an officer is
present.
A secondary route traveling
Manufacturers Road will have officers present at both HWY 27 ramps and at
the entrance of Rennesaince Park.
The first return cyclists are
expected back into Chattanooga around 10:00 AM.
Inbound cyclists will return via Tiftonia using Cummings Road,
Wauhatchie Pike, turning north onto Cummings Highway until Broad Street.
From Broad Street, cyclists will turn on W 33rd, then travel north on Alton
Park Blvd / Market Street, right on W 12th Street, continuing onto Houston
Street, and back to the closure on E Martin Luther King Blvd. Officers will be
located at major intersections/traffic lights for the inbound cyclists.
Cyclists will be required to ride
with traffic while following the rules of the road. This is an open course so
expect cyclists throughout the city. Please pay close attention to officer
instructions when CPD is present.
Most cyclists should complete
their routes by 4:00 PM.
View CDOT's map
of event and road closures for full details of these
activities and other projects underway in our public space.
Weekend Closure Set for I-24 at Germantown Rd.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.
–As part of the bridge replacement project currently underway on I-24 over
Germantown Road near mile marker 183 in Chattanooga, TDOT contract crews will
implement several weekend closures of I-24 for bridge construction. During the
weekend closures, the new bridges on I-24 East and West over Germantown Road
will be built using the Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) method. ABC
requires short-term, total road closures to allow crews the space and the
freedom to work around the clock to construct a new bridge.
The
second full closure of I-24 over Germantown Road is scheduled as follows:
Friday,
April 30, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. EDT through Monday, May 3, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
In preparation
for this weekend’s closure on I-24, the traffic pattern on nearby local roads
will be adjusted prior to the interstate closure.
This work is
weather dependent. Should weather or unforeseen circumstances cause delays, it
will be rescheduled for a later date.
Each weekend, the work will
focus on different sections of the project, but the interstate detour will
remain the same for all closures. During the closures, traffic will be detoured
off the interstate near Germantown Road, then back onto the interstate. At
either end of the bridges, the interstate will be reduced from three to two
lanes before all traffic is diverted off the interstate.
All eastbound traffic will exit
the interstate at Germantown Road (Exit 183), travel along South Terrace, and
return to the interstate using a temporary on-ramp.
All westbound traffic will exit
the interstate using a temporary off-ramp, travel along North Terrace, and
return to the interstate using the existing on-ramp at Germantown Road.
There will be no access from
local streets to the I-24 entrance and exit ramps along this stretch during
these interstate closures.
Detour routes will be provided
online and by way of overhead and portable message boards.
For
more information on the I-24 bridge replacement project or to sign up for
project updates, visit the project website at https://www.tn.gov/tdot/projects/region-2/i-24-bridge-replacement-chattanooga.html. View the project video
here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFZ0EqR-dM.
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