I was asked recently for an update on the Broadway viaduct, so I walked out and took a look. While TDOT isn’t the most communicative agency in town, it did generously leave the gate open for...
It’s hard to know what to call the plot of land bounded by Willow and Jackson Avenues and Patton and Florida Streets. Do I call it the Lay’s Meatpacking site? It is no longer that, and...
As promised last week when we took a tour of south side construction, today we’ll take a turn through the north end of downtown and look at some of the major construction there. First up is...
It’s hard to believe that two large viaduct projects that have been discussed for many years are finally becoming reality. The removal of the Jackson Avenue Ramps is already underway, and work on the removal of...
Representatives from TDOT held a community meeting yesterday afternoon to discuss the Broadway Viaduct in all its complexities. The upshot? It’s complex. The bottom line? It’s still a little squishy. One of the complexities I would...
If you’ve walked through the area recently, you know the sidewalk between State and Central is nearly complete and looks great. It’s already hard to picture all the poles, wires and busted pieces of thin sidewalk...
There are a host of road changes and modifications planned for downtown and near-downtown over the next couple of years. Of course, the Cumberland Avenue project is painfully working it’s way toward completion. Also on the...
I’m often asked about construction projects. Recently someone on Facebook asked for a diagram showing all the cranes on the skyline as seen from south Knoxville along with tags telling the nature of each. About the...
As I’ve done from time to time, today I’ve got a few images that never found a place in a blog post, but which I’d like to pass on with a few thoughts sprinkled in. Most...
Actually, one is a viaduct, but they are on the same road, aren’t very far apart and where one is currently causing headaches, the other will eventually start to do so. So, we’ll consider them together....