CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) contract crews will close a portion of Oakland Road in Clarksville, starting Monday, June 19.
Oakland Road will be closed from Meriwether Road to SR 13 (Guthrie Highway) in order to re-align the roadway. The purpose of the project is for safety reasons. Flattening of the extreme curves will meet state safety codes.
Residents along the route will be provided access, along with emergency vehicles. The roadway is scheduled to re-open on August 7.
A signed detour will be posted using Solar Way, Jim Johnson Road, and Tylertown Road. In addition, motorists are advised to use other alternate routes such as Exit 1 off of I-24 onto Tylertown Road, to access the west end of Oakland Road or Meriwether Road.
The project along Oakland was originally projected to take six months, however, closure of the road will greatly expedite the project for the residents who live, work and go to school in that area area and lessens the impact on the school buses that serve the students who live there.
The construction will be done in one fast-track phase to be completed before school begins again around August 7.
The Oakland Road re-alignment project was designed by Montgomery County and the construction is being managed by TDOT. It ties into a State Industrial Access project serving Hankook Tire, which includes widening Guthrie Highway to five lanes from Cracker Barrel Drive to International Boulevard.
The two projects were let together at a cost of $11,319,721.92. Jones Brothers, LLC was awarded the contract with the lowest bid that met project requirements. Work is scheduled to be completed in summer 2018.
