CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Following the completion of the first phase of Spring Creek Parkway earlier this year, the Clarksville Street Department has now begun construction for Phase 2, which isn’t expected to be completed until 2027.
The $28 million second phase includes a new, 4,500-foot-long stretch of roadway continuing past Spring Creek itself, and the beginning stages of the project will include clearing trees, grading, as well as prepping the site for construction, according to a news release.
Similarly to the 1.3-mile stretch of Phase 1, which runs from Trenton Road to just north of Spring Creek, Phase 2 is a four-lane, divided highway that will also include a 681-foot-long bridge over the creek. The new bridge has already been designated as the Elester Garner Chapter of the Triple Nickle Bridge, in honor of the nation’s first all-Black parachute infantry test platoon, company, and battalion of the U.S. Army.
Streetlights, sidewalks and a signalized intersection at Wilma Rudolph Boulevard are other notable features motorists can expect to see as they travel along the corridor.
“This project is the centerpiece of our Transportation 2020+ plan,” Mayor Joe Pitts said in the release. “We wanted projects that would address traffic congestion in key areas of our city, and this seminal road project will provide immediate relief between our heaviest-traveled commercial corridor of Wilma Rudolph Boulevard, and our most densely-developed residential area of Trenton Road.
“This beautiful new parkway will also honor one of our storied military units by naming the new bridge in honor of the Elester Garner Chapter of the Triple Nickle. I am grateful for David Smith, director, and the employees at the Street Department for keeping us on track,” Pitts said.
The entirety of Spring Creek Parkway will span from Trenton Road past Wilma Rudolph Boulevard to Ted Crozier Sr. Boulevard and is set to serve an estimated 40,000 vehicles per day. This intersecting street will be designed to take traffic pressures off of each of these corridors, as well as Interstate 24, said the release.
Phase 1 took the parkway from Trenton Road to Spring Creek. Phase 2 will include building the Spring Creek bridge and will continue to just past Wilma Rudolph Boulevard. Phase 3 will continue from that point to Ted Crozier. Completion of Phase 2 is scheduled for summer 2027.
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