TRAFFIC ALERT: Traffic clearing on Interstate 24 after evening of backups

Update, 7:30 p.m.: Traffic is clear in both directions.

Update, 7 p.m.: Eastbound traffic is congested from about mile marker 6 to Exit 11.

Westbound traffic is mostly clear.

Update, 6 p.m.: Westbound traffic is congested again past Exit 11.

Update, 5:10 p.m.: Eastbound traffic is getting worse, now backed up to about mile marker 2.

Update, 5:05 p.m.: Westbound traffic is mostly clear past about mile marker 13.

Previously:

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Interstate 24 is congested in both directions in Clarksville, with traffic backed up for miles.

At 4:50 p.m., westbound traffic was congested from New Hope Road in Robertson County all the way to Exit 11.

Eastbound traffic was heavily congested from Exit 4 to Exit 11, then from just past Exit 11 to just past Exit 19.

This article will be updated.