UPDATE: Transformer fixed, traffic flow on Wilma Rudolph returns to normal after signal outage

Update, 4:20 p.m.: Dispatch is now reporting that the transformer causing the signal outage has been fixed, and traffic flow in the area has returned to normal.

Previously:

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Clarksville dispatch has reported that a transformer malfunction Tuesday afternoon caused the traffic signal at the intersection of Needmore Road and Wilma Rudolph Boulevard to go out.

As of 3 p.m., traffic in the area appears to be heavily congested and backed up northbound to Union Hall Road. Southbound appears backed up past South Hampton Place.

No further information was available.

This story will be updated.

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