Update: Traffic has returned to normal.
Update, 4:50 p.m.: As rush hour traffic grows, traffic is backing up through the area. Westbound Kraft is backed up onto College, and southbound Wilma Rudolph Boulevard is backed up almost to Trenton Road.
Update, 3:40 p.m.: Traffic has gotten worse, with northbound traffic backed up from Kraft onto College Street, all down Second Street, and on Riverside to Crossland Avenue.
Previously:
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A truck crashed into a utility pole on Providence Boulevard Friday afternoon, bringing lines down across the highway.
At about 2:19 p.m., Clarksville Police responded to a single-vehicle crash at Providence and Locust Street. A grey truck struck an AT&T utility pole, which knocked the lines down, blocking Locust and the northbound lanes of Providence, according to police spokesman Officer Scott Beaubien.
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Northbound traffic can use the continuous left turn lane, but traffic is backed up and moving slowly. Southbound lanes are open, but traffic is moving slowly. Motorists are advised to find an alternate route until the pole can be replaced and the lines moved out of the roadway, Beaubien said.
At 3 p.m., southbound traffic was backed up to Dover Crossing. Northbound traffic was backed up onto Kraft Street, Second Street and Riverside Drive.
This article will be updated.
Correction: The utility pole and lines were AT&T, not power lines. The article has been updated.