A U-turn has become a memory for traffic leaving Casey Jones Lane looking to travel north on the Highway 45 Bypass.

Traffic is also able to cross the bypass for Carriage House Drive.

Construction work on the US Highway 45 Bypass and Interstate 40 are part of the IMPROVE Act -“Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy” – a proposal introduced by Governor Bill Haslam in January earmarked to help fund the state’s $10 billion backlog in road projects.

Planned improvement projects also incorporate widening from four lanes to six lanes of Interstate 40 just east of exit 79 at Hollywood Drive to just east of exit 82 at U.S. 70 East.

When the U.S. Highway 45 Bypass was built in 1964, it had an average of 3,180 vehicles per day.

The number surpasses the 50,000 mark, today.

(PHOTO: A vehicle is seen turning left onto Highway 45 Bypass from Casey Jones Lane)
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