Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has halted online orders for free milkweed seed, as part of its Project Milkweed, due to overwhelming demand. The new online offering launched in June 2023 as a mail-order resource aimed at restoring landscapes and preserving habitats for monarch butterflies and other pollinator species. Since June, TDOT has taken nearly 131,000 individual orders from Tennesseans for milkweed seed. In total, 779,601 Red and Common Milkweed seed packets were requested. This program will return in June 2024.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation contract crews will be closing the I-55 Mississippi River Bridge to continue construction activities on the I-55 and Crump interchange. Activities include work on the Wisconsin Bridge, repair work on the I-55 bridge, moving concrete barrier rail, and striping. All work is weather-dependent.

List of lane closures in Middle Tennessee due to construction projects and scheduled maintenance in the mid-state area for the week of September 29-October 4, 2023.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will be conducting a single-lane closure on the State Route 386 West bridge over U.S. 31 E in Hendersonville to make emergency bridge repairs.

A listing of lane closures and road construction activities for 24 East Tennessee counties.

Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has been awarded a $23.7 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement (CRISI) Grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).

List of lane closures in the mid-state due to construction projects and scheduled maintenance work for the week of September 21-27, 2023.

A listing of lane closures and road construction activities for 24 East Tennessee counties.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will be conducting lane and ramp closures for bridge repair activities at the Rivergate Exit on I-65 in Davidson County.

List of lane closures in Middle Tennessee for the week of September 14-20 due to scheduled construction and maintenance work.