The Arkansas Department of Transportation announced Tuesday it will shut down outside lanes of traffic in the coming days to inspect the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River.
The Memphis-Shelby County COVID task force will be meeting for the first time since Thanksgiving to give an update on COVID-19 numbers and vaccination efforts.
The investigation was launched when inspectors discovered a large crack in the bridge on May 11, shutting the bridge down for four months until it was fixed.
Despite having 17 additional critical areas to be addressed on the I-40 bridge, all 17 areas have been addressed with little to no impact on the bridge’s rough reopening timeframe.
In their most recent update, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) says state-of-the-art survey technology has revealed more repair work than initially thought.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) says its goal for reopening the bridge is the end of July, but say the safety of workers and the public is their number one priority.
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) and the City of West Memphis are making traffic changes they hope will shorten the delay getting over the I-55 bridge.
The closure of the I-40 Hernando DeSoto bridge is severely impacting FedEx’s ability to move freight across the country, but it is also having ripple effects on the entire trucking industry.
For the first time, Arkansas and Tennessee Department of Transportation officials gave a timeline for repairs they say could stretch into July or even longer.
Buttigieg will participate in a roundtable discussion hosted by FedEx to discuss the impact of the I-40 bridge closure on the transportation industry and critical infrastructure investments.
Buttigieg will visit the I-40 bridge to see the progress that’s been made. He’ll also attend sessions with FedEx to learn how the bridge closure has affected the nation’s distribution hub.
