State Route 18 from Bolivar to State Route 100-Hardeman County
Project History
On March 25th, 1993, the 98th General Assembly of the State
of Tennessee approved House Joint Resolution No. 16 urging the
Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) to study to the
feasibility and need for expanding a portion of State Route (SR)
18 in Hardeman County to four lanes. This 1993 resolution states
the following:
“WHEREAS, Hardeman County is inadequately served by the state transportation system as evidenced by the fact that there are presently no four-lane highways in the county; andWHEREAS, this lack of an adequate and functional system of transportation adversely affects the quality of life of the citizens of Hardeman County, and finally results in a severely depressed economy and one of the lowest per capita incomes of any county . . . the Department of Transportation is hereby urged to conduct a comprehensive study of the feasibility and need for the expansion to four lanes of State Route 18” (House Joint Resolution No. 16, 1993).
Based on the findings of studies conducted as a result of House Joint Resolution No. 16, the TDOT proposed to improve existing facility SR-18, from Bolivar to Jackson in Madison County.
Environmental studies for improvements to SR-18 from Bolivar to Jackson began. This project, however, was separated in 2004 into two projects: a northern section, SR-18 from SR-100 to SR-5 (US-45) in Jackson, and a southern section, SR-18 from Bolivar to SR-100. The southern portion, from Bolivar to SR-100, is the focus of this study.
View the House Joint Resolution No. 16 (pdf)
Governor Bill Haslam
