Bedford-Moore-Coffee Counties From State Route 64 to North Washington Street
Project Description
The project encompasses the improvement of approximately 12 miles of S.R. 16 (U.S. 41-A) between S.R. 64 in Shelbyville and the Tullahoma City Limits. An existing principal arterial route, “Highway 41-A” connects Shelbyville in Bedford County, Tullahoma in Coffee County and Winchester in Franklin County. Upon request from local elected officials, The Tennessee Department of Transportation agreed to study the existing route for possible operating deficiencies. When the study was completed in May of 1996 and documented in an Advanced Planning Report, the twenty (20) year traffic projections were applied to the existing route conditions. It was determined that if the route were not improved, a projected increase in traffic congestion and accidents would occur and overall safety would be impaired. The department recommended increasing the number of lanes; increasing lane, structure and shoulder widths; and improving the route deficiencies.
The project is under the project development process and is being facilitated by project management and project teams. Each team is made up of department representatives from the areas of construction, design, environmental, maintenance, planning, project management, right-of-way, soils and geology, structures, right-of-way and community relations. Project Management guides and facilitates team activities toward the successful delivery of the project.
Under the project development process, the improvement of S.R. 16 is divided into three (3) sections; click descriptions to view location map:
From S.R. 64 East of Shelbyville to S.R.
276 in Bedford County
From S.R. 276 to West of Magnolia Lane in
Bedford and Moore Counties
From West of Moore-Coffee County Line to
North Washington Street in Tullahoma in Moore and Coffee
Counties
Looking east on SR 16 at SR 64
Intersection.
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