The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:42 PM
Intersection of Broadway And Central Street To Be Closed For 12 Days According To City Of Knoxville
The closure will begin at 6 a.m. April 2 to enable Southern Construction Inc. crews to work around the clock on storm drainage infrastructure.
Beginning Wednesday, March 28, North Central Street between Third Avenue and North Broadway will be down to one lane. There will be flag personnel and detour signs in place through the lane closure, which will continue until 6 p.m. Thursday, March 29.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation said that all construction work across the state will halt from 6 p.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Monday, April 2, because of the Easter holiday.
Beginning April 2, the city said a detour will be in place for the 12-day Central Street and Broadway closure. Anyone driver north on Broadway can turn right on East Fifth Avenue, and take a left on Lamar Street to reconnect to Broadway. Anyone driving north on Central Street can take East Fifth Avenue as well, and take a left on Broadway onto Bearden Place to get back to Central Street.
For drivers traveling south on Broadway, the city said to take a right on Bearden Place to Central Street, and from there turn right onto Jennings Avenue and left to Tyson Street to get back to Broadway. Drivers southbound on on Central will take Tyson Street to Jennings Avenue as well, and turn left off Broadway to East Fifth Avenue to reconnect to Central Street.
The storm drainage work is part of the $7.65 million North Central Street Streetscapes Project. The Knoxville Utilities Board is investing $1.85 million to upgrade gas lines, the water main and fire hydrants in that 10-block area on Central Street between West Depot and Woodland avenues.
