Interstate Drive and South Jefferson Avenue Traffic Improvements
Summary
Cookeville is partnering with TDOT and hiring Clinton Engineering to redesign and widen Interstate Drive at South Jefferson Avenue to ease heavy traffic backups. TDOT will also restripe Jefferson Avenue and resurface the corridor from I-40 to the square.
At a glance
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Last discussed Feb 5, 2026.
Impact analysis
Design services cost $55,000, with future construction funded through the city's transportation fund surplus.
Motorists, local businesses, and shoppers navigating the busy South Jefferson Avenue and Interstate Drive commercial corridor.
Drivers may experience temporary traffic disruptions and construction delays during the upcoming project phases.
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