Highway 64 in Polk County to be Closed 8 Weeks
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Tennessee officials say a stretch of U.S. Highway 64 buried under a rockslide will not reopen for at least two months, while crews clear away the debris.
Work got underway this morning, with the awarding of an emergency clean-up bid. The state gave the two-million dollar emergency contract to Sevierville-based Charles Blalock and Sons, Inc.
A Tennessee Department of Transportation engineer said there are about 3,000 dump truckloads of material to be removed.
You'll be able to follow the progress through regular updates and a time lapse video of the clean-up from TDOT.
Hwy 64 Rock Slide
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on November 17, 2009 - 9:56pm.
If Tennessee does not want the eastern part of Polk Co. to be part of the state,maybe North Carolina and Cherokee Co.NC will annex eastern Polk Co. into thier state.
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I live in Murphy, NC. We
Submitted by Guest on November 16, 2009 - 1:51pm.
I live in Murphy, NC. We usually do our christmas shopping in Chattanooga, but I guess this year it will have to be Atlanta.
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US-64
Submitted by Ron Braam (not verified) on November 16, 2009 - 1:32pm.
USA and TN must face the reality that the time has come to commit resources to BUILD CORRIDOR K for the future of the region.
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64 hwy rock slide
Submitted by Rebecca Mobbs (not verified) on November 16, 2009 - 1:16pm.
A new road needs to be built. Do not widen the present one,.
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Get A Grip Folks
The problem here has nothing to do with the highway per se it has to do with this country losing its ability to get-r-done PERIOD! This is a MINOR problem that could be cleaned up in a matter of days if the equipment and manpower were simply put to work on the task of gettin the damb road open. Remember folks they built the empire state building in 1 year, on time & UNDER budget. Compare the scope of the 2 projects and you will see this rockslide is no biggy!