The Tennessee Department of Transportation has identified 111 bridges across the state that will be replaced, repaired, or rehabilitated through a new initiative aimed at reducing the number of structurally deficient bridges in the state.
The work will take place under a four-year “Better Bridges Program” approved earlier this year by the General Assembly that will use bonds to pay for the repair or replacement of more than 200 structurally deficient bridges in the state.
The DOT on Sept. 11 presented a list of bridges to be covered in the first year of the program to Gov. Phil Bredesen and the General Assembly as required by law. No details were available about when bonds would be sold.
