A 10-year crash map shows 10 fatal crashes in 10 years in a 2.6-mile section of Clinton Highway between Edgemoor Road and the Anderson County-Knox County line. (Map by TDOT)
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is considering modifying a 2.6-mile section of Clinton Highway where there have been 10 fatal crashes in a decade. The four-lane roadway could be reduced to three lanes with a passing lane and a center turn lane.
The proposal was presented at a community meeting at the Claxton Community Center on Thursday evening. Here are photos and graphics from the meeting and a TDOT presentation.
A widened five-lane roadway on Clinton Highway in a 2.6-mile section of road between Edgemoor Road and the Anderson County-Knox County line could cost $30 million and take 15 years, the Tennessee Department of Transportation said in a meeting in Claxton on Thursday, July 7, 2016. (Image by TDOT)
A three-lane roadway with a passing lane in one direction and a continuous center turn lane has been proposed as part of a resurfacing project on Clinton Highway in a 2.6-mile section of roadway between Edgemoor Road and the Anderson County-Knox County line as part of a resurfacing project in 2017. (Image by TDOT)
A look at what part of the 2.6-mile section of Clinton Highway between Edgemoor Road and the Anderson County-Knox County line looks like now. (Image by TDOT)
As proposed, a one-third mile section of Clinton Highway north of Lonesome Dove Road, the black section of road to the left in the map above, would be one lane in each direction with a center turn lane. The southbound lanes south of Lonesome Dove Road, the black section of road to the right in the map above, would have two lanes, and there would be one northbound lane and a center turn lane. The changes could be made as part of a resurfacing project in 2017, the Tennessee Department of Transportation said in a meeting in Claxton on Thursday, July 7, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
As proposed, a one-third mile section of Clinton Highway south of Mehaffey Road—the black section of road curving down to the right in the map above—would be one lane in each direction with a center turn lane. The road to the north of Mehaffey Road—the black section of road curving up to the left—would have two lanes in the southbound lane, a center turn lane, and one lane in the northbound lane. The changes could be made as part of a resurfacing project in 2017, the Tennessee Department of Transportation said in a meeting in Claxton on Thursday, July 7, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Tennessee Department of Transportation officials gave a presentation about possible improvements to a 2.6-mile section of Clinton Highway at a community meeting in Claxton on Thursday, July 7, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Residents and the Tennessee Department of Transportation discuss a proposed three-lane roadway with a passing lane and center turn lane in a 2.6-mile section of road between Edgemoor Road and the Anderson County-Knox County line during a community meeting in Claxton on Thursday, July 7, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Residents listen to a presentation by the Tennessee Department of Transportation that discussed proposed improvements to a 2.6-mile section of Clinton Highway between Edgemoor Road and the Anderson County-Knox County line during a community meeting in Claxton on Thursday, July 7, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Pictured above is Steven Borden, Region 1 director for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, at a community meeting in Claxton on Thursday, July 7, 2016, to discuss proposed improvements to a 2.6-mile section of Clinton Highway between Edgemoor Road and the Anderson County-Knox County line. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Pictured above is Nathan Vatter, Tennessee Department of Transportation regional traffic engineer, at a community meeting in Claxton on Thursday, July 7, 2016, to discuss proposed improvements to a 2.6-mile section of Clinton Highway between Edgemoor Road and the Anderson County-Knox County line. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
An overview of improvements planned at the intersection of Clinton Highway and Edgemoor Roadway, near Claxton Elementary School. (Image courtesy TDOT)
See a story from the Thursday evening meeting here.
See a TDOT handout on Clinton Highway here:Â Clinton Hwy Handout.
See the TDOT presentation here:Â Clinton Hwy (Anderson County) 7-7-2016 Community Meeting.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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