Most bizarre construction zone EVER

Yesterday I had a delivery in Newport Tennessee.

Newport Tennessee is a sleepy little town in Tennessee southeast of Knoxville.

There are two U.S highways that converge there 25 and something else.

Well it's the only way through.

So, you're driving along, coming into town and there's nowhere to go and below the U.S. highway signs is an orange construction sign that says "NO TRUCKS".

Well gee that's nice. Should be a detour right?
Nope. DENIED.
It just means highway closed no trucks.

So I'm mosying along see "detour" arrow, and local PD has Werner lit up in this alley type way, which is where the sign takes you.

So, I'm like F. I back down the street, cut through a Walgreens, and get to what seems to be the main drag that is the detour.

Another local PD has Werner blocked in front.

God as my witness, I would have done the same thing Werner did.

I go down the main drag, and it's painfully obvious no trucks are supposed to be there, and there's another local PD with an independent lit up.

Now trucks are moving around.

I go to the end of main drag, turn left, sheriff has Swift lit up. Again trucks are moving.

So I get back on U.S. highway, customer is on that side of town.
Two more sheriff's go by me heading to downtown.
It's a free for all for law enforcement.

The only reason I didn't get cited, they were out of cops!!!!!!!!

How in F is this legal??????????

Took almost a 20 mile detour from the other side of town to get back on the highway.

 

You would have called then how? There was no warning until you were 100 yards in front of it.

 

What truck stop? The one by 40 that's like 10 miles away? That's how I went back out.

 

Exit 432 is how I went in. Went out way, way south, there's a truck stop there.

There's just no way that can be justified though.
Just F you, no trucks. You're a truck driver figure it out.
Never experienced anything like that, except in military training where they F with your head in no win scenarios.