Most bizarre construction zone EVER

SteveScott · Jun 6, 2018

ncdriver1 said: ↑

found this:

The utility company, in conjunction with Tennessee Department of Transportation has placed a detour around downtown Newport for truck traffic that normally uses the roadway.

That traffic is being re-routed along US Highway 321 (Cosby Highway), Interstate 40 and State Route 73 (Edwina Road).

“Please be patient and bear with us as we replace our aging infrastructure,” Hammonds said.

Source: Broadway closures to begin Monday
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What's the matter with Dave? Doesn't everybody visit the web site for the local newspaper of towns they are delivering to for traffic conditions?

Opus · Jun 6, 2018

watch this......it's a money making honey hole........
West Virginia police write over 1000 tickets to truckers who ignore I-77 detour

Chief Deputy Capt. Joe Parks of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department says that his officers are ticketing more than one trucker for every hour: “We turned in 221 hours this past week, and I think the tickets were 230 that week.”

Dave_in_AZ · Jun 6, 2018

Assured said: ↑

Seems to me that the thing to do is to stop, call the state police, tell them about the unexpected temporary restricted route sign on a highway with no posted detour, and ask whether they would care to send a couple officers out to shut down the highway so you can safely turn around.
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Problem is they send Trooper Eric Tion. He's gonna cite you for obstructing the highway at a minimum.

Dave_in_AZ · Jun 6, 2018

ncdriver1 said: ↑

found this:

The utility company, in conjunction with Tennessee Department of Transportation has placed a detour around downtown Newport for truck traffic that normally uses the roadway.

That traffic is being re-routed along US Highway 321 (Cosby Highway), Interstate 40 and State Route 73 (Edwina Road).

“Please be patient and bear with us as we replace our aging infrastructure,” Hammonds said.

Source: Broadway closures to begin Monday
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Yep that's the place. Just to the left of those barricades is where the circus starts.

UturnGirl · Jun 7, 2018

Opus said: ↑

watch this......it's a money making honey hole........
West Virginia police write over 1000 tickets to truckers who ignore I-77 detour

Chief Deputy Capt. Joe Parks of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department says that his officers are ticketing more than one trucker for every hour: “We turned in 221 hours this past week, and I think the tickets were 230 that week.”
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Yuck 460.

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