{"id":17759,"date":"2021-06-28T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T23:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=17759"},"modified":"2021-06-28T14:48:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T19:48:53","slug":"tdot-announces-july-4th-travelers-in-tennessee-wont-be-delayed-by-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2021\/06\/28\/tdot-announces-july-4th-travelers-in-tennessee-wont-be-delayed-by-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"TDOT announces July 4th Travelers in Tennessee Won\u2019t be Delayed by Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-327553\" title=\"Tennessee Department of Transportation - TDOT\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tennessee-Department-of-Transportation.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Department of Transportation - TDOT\" width=\"250\" height=\"88\">Nashville, TN <\/strong>&#8211; Road construction won\u2019t slow motorists across Tennessee over the July 4th holiday.&nbsp; The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes beginning at 6:00am on Friday, July 2nd through 6:00am on Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 to provide maximum roadway capacity for holiday travelers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_428444\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-Yellow-Creek-Baptist-Churchs-annual-Patriotic-Celebration-and-Fireworks-37.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-428444\" class=\"wp-image-428444 size-medium\" title=\"Lane Closures Halted for Independence Day Holiday\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-Yellow-Creek-Baptist-Churchs-annual-Patriotic-Celebration-and-Fireworks-37-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Lane Closures Halted for Independence Day Holiday\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-428444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lane Closures Halted for Independence Day Holiday<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to AAA, more than 47 million Americans will travel for the holiday, and 91% of them will drive to their destination. This will be the second-highest Independence Day travel volume on record, trailing only 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is estimated that 939,000 motorists will travel Tennessee\u2019s interstates and state routes this July 4th holiday,\u201d TDOT Commissioner Clay Bright said. \u201cTo help motorists reach their destinations safely and without unnecessary delays, we are suspending lane closures during this holiday travel time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Motorists will still encounter some long-term lane closures on construction projects.&nbsp; While lane closure activity will be stopped, workers may be on-site in zones, and reduced speed limits in work zones will still be in effect.&nbsp; Drivers convicted of speeding through work zones where workers are present face a fine of $250.00 to $500.00, plus court fees and possible increased insurance premiums.<\/p>\n<p>From your desktop or mobile device, get the latest construction activity and live streaming SmartWay traffic cameras at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/smartway.tn.gov\/traffic\/?position=-85.97076699999996,35.88416963357006,7&amp;features=incidents,traffic\" >www.TNSmartWay.com\/Traffic<\/a>. Travelers can also dial 511 from any landline or cellular phone for travel information or follow us on Twitter at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TN511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tn.gov%2Ftdot.html\" >www.twitter.com\/TN511<\/a> for statewide travel.&nbsp; As always, drivers are reminded to use all motorist information tools wisely and <em>Know Before You Go!<\/em> by checking travel conditions before leaving for your destination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Drivers should never tweet, text, or talk on a cell phone while behind the wheel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; Road construction won\u2019t slow motorists across Tennessee over the July 4th holiday.&nbsp; The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes beginning at 6:00am on Friday, July 2nd through 6:00am on Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 to provide maximum roadway capacity for holiday travelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1361,12376,1333,8195,549,284,393,534,1121],"class_list":["post-17759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-leisure","tag-aaa","tag-clay-bright","tag-independence-day","tag-lane-closures","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-tdot","tag-tennessee-department-of-transportation","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17760,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17759\/revisions\/17760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}