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Date set for opening of new I-40 east flyover ramp to Nashville

Photo: TDOT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — TDOT will open one lane of the new I-40 east ramp to Nashville August 29.

The second lane will not open until 2017.

The project, the largest undertaken by TDOT, started in October of 2013.

The second ramp for I-40 west to Little Rock is still under construction.

Two lanes are being added to Sam Cooper.

Lanes are also being added to both directions of I-40.

The bridge over the Wolf River will be replaced as part of the project.

The entire project is scheduled to be completed in 2017.

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