I24/I75 Interchange in Chattanooga, Tn Construction
Since the admitting of Mexican Semis, near as I can place the time, traffic has gotten so bad that it is not uncommon to see traffic backed up to the i72 exit 5 miles or so est of Monteagle Mountain going east to past the I24/I75 interchange toI75 south to Ga and I75 north to Ooltewah Tn. More frequently the traffic back up on I24 is to the I59 Interchange both directions from I24 or from exit 161 to on though Chattanooga to the I24/I75 Interchange and beyond.
The back up going north On I75 out of Ga sometime starts opposite the south bound side Ga Welcome Center or even further and continues on into Chattanooga to the I59 Interchange.
Well it is going to get much worse. They will start this summer, but I don't know exactly when on diverting traffic onto Brinerd road which runs parallel roughly with I24 and I75 from the infamous Ridge Cut to the East Brainerd road exit on I75 north. Traffic is already horrendous on that road and on the old Hwy 41 route through East Ridge Tn.
They may divert some traffic at the foot on the west side of the Ridge Cut onto old hwy 41, East Ridge to I75 entrance on the east of Eat Ridge.
There are countless wrecks on the stretch of Interstate 24 from 161 to the I59 Interchange and on into Chattanooga involving mostly Semis, especially, at the Ga line to I59 Interchange, on the down hill section from the Tn line.
And old Hwy 41 just had a section of mountain take a big slide, so getting off at 161 and rejoining I24 east or coming from the other side, who knows how soon it will be temporarily repaired again. Of the old hwy 299 rout from 161 to rejoin at !75 south just before the Welcome Center east of I59 Interchange is not going to b much of an option for Drivers. I know several ways down I59 and at Trenton hwy 136 across Lookout Mountain and follow map trough Lafayette and join hwy 80 I think but check your maps a two lane rural hwy to Ringgold Ga and I75 entrance. Its a long logn way around. And there are other rural roads.
Coming from up North you are going to want to avoid the whole mess including Nashville so go to 75 in Michigan or 95 and come on down. You miss Indy and Louisville and Nashville that way. On I75 you only have a bit of congestion in Knoxville.
I65 in Nashville will probably be a lot rougher than normal adsorbing the extra traffic from I440 construction.
I65's new alignment misses a lot but not Nashville.I95 and to I16 or in Fla I0 or some other way. You have been this way before but you will want to avoid Chattanooga like the plague sometime this summer on. This is just my opinion as best I understand the roads in the area. Someone else may have a better idea.
The back up going north On I75 out of Ga sometime starts opposite the south bound side Ga Welcome Center or even further and continues on into Chattanooga to the I59 Interchange.
Well it is going to get much worse. They will start this summer, but I don't know exactly when on diverting traffic onto Brinerd road which runs parallel roughly with I24 and I75 from the infamous Ridge Cut to the East Brainerd road exit on I75 north. Traffic is already horrendous on that road and on the old Hwy 41 route through East Ridge Tn.
They may divert some traffic at the foot on the west side of the Ridge Cut onto old hwy 41, East Ridge to I75 entrance on the east of Eat Ridge.
There are countless wrecks on the stretch of Interstate 24 from 161 to the I59 Interchange and on into Chattanooga involving mostly Semis, especially, at the Ga line to I59 Interchange, on the down hill section from the Tn line.
And old Hwy 41 just had a section of mountain take a big slide, so getting off at 161 and rejoining I24 east or coming from the other side, who knows how soon it will be temporarily repaired again. Of the old hwy 299 rout from 161 to rejoin at !75 south just before the Welcome Center east of I59 Interchange is not going to b much of an option for Drivers. I know several ways down I59 and at Trenton hwy 136 across Lookout Mountain and follow map trough Lafayette and join hwy 80 I think but check your maps a two lane rural hwy to Ringgold Ga and I75 entrance. Its a long logn way around. And there are other rural roads.
Coming from up North you are going to want to avoid the whole mess including Nashville so go to 75 in Michigan or 95 and come on down. You miss Indy and Louisville and Nashville that way. On I75 you only have a bit of congestion in Knoxville.
I65 in Nashville will probably be a lot rougher than normal adsorbing the extra traffic from I440 construction.
I65's new alignment misses a lot but not Nashville.I95 and to I16 or in Fla I0 or some other way. You have been this way before but you will want to avoid Chattanooga like the plague sometime this summer on. This is just my opinion as best I understand the roads in the area. Someone else may have a better idea.
