Date post: | 16-Jul-2015 |
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LOCATION: CHATTANOOGA, TN
SUBJECT: I-24 AT MOCCASIN BEND
PURPOSE: REDESIGN A MAJOR CORRIDOR CHOKE POINT ON THE CRITICAL COMMERCE BELT THAT IS I-24. TENNESSEE DEPENDS ON I-24 AS A MAIN ARTERY RUNNING THE ENTIRE STATE NORTH TO SOUTH. IT ALSO IS THE MAIN ARTERY FOR COMMUTERS IN CHATTANOOGA.
STATS: >I-24 RUNS THROUGH 185 MILES OF TENNESSEE >TN POPULATION EXPECTED TO GROW 21% BY 2040 >TRAFFIC IN CHATTANOOGA EXPECTED TO GROW BY MORE THAN 50% BY 2040
NOTE: THE MOCCASIN BEND HISTORICAL SITE, ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER FROM THE I-24 CORRIDOR IN CHATTANOO-GA, HAS SEEN 12,000 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF HUMAN INHABITATION.
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