TOP PHOTO: Changes at this intersection begin as early as Tuesday at 6pm.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Construction to replace a collapsing box culvert under the road where Towe String Road (TSR) meets the four lane, also known as State Route 9, the four lane and Highway 25W, begins its first phase on Tuesday evening.

In a release from La Follette City Administrator Stan Foust, beginning Tuesday at 6pm, there will be no thru traffic from Towe String Road to East Memorial Drive

Foust goes on to explain that East Memorial Drive and Brantley Lane will be designated to traffic only for emergency vehicles and residents only.

“All other traffic must take alternate routes, and the duration of this construction project is undetermined,” said Foust. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 09/12/2022-1PM)