TOP PHOTO: A detour is coming to a portion of Valley View Road when bridge construction begins at Dossett Creek.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – “Construction could start as early as tomorrow (Wednesday) on the Valley View Road bridge construction,” said Campbell Road Superintendent Ron Dilbeck.

Detour information will be posted on the project that will take place south of Brook Lane. The many residents living on the south side of the construction zone will be detoured to Springview Drive and to Knoxville Hollow Road and then to the Old Middlesboro Highway at Cross Valley Road.

In this WLAF file photo, from a story on Taraji Abernathy’s highway adoption story, you can see where the new bridge will be constructed just beyond Taraji, Litter Control Officer Glennis Monday and Taraji’s adopt a highway sign on Valley View Road.

A completion date is yet to be determined, according to Dilbeck. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 05/02/2023-6AM)