For the past year a section of Interstate 40 near downtown Knoxville has been closed while workers widen the highway and redo a couple intersections.
The project is nearing completion. I see on the Knoxville News-Sentinel website that TDOT is planning on holding a mile-long footrace on this section of interstate immediately before it reopens to vehicular traffic.
“It’ll give people a chance to do something they’ll never do again,” said Travis Brickey, regional spokesman for the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
The article suggests that there will also be a non-competitive period when the section will be open for pedestrians and families with strollers to use.
I hope this includes cyclists. I’d like to (legally) ride my bike on I-40. It would also send a message about the importance of cycling to this community.