Chattanooga Times Free Press

See which projects will get funded and learn more about the IMPROVE act,

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The Tennessee Department of Transporta­tion divides the state into four regions. Here’s a look at the largest projects in the middle and eastern regions the IMPROVE Act will help fund.

Region 1 (Knoxville area and upper East Tennessee)

I-75 IN LOUDON COUNTY Roadwork from Pond Creek Road (SR-323) to the I-40/I-75 junction Length: 16 miles Cost: $200.1 million

US-11E (SR-34) IN GREENE COUNTY Greenevill­e bypass from US-11E, west of Greenevill­e to US -11E east of Greenevill­e

Length: 10.4 miles Cost: $166.2 million

SR-91 IN JOHNSON COUNTY Roadwork from near Cold Springs Road to the Virginia state line Length: 7.8 miles Cost: $90 million

SR-62 IN MORGAN COUNTY Roadwork on Knoxville Highway from Oliver Springs to near Petit Lane Length: 10.5 Cost: $88.3 million

Region 2 (Chattanoog­a area and parts of the Cumberland Plateau area)

US-64/74IN (Ocoee POLK River COUNTY (SR-40)Gorge) Appalachia­Phase 1 Corridor Length:Cost: $30023 miles million

US-64/74 (SR-40) IN POLK COUNTY (Ocoee River Gorge) Appalachia Corridor Phase 3 Length: 2.16 miles Cost: $200 million

I-24 IN HAMILTON COUNTY Roadwork from I-59 to US-27

Length: 10 miles Cost: $177.5 million

I-24 IN HAMILTON AND BRADLEY COUNTY Roadwork from north of US-64 to US-74 Length: 8.8 miles Cost: $95 million

Region 3 (Nashville area and Middle Tennessee)

I-24 IN DAVIDSON AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES Congestion reduction from I-40 in Davidson County to I-840 in Rutherford County

Length: 23.2 miles Cost: $400 million

I-65 IN DAVIDSON, SUMNER AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES

Roadwork from Nashville to Kentucky state line Length: 51.5 miles Cost: $397.4 million

VIETNAM VETERANS PARKWAY IN SUMNER COUNTY

Transit managed lanes and widening from I-65 to US-31E (Phase 1) Length: 9.34 miles Cost: $199.2 million

I-24 IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Roadwork from Tenn. state line to SR-76 Length: 10.6 miles Cost: $150.1 million

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