I-75 SB bridge over I-24 near Chattanooga reduced to one lane after partial collapse
TDOT Chief Engineer Paul Degges said in a press conference that an early investigation of the collapse appears to point to an overdimensional load striking the bottom of the bridge and cutting some of the steel reinforcing strands in the beam that even…
Latest highway blockade, in service of burned-rubber donuts
The four-wheelers that stopped traffic on I-24 here in Nashville late Saturday weren’t protesting anything discernible. One did donuts in the empty space guarded by a line of other cars, as traffic backed up and travelers looked on. Also: A second “Sta…
Singer-songwriter Boo Ray’s outlaw-Americana paean to the road, in advance of new record
Nashville-based singer-songwriter Boo Ray has a new record coming in February 2019 — this track, offered for download here to Overdrive readers — effectively evokes two sides of life on the road not always in opposition — it’s a setting, no two days…