Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) We have an update on the progress of repairs to the Gay Street Bridge in Knoxville as it is being converted to a pedestrian walkway.
Blalock and Sons is in charge of the project that is the result of the bridge closing in June of last year after a Tennessee Department of Transportation inspection found problems with several spans, including cracked nuts and wear and tear.
Since the closure, crews have made significant progress repairing Span Two and are still working on Span Five which make up much of the support of the 126-year-old bridge.
Crews added support pieces and cross beams to the second span which completes the structural work on that part of the bridge leaving only repainting.
While working on the fifth span last month, crews found more issues with the bridge, though they describe those as “minor.”
Those issues have either been fixed or will be fixed by the project’s expected deadline of December 31.
