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Governor Phil Bredesen with Jeanne Hardin and her two art students, Chihye Kim and Zeth Akins
Governor Phil Bredesen with Jeanne Hardin and her
two art students, Chihye Kim and Zeth Akins
  • TDOT Opens Bids for 119 Recovery Act Funded Projects

    May 8, 2009

    The bids are in and today the Tennessee Department of Transportation identified the apparent lowest bidders on the state’s second round of infrastructure projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009...........More

  • Tennessee 4th Grader Wins International Aviation Art Contest

    May 8, 2009

    Governor Phil Bredesen congratulated two Knoxville, Tennessee elementary students at the state Capitol Thursday for placing first and second in their age group in a national aviation arts contest..........More


  • I-40 Bridge Over Douglas Lake in Jefferson County to Close May 8 for Repairs

    May 1, 2009

    Tennessee Department of Transportation crews will close a section of I-40 in Jefferson County on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. in order to repair a decades old deck truss bridge over Douglas Lake and the French Broad River at mile marker 424.5.......More

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Recovery.gov American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

"The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) allows our department to improve the state's transportation infrastructure and to help our private sector partners retain and add more jobs for Tennesseans. We hope that this one time infusion of federal funds will help carry us through this difficult period until our economy recovers." ....ARRA

Gerald. F. Nicely,
Commissioner of Transportation