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February 10 2021
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Vol. XXXIII • No. 3
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Clinton, Tenn., is getting a new bridge. Rather than replace the existing, aging truss bridge, Mark Nagi, Tennessee Department of Transportation community relations officer of Region 1 in eastern Tennessee, said “replacement was the preferred alternative to a restoration [or] repair for the crossing,” in part because this option imposes a less significant impact on the motoring public, but also because a new bridge will enjoy a longer service life than a restored older bridge. Known officially as the Hon. William Everette Lewallen Memorial Bridge, or “the green bridge,” as locals call it, the bridge spans the Clinch
By Lori Lovely
CEG CORRESPONDENT UMA S uppor ts S.C . Mfg. Expans ion. ..1 6
Table of Contents ................4 Attachments & Parts Section ......................................31-36 Aggregate & Recycling Section ..........................41-51 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................54-56 Business Calendar ............70 Auction Section ................73 Advertisers Index ..............74
River and connects downtown Clinton to South Clinton and Knoxville beyond. Still considered safe by TDOT, the bridge is aging and “due for replacement,” according to the state. A replacement bridge will avert anxieties about the integrity of the bridge. Contract Charles Blalock and Sons Inc., based in Sevierville, Tenn., won the bid at $27,735,269.72. Blalock is an 80-year-old family business that began as a lumber company with a portable sawmill and later added a concrete see BRIDGE page 28
Perplexing Policy Biden’s Executive Orders Has Construction Industry Concerned see story page 22