Section of Main Street closed
A section of Main Street – from Sullivan Street to Unicoi Street – will be closed starting Wednesday (March 8) in connection with the Main Street Rebuild project. This section of Main Street will remain closed until further notice.
The closure is necessary to allow the contractor to bring in multiple crews to work on utilities at the same time.
Detour signs and traffic barrels will be in place at both ends of this section of Main Street and the affected side streets. Please use caution when traveling in this area of downtown.
The Main Street Rebuild project will improve and beautify one of the main gateways into downtown Kingsport by removing the weakened soil and existing road structure and replacing it with stone to produce a good, stable base.
The project also calls for telephone and cable lines to go underground, relocating power lines to the opposite side of the road and enhancing the roadway with landscaping, bulb outs, and stamped brick crosswalks.
With funding from state and federal sources covering 80% of the cost, the $20 million project will take approximately two years to complete.
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