Lane on I-75 near I-24 to Close over the Weekend

The right lane on Interstate 75 south near the I-24 interchange will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday and ending at 6 a.m. Monday, according to information from TDOT.

The stretch of roadway affected will stretch from Highway 153 to the CSX railroad bridge. Traffic from 153 south ramp merging onto I-75 will have to yield.

During the closure, roadway crews will repair damaged concrete slabs. The work is scheduled to take place over several weekends.

Northbound traffic will not be affected by the closure. TDOT urges motorists to find an alternative route for the weekend.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.