The study considered eight potential solutions to address congestion, reduce traffic time, and increase safety along a 17-mile stretch of the interstate from the I-40 / I-75 split to I-640. Two have ... Read More

Over 70,000 vehicles used Interstate 275 in Knoxville daily in 2025. The notoriously rocky three-mile stretch that connects I-40 to I-640 has suffered years of intense wear and tear, and relief is ... Read More

New law brings Tennessee Highway Patrol into Downtown Knoxville It allows the Tennessee Highway Patrol to patrol and make arrests alongside local police in tourism zones. Read More

One hundred thirteen bright orange barrels sit alongside I-640 East in Knox County. Each bears a name and a year, and for each, there is a family somewhere in Tennessee for ... Read More

The Knoxville Police Department said the crash involved an overturned RV. Read More

The Knoxville Police Department confirmed it is investigating after an RV overturned on the I-640 East ramp to Gap Road. Read More

Interstate 40 East was closed near downtown Knoxville after a serious crash. The crash was reported around 8 p.m. near the I-640 / I-75 ramp west of downtown at mile marker 385. According to the ... Read More

A post by the Knoxville Police Department's Facebook page reports two people were killed in a single-vehicle crash near the I-40 East ramp to I-640 East. The East ramp to I-640 East will be ... Read More

Retired Knoxville Fire Department Capt. Dennis Noe died in accidental shooting March 5 on Interstate 640, Knoxville police said. Noe, 60, of Blaine, was driving a pickup truck on I-640 near Millertown ... Read More

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Knoxville Police Department said two people were killed in a crash on the I-40 East to I-640 East ramp Monday morning. According to Knoxville Police, based on the evidence, the ... Read More

A collision involving at least four vehicles took place Monday afternoon on Highway 640 in Terrebonne. Emergency services were called at around 1:30 p.m. to Highway 640 eastbound, near Montée des ... Read More

Tennessee Department of Transportation ... Becky Duncan Massey, R-Knoxville, chairs the Senate Transportation Committee. Massey said she continues to worry about the traffic on I-40 in Knox County and ... Read More

TDOT is asking people to stay off the roads Friday morning after patches of ice formed from a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain across parts of East Tennessee. Read More

With snow rolling into East Tennessee, traveling on the roads ... the latest as of 5 a.m.: You can check conditions on I-40, I-75, I-640, and other major roads below or on TDOT Smartway: In Knoxville, ... Read More

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A flipped semi-truck blocked traffic on Interstate 640 East in Knoxville Thursday evening. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the crash happened around 4:45 ... Read More

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Two crashes were reported on I-40 West Monday afternoon, blocking lanes near the Hall of Fame Drive exit and the exit to Alcoa Highway. Read More

For more than a year, traffic on I-640 between I-275 and I-40 in northeast ... says Mark Nagi, the Tennessee Department of Transportation's spokesperson for East Tennessee. On the eastbound side of ... Read More