TDOT recommends tollway projects

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is recommending two major tollway projects on either end of the state.

TDOT considered seven potential toll projects, but only deemed two cost effective – a bridge over the Tennessee River in Chattanooga and a bridge over the Mississippi River in Memphis.

However, tolls paid by drivers will not fully fund either project, leaving a 25 percent gap in the overall cost.

Meanwhile, TDOT is also looking at the incomplete extension of Mac Hatcher Parkway in Franklin as another tollway project. A complete analysis of Mac Hatcher won’t be finished until April.