Event Brief
McGhee Tyson Airport detour on Alcoa Highway
Filed: May 01, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET
Summary: Northbound airport-to-Alcoa Highway on-ramp closes May 4 for weeks for storm sewer work and new roadway paving.
WHO: McGhee Tyson Airport officials and construction crews
WHAT: Closure of the northbound on-ramp from McGhee Tyson Airport to Alcoa Highway; temporary detour as crews install a storm sewer line and pave a new roadway system
WHEN: May 01, 2026 at 1:23 PM ET
WHERE: Knoxville, TN
WHY: A new storm sewer line installation and paving of a new roadway system require the northbound on-ramp closure
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