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On December 21, 2001, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) notified the City that the Netherland Inn Bridge must be closed effective January 4, 2002 to truck traffic and January 11 to all traffic due to the increased possibility of localized failures in the floor beams that support the bridge decking. The closure is a result of a TDOT inspection performed on December 4, 2001 that revealed an acceleration in the rate of deterioration of the integrity of the floor beams with one crack increasing in length from approximately 1’ 2” to 7’ 8” since June 2001. |