The Broadway Viaduct Replacement could be under contract by the end of the summer.
The project, expected to last 2 years, is located near downtown Knoxville between Jackson and Depot Avenues over the Norfolk Southern Rail Yard.
A TDOT spokesperson says they will open the $31 million project up for bidding sometime this summer. It could take four to six weeks before construction begins once the bid is awarded.
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As of 2015, about 96 hundred people drive through that stretch of Broadway every day.
The bridge opened in 1927.