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TDOT will simplify Dayton Boulevard lanes, add buffered bike lanes; Red Bank to supplement north of signal
Summary
Tennessee Department of Transportation plans to reconfigure Dayton Boulevard near the Stringer’s Ridge Tunnel starting July 20, 2025, reducing travel lanes and adding buffered bike lanes to address a high-frequency crash location; the City of Red Bank will perform complementary work north of the traffic signal.
TDOT will begin work July 20, 2025, to reconfigure a section of Dayton Boulevard at the south end of Red Bank, reducing variable four-lane stretches to a consistent two travel lanes with a center queuing/turn lane and adding buffered, exclusive bike lanes, City of Red Bank planner Michael said.
The change is intended to reduce hazardous lane‑swapping and speed differentials where the road expands and narrows around the Stringer’s Ridge Tunnel, an area Michael described as “one of the higher frequency collision locations in the city.”
Michael, a planner in City Hall who narrated a site video, said the existing geometry forces drivers coming off Ashmore or the frontage road to navigate four lanes almost immediately after exiting…
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