Tennessee considering optional toll lanes in Nashville, others in Knoxville, Chattanooga

Tennessee will begin designing optional toll lanes on the Interstate 24 corridor from downtown Nashville to Murfreesboro — followed by other busy areas across the Volunteer State — in a new statewide project aimed at addressing ongoing traffic congestion. The state will consider a second Nashville corridor along I-65, Knoxville lanes on I-40/I-75 and a Chattanooga corridor along I-24. State transportation officials are currently studying the specific locations for what Gov. Bill Lee and his administration call "choice lanes" and the project remains in its early stages. Tennessee Department of...