Construction Contract for Burnt Knob:Manson Pike:Blackman Rd. Intersection

City Council OKs Construction Contract for Burnt Knob/Manson Pike/Blackman Rd. Intersection Improvements in 2025

Signalized and Widened Intersection Improvements Needed to Increase Capacity and Enhance Traffic Flow for Nearby Elementary School  The Murfreesboro City Council voted Jan. 16, 2025, to authorize agreement for a $4.865,978.05 million construction contract agreement with the lowest bidder, Hawkins & Price, LLC, for construction of improvements to the Burnt Knob/Manson Pike/Blackman Rd. intersection. The…

Under Construction

Murfreesboro Road Construction Projects for January 19 – 25

(All work is tentative and weather dependent)             Minor St Utility Crossing Installation Work (between Carver St and Bilbro Ave)   Expected Road Closure:  Monday through Friday:  Contractor for private development will be installing utility lines across S Bilbro Ave between Sunrise Ave and Minor St.  Traffic will be reduced…

Road Construction

Murfreesboro Road Construction Projects for January 12 – 18

Minor St Utility Crossing Installation Work (between Carver St and Bilbro Ave)   Expected Road Closure:  Monday through Friday:  Contractor for private development will be installing utility lines across S Bilbro Ave between Sunrise Ave and Minor St.  Traffic will be reduced to one-lane flagging operation.  Appropriate traffic controls and will be in place.  Butler…

Under Construction

Murfreesboro Road Construction Projects for December 22 – 28

Minor St Utility Crossing Installation Work (between Carver St and Bilbro Ave) Expected Road Closure: Monday through Friday: Contractor for private development will be installing utility lines across S Bilbro Ave between Sunrise Ave and Minor St. Traffic will be reduced to one-lane flagging operation. Appropriate traffic controls and will be in place. Butler Dr…

Road Construction

Murfreesboro Road Construction Projects for December 15 – 21

Minor St Utility Crossing Installation Work (between Carver St and Bilbro Ave) Expected Road Closure: Moday through Friday: Contractor for private development will be installing utility lines across S Bilbro Ave between Sunrise Ave and Minor St. Traffic will be reduced to one-lane flagging operation. Appropriate traffic controls and will be in place. Butler Dr…

Old Salem Rd. Closed

ROAD CLOSURE: Old Salem Rd. and Constantine Dr.

Motorists are advised to expect traffic interruptions and traffic controls at Old Salem Road, beginning Dec. 3, 2024. A City contractor will be performing box culvert installation work at this location. The drainage improvement will reduce flooding risk. Due to installation, Old Salem Rd. will be closed to through traffic just south of the intersection…

Under Construction

Murfreesboro Road Construction Projects for December 1 – 7

Minor St Utility Crossing Installation Work (between Carver St and Bilbro Ave) Expected Road Closure: Tuesday through Friday: Contractor for private development will be installing utility lines across S Bilbro Ave between Sunrise Ave and Minor St. Traffic will be reduced to one-lane flagging operation. Appropriate traffic controls and will be in place. Wilkinson Pike…

Presentation Board Mercury

MHA Mercury Court Redevelopment under construction with assistance from City Community Development Department

New homes are rising like a phoenix on S. Bilbro and Minor St., replacing the old brick and cinder block buildings that for more than half a century housed low-income residents near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. As elsewhere across the country, the need for affordable housing in Murfreesboro is a major priority. The…

Example of Urban Stream Restoration

Gasoline tanks safely removed from site for Town Creek daylighting project

The City of Murfreesboro took another step closer to the beginning of the Daylighting Town Creek project. The City project will unearth the creek that runs in a culvert from Murfree Springs wetlands at Discovery Center to Cannonsburgh Village along NW Broad Street. Engineers had discovered that a gas station operated on the property in…