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DEVELOPING: Sinkhole on Pellissippi Parkway
WBIR Television ^
| 07May07
| Tonja Burk
Posted on 05/07/2007 7:36:37 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob
Officials from the Tennessee Department of Transportation are now evaluating a sinkhole that opened up Monday evening on Pellissippi Parkway.
Its in the southbound lanes of Pellissippi, just south of where the Parkway merges with Oak Ridge Highway.
The hole looks to be about four feet wide on the surface, but a TDOT geologist says its at least 25 feet across, and goes under both southbound lanes. He says it was caused by water eroding the limestone.
Crews will work all night to get that sinkhole filled, but they likely won't be finished by the morning commute, and it may take all day tomorrow. People traveling that way from Oak Ridge to Knoxville are advised to take an alternate route.
We'll have more information as it develops on Ten News Nightbeat and at www.wbir.com.
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: knoxville; oakridge; pellissippi; sinkhole
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Well - I drove over this thing this morning on the way to work. Should be an interesting morning commute.
Granted, it's not that 330 foot deep sinkhole like in Guatemala, but it's right in the middle of a central connecting artery between Oak Ridge and Knoxville.
To: Tennessee_Bob
Developing: My Cat Is Trying to Hack Up a Hairball!
To: hole_n_one
Can this be blamed on Bush? Or global warming? How far is this from the carbon neutral estate of Al Gore?
To: Tennessee_Bob
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:42:22 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
To: hole_n_one
........more news as it develops and is warranted.
To: Tennessee_Bob
No Problem.
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:43:22 PM PDT
by
Nasty McPhilthy
(Those who beat their swords into plow shears will plow for those who don't.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
How far is this from the carbon neutral estate of Al Gore? Too far away, actually - he's up in Nashville, 3-4 hours away.
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:45:07 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
To: Tennessee_Bob
I just said “pellissippi parkway tennessee” fast as I could five times, and let me tell ya - it tain’t easy.
To: hole_n_one
Update........
To: hole_n_one
This little lady hit the pothole so hard it caused her airbags to prematurely deploy.
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:53:35 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
To: cripplecreek
That is wrong on so many accounts.
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:54:38 PM PDT
by
Trueblackman
(Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
To: Trueblackman
Sadly the child riding illegally in her lap hasn’t been found.
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:55:41 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
To: Tennessee_Bob
To: OrangeDaisy; Tennessee_Bob
I’ve been away for a long, long, time.
I-140?
That sure wasn’t there when I lived alongside the Pellissippi.
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posted on
05/07/2007 8:17:03 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: cripplecreek
Poor woman can never wear a necklace.
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posted on
05/07/2007 8:25:09 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
To: SmithL
I-140 makes up part of my “secret” game day southern loop. South on 1-140, north on Alcoa Hwy and exit on Neyland Drive. Sure beats sitting in the gridlock on I-40.
To: Trueblackman; cripplecreek
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posted on
05/07/2007 9:29:38 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Would you vote for President a guy who married his cousin? Me, neither. Accept no RINOs. Fred in '08)
To: TASMANIANRED
Well, yes she could, it’d just take about 20 guys to give her one.
*cough*
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posted on
05/07/2007 9:30:08 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Would you vote for President a guy who married his cousin? Me, neither. Accept no RINOs. Fred in '08)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Oh LOL!!!!! Took me a few seconds to get that one. Reminds me of a ZZ Top song.
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posted on
05/07/2007 9:55:54 PM PDT
by
therut
To: Tennessee_Bob
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posted on
05/08/2007 12:16:54 AM PDT
by
omnivore
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