LENOIR CITY -- Traffic on U.S. Highway 321 across
Fort Loudoun Dam will be restricted to one lane at night except
on weekends beginning Sunday, while TVA crews raise the
elevation of the dam.
The lane will be closed from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m., Sunday through
Thursday for the duration of the project, about two weeks. All
lanes of U.S. 321 will be open during daylight hours and Fridays
and Saturdays. No work is scheduled for Thanksgiving Day.
TVA is placing sand baskets on top of the dam as part of a
project to raise the elevation of four dams to help reduce the
risk of flooding in the unlikely event of weather more extreme
than any conditions ever recorded in the region. The extra
height would prevent water from overtopping and damaging the
earthen embankments.