U.S. Highway 41 commuters will gain three traffic light intersections by June 12 between La Vergne’s Jefferson Pike and Smyrna’s Sam Ridley Parkway overpass bridge.
Officials with both local governments and Tennessee recently gathered for a news conference to celebrate the $9 million project at the Jefferson Pike intersection with the busy four-lane highway also known as Lowry Street in Smyrna and Murfreesboro Road in La Vergne.
During the news conference, motorists merged into one southbound left lane while a La Vergne Police patrol car blocked the right lane to allow officials to safely speak and pose for news photos and videos…