Twenty-six days after Hurricane Helene brought devastating floods to the area, the North Carolina and Tennessee transportation departments are charging ahead with a long list of road repairs, including two Tennessee bridges that were destroyed by floodwaters on state highways. 

In Tennessee, the state’s first progressive design-build (PDB) contract was awarded Oct. 2 to Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. to expedite the replacement of two bridges destroyed by floodwaters. Both bridges, on State Route 107 in Greene County and State Route 81 in Washington County, are scheduled to reopen in June 2025.