UPDATE: I-75 South closed at milemarker 84 in Tenn., later reopened

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Updated Jan 16, 2015
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Update: Nagi reports truck uprighted, lanes expected to open by noon EST. Original story follows.

Mark Nagi, in community relations for Tennessee Department of Transportation’s region 1, tweeted the above photo the morning of January 15, stressing that I-75 North in Tennessee is not affected. I-75 South is closed at milemarker 84 in Loudon County.

Detour routes for Southbound haulers on I-75, he added, are in place: take I-40 West from I-75 South/I-40 West split in Knoxville to Exit 364 to U.S. 321 back to I-75 South.

Find updates on the closure via Nagi’s Twitter feed and the TDOT website.