Tennessee Claims 7 Spots on List of Nation’s Worst Traffic Bottlenecks

WASHINGTON — The American Transportation Research Institute recently released its 13th annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America, and seven Tennessee locations made the top 100, including one in the top 10. “Tennesseans depend on trucking to deliver everything from food to fuel to clothing,” said& Tennessee Trucking Association President and CEO& Donna England. “But when congestion brings those trucks to a standstill, we all pay the price. ATRI’s bottleneck analysis provides a roadmap for infrastructure investment to address the most critical chokepoints and keep our economy moving forward.” The& 2024 Top Truck Bottleneck List& measures the level of truck-involved congestion at over 325 locations on the national highway system. The analysis, based on an extensive database of freight truck GPS data, uses several customized software applications and analysis methods, along with terabytes of data from trucking operations to produce a congestion impact ranking for each location. ATRI’s truck GPS data is also used to support numerous federal and state freight mobility initiatives. The bottleneck locations detailed in this latest& ATRI list represent the top 100 congested locations, although ATRI continuously monitors more than 325 freight-critical locations. The 7 Tennessee bottlenecks are: No. 10 Nashville: I-24/I-40...