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Repair Work Underway To Stabilize Roads Through Shiloh National Military Park

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By NPT Staff - August 4th, 2016

Repair work underway at Shiloh National Military Park is expected to continue into December/NPS

Repairs are underway on the roads through Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee, where the more than 80-year-old road system is in surprisingly good shape, but still could use some maintenance.

“The road system within Shiloh National Military park is one of the oldest roadways in this section of Tennessee,” said Shiloh National Military Park Superintendent Dale Wilkerson. “The concrete sections of the road are over 80 years old, and in remarkable shape. This project is designed to perform repairs necessary to stabilize the road structures and to extend their lifespans into the future.”

The project consists of the rehabilitation of approximately 1.7 miles of Corinth-Pittsburg Landing Road and approximately 1.9 miles of Hamburg-Purdy Road within the park. The work includes reinforced concrete pavement repairs consisting of selective replacement of slabs and joints, cleaning and sealing joints, installation of geocomposite edge drains, some asphalt milling and repaving, and shoulder and ditch improvements.

The roads remain open during construction, but there will be temporary lane closures, detours, and one-lane traffic at times. The road work is scheduled to be completed in early December.

Bluegrass Contracting Corporation, based in Lexington, Kentucky, received this $907,200 contract for the roadwork, which is being managed for the National Park Service by the Eastern Federal Lands Division of the Federal Highway Administration. 

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