I-81 Exit 44 Improvement Project - Highlights
  • Widening of Allen Road between Walnut Bottom Road and Ritner Highway (Route 11) with new shoulders, wider travel lanes, center turn lane and dedicated left turn lanes

  • Widening of the Walnut Bottom and Allen Road intersection with new shoulders, wider travel lanes, and dedicated left turn lanes

  • Widening of the Ritner Highway and Allen Road intersection with new shoulders, wider travel lanes, and dedicated left turn lanes

  • New vertical alignment of Allen Road between Walnut Bottom Road and Ritner Highway

  • Replace the dual bridges that carry I-81 over Allen Road with a wider and longer structure

  • Dedicated new, right-lane on-ramp from Allen Road SB onto I-81 NB

  • New, wider, and longer ramps at I-81, Exit 44 Interchange

  • Realignment of I-81 NB off-ramp onto Allen Road and Commerce Avenue intersection

  • New highway lighting along Allen Road within the I-81 interchange

  • New signalized intersections with pre-emptive emergency activation along Allen Road at Walnut Bottom Road, Alexander Spring Road, Commerce Avenue, Logistics Drive, I-81 Interchange Ramps, and Ritner Highway

  • New traffic signal interconnect system along Allen Road

  • Numerous drainage improvements

  • Numerous electric, gas, telephone and cable relocations both aerial and underground

  • New highway signing along Allen Road and I-81

  • New pavement markings

  • Closed Circuit Television Traffic Camera