According to Tennessee Dept of Transportation.

Alcoa Highway impacts from Woodson Drive to UT Hospital/Cherokee Trail interchange, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025 to Friday, Oct. 17, 2025.

* rolling roadblocks will take place in short intervals (approximately 20 minutes each) and will be spaced out to allow traffic to return to normal flow between operations. These rolling roadblocks will be intermittent each day between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

* flagging operations on the ramp from northbound Alcoa Highway (US 129/State Route 115) at the traffic signal at Cherokee Trail and along Cherokee Trail, intermittent each day between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

* beginning on Wednesday, October 15, and continuing through Friday, October 17, the right northbound lane of Alcoa Highway (US 129/State Route 115) will be closed between Woodson Drive and Cherokee Trail each night between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m

Note, these rolling roadblocks and lane closures can affect traffic past John Sevier Hwy. And further into Blount County.