04/28/2026
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Improvements at Rossview, Dunbar Cave roads nearing completion
This is the third in a series of articles updating the City of Clarksville’s Transportation 2020+ master plan and phased implementation, at its five-year anniversary.
CLARKSVILLE, TN – A key highway entrance into Clarksville has been getting a major makeover, as part of the City’s overall, Transportation 2020+ master plan.
In a joint effort combining the City of Clarksville Street Department and Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), the Rossview Road and Dunbar Cave Road realignment project is now nearing completion.
The contractor for this $11 million project is Eubank Asphalt Paving and Sealing.
The project features a new traffic signal that will enhance safety near the Rossview Schools Complex, and eliminates the offset intersection alignment between Cardinal Lane and Dunbar Cave Road.
The old section of Dunbar Cave Road will serve as a cul-de-sac, and will no longer connect to Rossview Road.
A portion of Rossview Road is being widened to three lanes near Keysburg Road. An earlier phase of the project facilitated the widening of Rossview Road to five lanes from the intersection at Cardinal Lane to Powell Road. A new traffic signal was also installed at Powell Road.
“Through our partnership with TDOT, this major piece of the Transportation 2020+ agenda addresses another high-traffic thoroughfare in our city, providing safer passage for motorists, including school traffic in the vicinity, with an emphasis on greater ease of navigation,” said Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts.
“We are thrilled to see this project coming to fruition,” he said.
What had been the previous section of Dunbar Cave Road, before realignment, has been renamed, Cavern Court.
The total project construction cost of $11 million is funded at 80% by TDOT, with the City of Clarksville covering the remaining 20%.
This project is just one of many within the Transportation 2020+ comprehensive master strategy of highway and road improvements, as well as intersections and traffic signalizations, and new sidewalks. To view the entirety of the plan, visit https://www.clarksvilletn.gov/1043/Transportation-2020 .
Attached aerial image: Completed stretch of Rossview Road and realigned Dunbar Cave Road, plus newly-designated Cavern Court