Franklin County Highway Dept.

Franklin County Highway Dept. This is an information only page regarding the Franklin County Highway Dept. in Tennessee.

09/29/2025

We will be closing Elora Rd between the intersections of Owen’s Ln and Schultz Ln for a cross drain replacement on Thursday, 10/2, from 8am and 2pm. Please plan to use an alternate route during these hours.

01/18/2024

Hello all, I just wanted to put the road conditions into perspective for everyone. We haven’t experienced this in a while. The 5”-7” of snow that most of us enjoyed is great but not the colder temperatures afterwards. It was so easy to drive on and that created a lot of traffic. This compacted it into a 2”-3” ice cap glued to the road surface, with a powder coating on top of that. It’s like pushing concrete. The county’s road salt doesn’t have the chemicals added because of the extra expense. Our salt has a melting point of 15 degrees or above, if you’re lucky. Road salt without the calcium chloride added is $112 per ton, just ordered 300 ton yesterday to replenish our stock pile. This most likely will arrive tomorrow. We’ve never been out of salt and we still have a good stockpile for the future. On the plowing situation, we have been using road graders to break that “ice cap” to allow thawing, snow plows do next to nothing without that thawing in these conditions. I want to thank everyone for their patience and understanding but most of all I want to thank our employees who have been eager and at the same time agitated because of these conditions. We’re all wanting to get these roads cleared for y’all.

01/15/2024

Efforts were made to clear roads today and yesterday. They have been a wash after the latest band of snow that passed over the County a few hours ago. We have sent our crews home for the day because it would create a terrible situation to apply salt before sun down due to extremely low temperatures. We will continue to work on the roads tomorrow, but with the low temperatures we don’t expect to make too much progress. We ask that you only travel if necessary and please stay safe out there.

05/09/2023

The contracted paving will begin tomorrow 5/10 around 6:30 a.m. for Tennessee Avenue and the slide sections of Roarks Cove Rd in Sewanee. Please use caution if you plan on traveling in these areas, thanks!

04/24/2023

We have just been given word that paving will begin on Gourdneck Road NW tomorrow, April 25th, 2023. Traffic will be down to one lane. We hope for everything to be done by the end of next week.

04/22/2023

Roarks Cove Road is now open, but it is down to one lane around the construction site until Monday. Please slow down and use caution.

04/18/2023

We have begun construction on Greasy Cove Road. We will need everyone to slow down and please use caution. We expect to chip seal it in the next few weeks, weather permitting.

Please call our office with any questions or concerns.

12/27/2022

The snow has made many of our roads slick and road conditions are deteriorating. The county highway department and state highway department are working diligently, but many secondary roads will likely remain slippery.

Please avoid driving unless necessary. The roads will likely worsen if we get the snow that is forecasted in the next two hours. Please be safe!!!

(Pictured below is Highway 64)

05/23/2022

The Franklin County Highway Department is looking to fill 2 positions for Laborer / Truck Driver with a minimum Class B endorsement.
Applications can be picked up from the Human Resource office at the Finance Department located at 851 Dinah Shore Boulevard, in Wi******er.

04/28/2022

Depending on the weather next week, 5/2 - 5/5, we will be installing new drainage pipe on Bennett Cemetery Road from 8am-4pm each day. The road will be inaccessible during this time. Please make arrangements ahead of time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Address

207 S Cedar Street
Wi******er, TN
37398

Opening Hours

Monday 6am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 6am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 6am - 4:30pm
Thursday 6am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+19319672755

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