City of Knoxville - Traffic Engineering

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION

On-Street Parking
Requests For Service
School Flashers
Traffic Count Data
Traffic Links
Traffic Signals

To report a Street Light Outage, please contact KUB at (865) 524-2911, email streetlight@kub.org or visit their web site.

Engineering Department

Interactive Mapping (KGIS)

Contact Information

Henley Street Bridge Project

The Henley Street Bridge will be closed for extensive repairs beginning in January 2011 and will remain closed for up to three years (expected completion date: June 30, 2013). For additional information, including project details and updates, detour maps, a history of Henley Street bridge and much more, visit the Tennessee Department of Transportation's (TDOT's) website at www.tdot.state.tn.us/henley.

John Hunter, P.E.
Chief Traffic Engineer
jthunter@cityofknoxville.org
1400 Loraine Street
Knoxville TN 37921
(865) 215-6100
Fax - (865) 215-6109

The Traffic Engineering Division is involved in transportation issues on all roadways and streets in the City of Knoxville, excluding the interstate highways, which are controlled by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT).

The Traffic Engineering Division has three groups: Traffic Signals, the Sign and Marking Shop, and Traffic Operations.

Contact Information

The Traffic Signals Group is responsible for the maintenance, timing and coordination of all existing traffic signals.
Contact the Signal Shop at (865) 215-6730.

The Traffic Sign and Marking Shop is responsible for the production, installation, and maintenance of all existing traffic control signs, markings, and parking meters.
Contact the Sign Shop at (865) 215-6720.

Traffic Operations conducts routine traffic counts and other studies, keeps crash data on Knoxville's roadways, and takes traffic-related requests such as for new traffic signs, markings, and signals.
Contact the Traffic Operations office at (865) 215-6100. The current traffic count data can be seen online at the MPC website.