Area Road Closures Set To Begin

NORTHEAST, Miss. (PRESS RELEASE) – Some Monroe County and Tupelo residents will need to begin planning alternate routes.

In a press release today, the Monroe County Road Department announced  that it will close a section of Hatley-Detroit Road from Thornton Road to Greenwright Drive for about 100 days in order to replace the bridge over Weaver Creek.

Similarly, the city of Tupelo issued a press release that stated construction crews working on the Elvis Birthplace Trail will be closing Green Street to both northbound and southbound traffic at Main Street.

That closure is slated to begin Friday, February 5 through Wednesday, February 10.

The work that will take place is so crews can install crosswalks on the north and south sides of Main Street.

Main Street will remain open,  and detours will be in place for traffic movement around the area.

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