Legislative Priorities Submission: Widening of Stagecoach Road (Highway 1069)

Submitted by: Hopkins County Fiscal Court

Stagecoach Road (Highway 1069) is a State Highway that is a narrow and dangerous highway that is traveled by thousands daily, including the many homeowners who live in subdivisions in the area. There is no road shoulder on this highway, which has resulted in major traffic accidents and several fatalities.

Because of the existing ditching no shoulder can be added without major construction. This road has a narrow bridge at the intersection of JD Buchanan Road that is made of rock mortar and the culvert is in poor condition. Former Representative Eddie Ballard had considered the replacement and widening of the culvert because of school buses that enter and exit JD Buchanan Road.  The construction of the bridge on Brown Badgett Loop that is in the design phase at this time will increase the amount of traffic being traveled on this road.  There will be hundreds of high school students traveling this highway to and from school.  Novice drivers face challenges to safe driving, and a road this narrow with no shoulders is a major concern of the County.

For more information, call the Hopkins County Judge-Executive’s office at 821-8294.