MileCheck Highway Report

MileCheck Highway Report: Tennessee, October 2026

Name: MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026: Tennessee
Creator: MileCheck

by MileCheck · November 2, 2026

What Tennessee's department of transportation (DOT) feed showed in October 2026. Part of the national MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026.

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How we got these numbers: These are unique alerts published by Tennessee's department of transportation (DOT) feed, from a daily copy taken Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2026. Each alert is counted once. An alert posted and removed between two daily copies is not counted. Not all states report the same data, so compare each place with its own earlier months. Fire figures are as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

26crash alerts in October

28closure alerts

203roadwork alerts

2wildfire records, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Crashes

Tennessee's road feed carried 26 crash alerts in October.

Routes with the most crash alerts

I-40 — 3
I-24 — 2
I-65 — 2

Areas named in two or more crash alerts

Shelby (I-240) — 2

Closures and roadwork

28 closures and 203 roadwork records were on Tennessee's feed in October, out of 280 alerts of all types.

Routes with the most alerts in Tennessee

I-24 — 20
I-40 — 17
US-31 — 8
I-65 — 8
US-11 — 7

Compared with earlier months

Unique alerts on Tennessee's feed in each full month MileCheck has.

By month

September — 292 alerts: 6 crashes, 103 closures, 165 roadwork
October — 280 alerts: 26 crashes, 28 closures, 203 roadwork

Wildfires

The national wildfire feed listed 2 fire records in Tennessee as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

Largest fires, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

BSP - Cactus (Fentress County), 220 acres, 50% contained
Flatwoods (Sullivan County), 2 acres, containment not published

Thank you to the firefighters and crews who worked these fires all season.

Live fire perimeters are at milecheckapp.com/fire.

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