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Like dark omens, electronic and new steel signs sit on Chattanoogas North Terrace and South Terrace, foretelling the coming closure and detours in the replacement of the bridges over Interstate 24 at South Moore and McBrien roads now looming in the middle of next week.

Chattanooga officials intend to "transition away" from using Eastgate Town Center off Brainerd Road as the site of its senior center and explore alternative locations for those services.

Drivers should use the Olgiati Bridge or the Veterans Bridge during this work.

Heres what the Chattanooga area has to offer this week.

In the late 1930s, an observatory was built about 4 miles east of downtown Chattanooga, an area that was still somewhat rural and ideal for nighttime stargazing through the observatorys 20.5-inch telescope.

Chattanooga police have arrested a 29-year-old man for kidnapping a woman on Brainerd Road and evading authorities, according to a news release.

The planned improvements for Phase II of the interchange at Interstate 75 and Interstate 24 in Hamilton County will have an impact on traffic, TDOT said.

The northbound lanes of Market Street between Station Street and W 14th Street will be closed Tuesday, June 13th through Friday, June 16th, from 10 PM until 5 AM for

Hamill Road between Gann Store Road and Fairview Road is closed due to an accidental spill of fresh concrete from a contractor.

Hamill Road between Gann Store Road and Fairview Road is closed due to an accidental spill of fresh concrete from a contractor.