Montgomery County Highway Department

Mike Frost, Highway Department Supervisor 1213 Highway Drive View Map Clarksville, TN 37040 Phone: 931 648-5740 Hours: 6:30 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Thursday Contact Us

Montgomery County Highway Department Overview

Montgomery County Highway Department is to provide the citizens of Montgomery County with a safe, cost-effective transportation system that ensures the mobility of people and products and promotes economic prosperity and preserves the quality of the environment.

Located at 1213 Highway Drive in Clarksville, Tennessee the Montgomery County Highway Department is dedicated to meeting the publics’ need for access and freedom of movement through designing, coordinating, building and maintaining transportation systems that are safe, efficient, effective, and financially responsible.

It is the responsibility of the Highway Department to construct, maintain and repair all of the County-owned roads and bridges encompassing the 741 miles that make up the County road system.

The Montgomery County Highway Department is a full service facility equipped with a vehicle maintenance facility, sign shop, road striping, paving, mowing and construction equipment. The Highway Department has a wide range of responsibilities including mowing all county right-of-way, snow and debris removal, bridge and road construction, striping, etc. (Note: The Highway Department spread over 10,000 tons of salt in the winter of 2000). The Highway Department also constructed and maintains the Lock B North and Lock B South boat ramps.

Quick Facts:

Out of the 741 miles of roads 723 miles are Hot Mixed, 16 miles are Oiled & Chipped, and 1.1 miles are Gravel.

The Montgomery County Highway Department mows and maintains approx. 1,796 acres of right-of-way five times a year.

The Highway Department now has two new salt holding facilities in the County. One is located in the Cunningham Community and the second is in the Woodlawn area. A third is planned to be built in the Mt. Carmel Community. Both existing facilities are capable of holding 900 tons of salt. This will allow the Highway Department to have a quicker response time during snow events.

The Montgomery County Highway Department has 917 roads that averages 0.80 miles long.

The Longest road in Montgomery County is Old Highway 48 that measures 12.28 miles.

The Shortest roads in Montgomery County is Tate Lane at 0.02 miles, Brandon Drive also at 0.02 miles.

The Montgomery County Highway Department employs 70 full time employees.

The Montgomery County Highway Department also maintains 138 Bridges and Box Culverts.

The Montgomery County Highway Department laid over 36,000 tons of Hot Mix in the fiscal year 2008/2009, painted 232 miles of pavement markings using 15,443 gallons of paint and 92,678 lbs of Reflective Beads.

Road Miles Ownership- TOTAL MILES 89,160 – Local governments own 85% of road miles in Tennessee.

Bridge Ownership- Bridges over 20’ in length. TOTAL BRIDGES 19,574 – Local governments own 58% of bridges in Tennessee.

General Information:

Before any digging, alteration, modification, or construction occurs on a Montgomery County Highway right-of-way permission must be obtained from the Montgomery County Highway Department (648-5740).

The first step in obtaining a driveway permit is to call the County Highway Department, 648-5740. The Highway Department will then send a Foreman to the proposed site to inspect for suitability of access and to determine culvert requirements. The Highway Department will the contact you and inform you of the Foreman’s findings. If a culvert is needed you will then be notified of the size required. At this time you may apply for your driveway permit at the County Highway Department located at 1213 Highway Drive, between 6:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

For Driveways requiring a culvert you will pay a deposit on a bond according to the size of the culvert required. If a culvert is not needed there will be a $250.00 frontage fee. After you have finished all work and the driveway is completed, your installation will be re-inspected. If the re-inspection results are satisfactory the deposit will be returned.

***Please Note – The driveway must be completed before it will be re-inspected.

The public is encouraged to report any unsafe conditions observed on the County Highways. Downed trees, damaged pavement, bridges, guard rails, road obstructions, debris, missing signs, etc., should be reported as soon as possible.