Morristown East & West Graduation To Effect Hwy 25 Traffic
Get ready for extra traffic north of White Pine on Friday. Morristown East & West High Schools will be holding their graduation ceremonies this Friday at the Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center in White Pine.
A multi-agency K-9 Unit will be conducting a safety sweep before each graduation ceremony. Once the safety sweep is completed, the doors will open for those attending . Morristown-Hamblen East High will graduate first; doors open at 2:30pm for the 4:00pm graduation ceremony. After the Morristown-Hamblen East High graduation all exiting traffic from parking lot 1 will exit eastbound on Agricultural Park Boulevard onto US Hwy 25E northbound only. Vehicles exiting from parking lot 2, will be directed out onto Witt Road towards Progress Parkway only.
Doors will open at 7:00pm for Morristown West’s graduation ceremony which begins at 8:30pm. Those attending Morristown- Hamblen West High graduation, who do not have an authorized parking pass, will not be permitted to enter from Progress Parkway, Witt Road or Agricultural Park Boulevard prior to 7:00pm. Morristown Hamblen-West’s graduation will enter from southbound 25E only. Witt Road will be closed for incoming traffic to the Expo Center only. So, Friday (5.25) between 2:30pm and 8:30pm it would be a good idea to avoid that area of Highway 25E and consider taking an alternate route.