First commuters had to suffer through interstate closures around the city, and now drivers who use Channel Ave. are in for some headaches of their own.

“Thursday, July 28, 2011, Channel Ave. between Harbor Ave. and Port St. will be totally closed to through traffic to allow the Canadian National Railroad to perform emergency repairs to their railroad crossing,” said a representative from the city.

The road closure will last from 7 a.m. until about 4 p.m.

Photo courtesy Flickr user doug_wertman.

The Megabus has a new route out of Memphis -- and it will only cost passengers one dollar!

Starting Wednesday, August 17, the Megabus will run a route from Memphis to St. Louis.

The starting price is just one dollar.

The route will be offered daily.

Megabus will also increase the number of trips between Memphis and Chicago to three daily.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol wants you to have fun this July 4th, but the THP is warning people to lay off the drinks if they’re going to get behind the wheel.

Highway patrol officers will be out in force over the holiday weekend and they’re promising to crackdown down on drunk drivers.

“We are committed to reducing the number of fatal wrecks and serious injury crashes across the state,” said Bill Gibbons, Department of Safety and Homeland Security commissioner. “This task is particularly important during the holidays. The Fourth of July is considered one of the deadliest holidays of the year in terms of alcohol-impaired traffic fatalities. Our job is to see that citizens are safe on Tennessee roadways this weekend.”

In 2010, 19 people died on the state’s roads. Statistics show that 40 percent of American drivers involved in deadly Independence Day crashes had blood alcohol levels above the legal limit.