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With the warming of temperatures and increasing sunshine Tuesday afternoon, many of the roads around Morristown and Hamblen County are improving after this past weekend’s winter storm.

Hamblen County Road Superintendent Jeff Wisecarver said that his crews were working on back and side roads.

“The sun and temperatures are helping the salt to start work,” Wisecarver said. “We’re getting some of the back roads done Tuesday. We’ve put some crews on the far west and work toward town, as well as some on the east working toward town.”

Every night since the storm, county crews have worked until 8 or 9 p.m., Wisecarver said.

“We’re hoping for rain, but the salt is working,” Wisecarver said.

City of Morristown Public Works Director Paul Brown said that the city crews have been working 24 hours a day since the storm.

“For the most part, main thoroughfares and feeder roads are looking good,” Brown said. “We still have places that are snow covered. With the rain coming in, that should help us out a lot.”

Brown said that city crews have worked since Friday afternoon when the storm started and haven’t quit.

“We’re still trying to touch the roads that has snow on them,” Brown said.

In Jefferson County, roads continued to be hazardous Tuesday morning. Carmichael Road over Interstate-81 was snow- and ice-covered Tuesday morning

TDOT Region I Community Relations Director Mark Nagi said that state crews from Morgan and Scott counties are working on State Route 340 in Greene County.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol in Fall Branch reported an overturned tractor trailer near Exit 24 of Interstate 81 in Hamblen County Tuesday morning. LifeStar Air was called to transport one person on an area hospital. Meanwhile, Carmichael Road over I-81 was snow and ice covered Tuesday.