News

Governor McCrory Encourages Residents to Be Ready for Possible Flooding

September 30, 2015 | Comments Off on Governor McCrory Encourages Residents to Be Ready for Possible Flooding

RALEIGH, N.C. — Governor Pat McCrory has ordered state agencies to prepare for possible flooding ahead of a variety of weather systems, including Hurricane Joaquin, and is urging all North Carolinians to do the same. “We’ve had a fair amount of rain during the past week and the ground is saturated in many places,” Governor McCrory said. “The combination of wind gusts from various weather systems and any additional rain from Joaquin could lead to…

Lane Closures Next Week on U.S. 17/421 (Thomas Rhodes Bridge) over the Cape Fear River

September 25, 2015 | Comments Off on Lane Closures Next Week on U.S. 17/421 (Thomas Rhodes Bridge) over the Cape Fear River

The N.C. Department of Transportation will intermittently close one lane in each direction on the Thomas Rhodes Bridge on U.S. 17 over the Cape Fear River in Wilmington from 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30 until 5 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1. The closures are necessary for bridge inspectors to perform a one-year warranty inspection of the bridge. A warranty review is standard for all NCDOT contracts.  For this one-year inspection of the project, inspectors…

TRAFFIC ALERT: Intermittent Lane Closures on old Oak Island Bridge this week

September 21, 2015 | Comments Off on TRAFFIC ALERT: Intermittent Lane Closures on old Oak Island Bridge this week

The North Carolina Department of Transportation will continue intermittent lane closures on the G.V. Barbee Bridge (Old Oak Island Bridge) over the Intracoastal Waterway from Monday September 21-Friday September 25th, 2015. The work will be performed from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day for inspections, weather permitting. The closures are necessary for bridge inspectors to perform biannual inspections of the bridge. The Federal Highway Administration requires all bridges to be inspected once every two…

TRAFFIC ALERT: Continued intermittent lane closures on Highway 17 near Shallotte

September 21, 2015 | Comments Off on TRAFFIC ALERT: Continued intermittent lane closures on Highway 17 near Shallotte

Due to weather delays, the North Carolina Department of Transportation will continue intermittent lane closures at the intersection of US 17 (Ocean Hwy) & US 17 Business south of Shallotte from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day through Thursday October 15, 2015. The closure is necessary for crews to finish the final paving of the roadway and intersections. Once completed, this will improve the traffic flow in the area by extending the left turn lane…

Intermittent Lane Closures Start Sunday on U.S. 74/U.S. 76 Under Mount Misery Road Bridge in Brunswick County

September 18, 2015 | Comments Off on Intermittent Lane Closures Start Sunday on U.S. 74/U.S. 76 Under Mount Misery Road Bridge in Brunswick County

LELAND, N.C. — The N.C. Department of Transportation will close one lane in each direction under the Mount Misery Road Bridge over U.S. 74/76 in Leland from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. nightly from Sunday, Sept. 20 through Thursday, Sept. 24 in order for crews to repair steel sections of the bridge. The structure, which NCDOT says is safe to travel on, was found to have cracks in the welds which join steel beams to…