SELMA – Crews will be replacing two
bridges over Interstate 95 in Johnston County as part of a $53.1 million
contract for improving the freeway.
Contract crews for the N.C. Department of Transportation will close
the Bizzell Grove Church Road bridge in Micro on Monday, Jan. 8. Then, on
Monday, Jan. 22, they are scheduled to close the Lizzie Mill Road bridge north
of Exit 98 in Selma. Both bridges are more than 58 years old and, although they
have remained safe, they have become functionally obsolete, which means they no
longer meet the needs of today’s traffic.
The new bridges, which will open in summer 2019, will be long
enough to accommodate plans to widen the interstate to eight lanes, starting in
2026, between mile markers 81 and 71.
When the bridges close, the following detours will be
implemented:
- For Bizzell Grove Church Road, motorists should use Lowell Mill
Road, Micro Road and East Main Street in Micro; and
- For Lizzie Mill Road, traffic will take Batten, Campground and
Myrtle roads into downtown Selma.
The bridge replacements are part of a contract that NCDOT awarded
in November to Fred Smith Co. of Raleigh to resurface I-95 between mile markers
100 and 107. The project includes replacing about 80 sections of concrete below
the asphalt surface. The work will continue to require periodic lane closures
overnight through next spring.
For real-time travel information, go to DriveNC.gov, or follow NCDOT on Twitter.