WINSTON-SALEM – A bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks near Smith Reynolds Airport will close for about a year while it is removed and replaced.
N.C. Department of Transportation contractors plan to close the bridge on Akron Drive, between Glenn Avenue and Liberty Street, at 8 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 23.
The bridge is expected to reopen Nov. 1, 2020. Until then, traffic on Liberty Street will head south, turn left on Indiana Avenue and exit right for U.S. 52 North to access Akron Drive. Traffic on the west side of the bridge will follow U.S. 52 South to access Liberty Street.
Drivers should be cautious near the work zone and allow for extra travel time because of the detours.