Wake Forest – Contractors for the N.C. Department of Transportation plan to start work on the N.C. 98 bridge over Capital Boulevard (U.S.1) tonight, weather permitting.
The crews plan to work up to six nights a week and when they will need to close the bridge from 9 p.m. until 5 the next morning. Which night they will take off will vary, and there may be periods when they do no work on this bridge. Any time no night work is planned, the bridge will remain open to traffic.
The work is part of a contract to update four bridges in Wake and Durham counties. Updates include milling and paving the bridge approach, treating the concrete deck, and painting the existing steel girders.
The crews plan to finish work on the N.C. 98 bridge by this fall.
Detoured traffic from N.C. 98 West/ Capital Boulevard (U.S. 1) South will turn right onto Capital Boulevard (U.S. 1) North, take N.C. 98 Business (Exit 125) to U.S. 1 South back to N.C. 98 West.
Detoured traffic from N.C. 98 East/ Capital Boulevard (U.S. 1) North will turn right on Capital Boulevard (U.S. 1) South then left onto Caveness Farms Avenue, left onto Ligon Mill Road, left on N.C. 98 West back to Capital Boulevard (U.S. 1) North.
Drivers are advised to use extra caution when driving through a work zone and plan accordingly for delays due to nightly construction.