UPDATE (Thursday afternoon) – While the left turn lane from N.C. 133 North to N.C. 87 is closed between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., Jabbertown Road will also be closed to thru-traffic, but residents who live off Jabbertown Road will continue to have access.
When the left turn lane reopens at 7 p.m., Jabbertown Road will reopen, and will remain open until 10 a.m. This traffic pattern will be in place on weekdays, and the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office will determine whether this pattern will continue over the weekend.
Below is a previous update and the original release.
UPDATE (Thursday morning) – The N.C. Department of Transportation in coordination with its partners at the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office will remove the closure and allow the left turn from N.C. 133 North onto N.C. 87 each evening until further notice.
The left turn onto N.C. 87 will be closed each day 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.. Then, between 7 p.m. and 10 a.m., the same left turn lane will be open to drivers.
Below is the original release.
SOUTHPORT – Transportation officials are asking drivers to start taking an alternative route ahead of a detour that is set to be installed after rush hour Wednesday morning.
With N.C. 211 closed just north Southport, heavy traffic volumes have been using N.C. 87 North (River Road) toward Boiling Spring Lakes to leave the area. To adjust for this concentration of traffic, N.C. Department of Transportation crews have installed message boards along N.C. 211 to alert drivers who are trying to reach U.S. 17 or the Boiling Spring Lakes area to do so by way of N.C. 906 rather than N.C. 133 to N.C. 87.
As part of this traffic remedy, the left turn from N.C. 133 North onto N.C. 87 North is set to close after peak hours Wednesday morning. The detour will have drivers follow N.C. 211 North, N.C. 906 North, U.S. 17 Business North and U.S. 17 North back to N.C. 87.
Drivers should factor the alternative route into their trips and be mindful of crews working in the area.