MOORESVILLE - The N.C. Department of Transportation and contractor Blythe Development are preparing to kick off the N.C. 150 improvement project in Catawba and Iredell counties. The six-mile project begins near Greenwood Road in Terrell, continuing east toward U.S. 21 in Mooresville.
Contract crews will begin working Monday night between U.S. 21 and Morrison Parkway, installing erosion control measures and performing necessary tree removal. Lane closures are allowed between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., and other construction activities can occur during the day without lane closures to impact traffic.
The project includes widening N.C. 150 from four to six lanes between Greenwood Road and U.S. 21, building new bridges at the I-77 interchange and a new bridge over Lake Norman, installing and upgrading traffic signals, and improving drainage in the project corridor.
The project also incorporates reduced conflict intersections, a type of intersection design used to simplify traffic movements by reducing the number of conflict points between vehicles. The most common type eliminates left turns from side roads to main arteries, featuring raised medians to direct traffic from side roads into turning right. Drivers would proceed less than 1,000 feet to a dedicated U-turn location to head in the opposite direction. In addition, a continuous flow intersection will be built at N.C. 150 & Williamson/Bluefield roads.
People can sign up for project updates at nc150widening-improvements@publicinput.com or call the project hotline at 984-205-6615, entering code 7128.