The reconstruction of Salem Parkway is a finalist for a national award.
WINSTON-SALEM - The
reconstruction of Business 40 into what is now called Salem Parkway is in the running to win a national award and every vote counts.
The
American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials, or AASHTO, is recognizing the project that follows U.S. 421 through downtown Winston-Salem as a finalist in the 2021 America’s Transportation Awards competition. This is one of just 12 projects nationwide and the only N.C. Department of Transportation project in the finals.
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The winning project could win the national Grand Prize or the People’s Choice Award, both valued at $10,000 for a charity or transportation-related scholarship of the winners’ choosing.
The 1.2-mile improvement project included multiple safety upgrades and multimodal improvements and involved extensive collaboration between NCDOT, the City of Winston-Salem and residents. Some of the improvements were the addition of four bicycle lanes and one multi-use path, the replacement of ten bridges, reconstruction of shoulders and ramps, and the addition of two new, signature pedestrian bridges.
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