WINSTON-SALEM – A portion of Business 40 will close this weekend so crews can work on the Fourth Street bridge construction. Construction crews will be moving large equipment and will be parking it on Business 40 while they demolish and remove a portion of the substructure of the bridge. NCDOT officials are closing the portion of Business 40 because the demolition may result in pieces of concrete bouncing on the roadway.
On Saturday, Dec. 1, at 5 a.m., the eastbound and westbound lanes of Business 40 will close between Cloverdale Avenue and Peters Creek Parkway. They will reopen on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 4 p.m. The closure is located west of the portion of Business 40 that is being demolished.
Eastbound traffic will get around the weekend closure by using Exit 4 at Cloverdale Avenue, going to West First Street and winding up on Peters Creek Parkway.
Westbound traffic will exit at Peters Creek Parkway, then use West First Street and a short section of Cloverdale Avenue to get back to Business 40.
All through-traffic should use I-40, which bypasses all of the work zones.
During the day, officers with the Winston-Salem Police Department will be placed at intersections to help control the signal lights to aid in the flow of traffic.
The Fourth Street bridge is scheduled to reopen in January 2019.
For an interactive map of the closure area and the detour routes, you can click on the following link: Weekend Closure - Business 40 - Cloverdale Avenue to Peters Creek Parkway.
Additional information is available at www.business40nc.com, Winston-Salem Business 40 Improvements on Facebook or online using #Biz40NC.
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