WILMINGTON – The N.C. Department of Transportation will begin making bridge preservation repairs to a Wilmington bridge Thursday evening.
NCDOT will close the Isabel Holmes Bridge at 7 p.m. and all lanes will reopen at 6 a.m. Friday. Closures will continue between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. every Sunday through Thursday. The bridge repairs are expected to last through the spring of 2021.
The $17.9 million contract for the repairs was awarded in February to PCL Civil Constructors, Inc. of Raleigh. The project area will be just under a half mile long and includes the removal and replacement of the grid deck, repairs of the concrete deck and riding surface on the bridge, as well as, remodeling the control house and painting.
Signs will be set up in the area directing traffic around the closure. Drivers should anticipate needing extra time for their commute and use caution when approaching the work zone.
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